I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 804 
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain coalitions 
and associations to disclose their lobbying activities, and to require re-
porting on a quarterly basis. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2007 
Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. 
BECERRA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. CARSON, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. FARR, 
Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. AL 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HOLT, 
Mr. INSLEE, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 
Mrs. MALONEY
of New York, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 
California, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, 
Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. STARK, Mr. 
TIERNEY, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. WAXMAN, and Ms. WOOLSEY) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require 
certain coalitions and associations to disclose their lob-
bying activities, and to require reporting on a quarterly 
basis. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stealth Lobbyist Dis-
closure Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BY CERTAIN 
COALITIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 3 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) CLIENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘client’ 
means any person or entity that employs or re-
tains another person for financial or other com-
pensation to conduct lobbying activities on be-
half of that person or entity. A person or entity 
whose employees act as lobbyists on its own be-
half is both a client and an employer of such 
employees. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF COALITIONS AND AS-
SOCIATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clauses (ii) and (iii), in the case 
of a coalition or association that employs 
or retains other persons to conduct lob-
bying activities, each of the individual 
members of the coalition or association 
(and not the coalition or association) is the 
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client. For purposes of section 4(a)(3), the 
preceding sentence shall not apply, and the 
coalition or association shall be treated as 
the client. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN TAX- 
EXEMPT ASSOCIATIONS.—In case of an as-
sociation— 
‘‘(I) which is described in para-
graph (3) of section 501(c) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of 
such Code, or 
‘‘(II) which is described in any 
other paragraph of section 501(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and exempt from tax under section 
501(a) of such Code and which has 
substantial exempt activities other 
than lobbying with respect to the spe-
cific issue for which it engaged the 
person filing the registration state-
ment under section 4, 
the association (and not its members) shall 
be treated as the client. 
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‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MEM-
BERS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Information 
on a member of a coalition or associa-
tion need not be included in any reg-
istration under section 4 if the 
amount reasonably expected to be con-
tributed by such member toward the 
activities of the coalition or associa-
tion of influencing legislation is less 
than $1,000 per any quarterly period. 
‘‘(II) EXCEPTION.—In any case 
in which information on a member of 
a coalition or association is not in-
cluded in a registration by reason of 
subclause (I) and that member there-
after makes aggregate contributions 
of more than $1,000 in any quarterly 
period, the date on which the aggre-
gate of such contributions first ex-
ceeds $1,000 in such period shall be 
treated as the date of first employ-
ment or retention to make a lobbying 
contact for purposes of section 4, and 
the coalition or association shall 
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amend its registration under section 4 
to include the information on the 
member. 
‘‘(iv) LOOK-THRU
RULES.—In the 
case of a coalition or association that is 
treated as a client under the first sentence 
of clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) such coalition or association 
shall be treated as employing or re-
taining other persons to conduct lob-
bying activities for purposes of deter-
mining whether any individual mem-
ber thereof is treated as a client under 
clause (i); and 
‘‘(II) information on such coali-
tion or association need not be in-
cluded in any registration under sec-
tion 4 of the coalition or association 
with respect to which it is treated as 
a client under clause (i).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to— 
(A) coalitions and associations listed on 
registration statements filed under section 4 of 
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the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1603) on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act; and 
(B) coalitions and associations for whom 
any lobbying contact is made on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of any coali-
tion or association to which the amendments made 
by this Act apply by reason of paragraph (1)(B), the 
person required by such section 4 to file a registra-
tion statement with respect to such coalition or asso-
ciation shall file a new registration statement within 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. QUARTERLY FILING OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE RE-
PORTS. 
(a) QUARTERLY FILING REQUIRED.—Section 5 of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Semiannual’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Quarterly’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the semiannual period’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘July of each 
year’’ and insert ‘‘the quarterly period begin-
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ning on the first days of January, April, July, 
and October of each year’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘such semiannual period’’ 
and insert ‘‘such quarterly period’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘semiannual report’’ and inserting 
‘‘quarterly report’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘semi-
annual filing period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 
period’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘semi-
annual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly pe-
riod’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘semi-
annual filing period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 
period’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—Section 3(10) of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602) is 
amended by striking ‘‘six month period’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘three-month period’’. 
(2) REGISTRATION.—Section 4 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603) is amend-
ed— 
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(A) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking 
‘‘semiannual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 
period’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking 
‘‘semiannual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 
period’’. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 6 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605) is amended 
in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘semiannual period’’ 
and inserting ‘‘quarterly period’’. 
(4) ESTIMATES.—Section 15 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1610) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘semi-
annual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly pe-
riod’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘semi-
annual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly pe-
riod’’. 
(5) DOLLAR AMOUNTS.— 
(A) Section 4 of the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’; 
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(ii) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii), by 
striking 
‘‘$20,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000’’; 
(iii) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by strik-
ing ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’; 
and 
(iv) in subsection (b)(4), by striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’. 
(B) Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ and ‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$5,000’’ and ‘‘$10,000’’, respectively; and 
(ii) in subsection (c)(2), by striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ both places such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’. 
Æ 
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