I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2316 
To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclosure and 
enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2007 
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. HALL of 
New York, Mr. KAGEN, and Mr. SHERMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committees on Rules and House Administration, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclo-
sure and enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
TITLE I—CLOSING THE REVOLVING DOOR 
Sec. 101. Lobbying ban for former Members and employees of Congress and 
executive branch official. 
Sec. 102. Disclosure by Members and staff of employment negotiations. 
Sec. 103. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions or 
practices. 
Sec. 104. Effective date. 
TITLE II—FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING 
Sec. 201. Quarterly filing of lobbying disclosure reports. 
Sec. 202. Electronic filing of lobbying disclosure reports. 
Sec. 203. Additional lobbying disclosure requirements. 
Sec. 204. Quarterly reports on other contributions. 
Sec. 205. Prohibition on provision of gifts or travel by registered lobbyists to 
Members of Congress and to congressional employees. 
Sec. 206. Disclosure of lobbying activities by certain coalitions and association. 
Sec. 207. Disclosure by registered lobbyists of past executive branch and con-
gressional employment. 
Sec. 208. Public database of lobbying disclosure information; maintenance of 
information. 
Sec. 209. Inapplicability to certain political committees. 
Sec. 210. Effective date. 
TITLE III—ENFORCEMENT OF LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS 
Sec. 301. Increased civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with lob-
bying disclosure requirements. 
TITLE IV—INCREASED DISCLOSURE 
Sec. 401. Prohibition on official contact with spouse of Member who is a reg-
istered lobbyist. 
Sec. 402. Posting of travel and financial disclosure reports on public website of 
Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
TITLE I—CLOSING THE 
REVOLVING DOOR 
SEC. 101. LOBBYING BAN FOR FORMER MEMBERS AND EM-
PLOYEES OF CONGRESS AND EXECUTIVE 
BRANCH OFFICIALS. 
Section 207 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘ONE-YEAR’’ and inserting ‘‘TWO-YEAR’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 years’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘1- 
year period’’ and inserting ‘‘2-year period’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘1 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’. 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘1 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘1 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; 
(E) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘1 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; and 
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(F) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘1-year 
period’’ and inserting ‘‘2-year period’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2 years’’. 
SEC. 102. DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS AND STAFF OF EM-
PLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONS. 
The Rules of the House of Representatives are 
amended by redesignating rules XXVII and XXVIII as 
rules XXVIII and XXIX, respectively, and by inserting 
after rule XXVI the following new rule: 
‘‘RULE XXVII 
‘‘DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS AND STAFF OF 
EMPLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONS 
‘‘1. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
shall not directly negotiate or have any agreement of fu-
ture employment or compensation until after his or her 
successor has been elected, unless such Member, Delegate, 
or Resident Commissioner, within 3 business days after 
the commencement of such negotiation or agreement of 
future employment or compensation, files with the Clerk 
a statement, which must be signed by the Member, Dele-
gate, or Resident Commissioner, for public disclosure re-
garding such negotiations or agreement, including the 
name of the private entity or entities involved in such ne-
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gotiations or agreement, and the date such negotiations 
or agreement commenced. 
‘‘2. An officer or an employee of the House earning 
in excess of 75 percent of the salary paid to a Member 
shall notify the Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct that he or she is negotiating or has any agreement 
of future employment or compensation. 
‘‘3. The disclosure and notification under this clause 
shall be made within 3 business days after the commence-
ment of such negotiation or agreement of future employ-
ment or compensation. 
‘‘4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, 
and an officer or employee to whom this clause applies, 
shall recuse himself or herself from any matter in which 
there is a conflict of interest or an appearance of a conflict 
for that Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, offi-
cer, or employee under this rule and shall notify the Com-
mittee on Standards of Official Conduct of such recusal.’’. 
SEC. 103. WRONGFULLY INFLUENCING A PRIVATE ENTITY’S 
EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS OR PRACTICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 18, United 
States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
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