ployee of any other legislative office of the Con-
gress.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘any person 
who is a Member or an employee of that committee 
or who was a Member of the committee in the year 
immediately prior to the termination of such per-
son’s employment by the committee,’’ and inserting 
‘‘any person who is a Member, officer, or employee 
of either House of Congress, or any employee of any 
other legislative office of the Congress,’’; 
(5) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘are the 
following:’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘are any Member, officer, or 
employee of either House of Congress, and any em-
ployee of any other legislative office of the Con-
gress.’’; 
(6) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘are the 
employees and officers’’ and all that follows through 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘are any Mem-
ber, officer, or employee of either House of Con-
gress, and any employee of any other legislative of-
fice of the Congress.’’; and 
(7) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘termi-
nated, was paid a rate of’’ and inserting ‘‘termi-
nated—
‘‘(i) had responsibilities a significant por-
tion of which related to the development of pol-
icy; or 
‘‘(ii) was paid a rate of’’. 
SEC. 106. FOUR-YEAR PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL EMPLOY-
EES LOBBYING CONGRESS FOR FOREIGN 
GOVERNMENTS. 
Section 207(f) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) LOBBYING
CONGRESS.—(A) Any person 
who is subject to the restrictions contained in sub-
section (c), (d), or (e) and who knowingly, within 4 
years after leaving the position, office, or employ-
ment referred to in such subsection, makes, with the 
intent to influence, any communication to or appear-
ance before any person described in subparagraph 
(B), on behalf of any foreign entity in connection 
with any matter on which such person or foreign en-
tity seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee 
of either House of Congress, in his or her official ca-
pacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216 
of this title. 
‘‘(B) The persons referred to in subparagraph 
(A) are any Member, officer, or employee of either 
House of Congress, and any employee of any other 
legislative office of the Congress.’’. 
TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE 
REFORMS 
SEC. 201. RANDOM AUDITS OF MEMBERS’ ANNUAL FINAN-
CIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The commission established by 
section 101 shall— 
(1) randomly select reports filed under title I of 
the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 by Members 
of Congress; and 
(2) carry out a thorough audit of each report 
so selected. 
(b) SECRETARY AND CLERK TO PROVIDE.—The Sec-
retary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House shall pro-
vide to the commission established by section 101 each re-
port filed under title I of the Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978 by every Member of Congress.
SEC. 202. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR INTENTIONALLY MIS-
REPRESENTING FACTS ON FINANCIAL DIS-
CLOSURE STATEMENT. 
Section 104 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) Whoever knowingly and willfully falsifies any in-
formation that the individual is required to report pursu-
ant to section 102 shall be fined under title 18, United 
States Code, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.’’. 
SEC. 203. INDEPENDENT COMMISSION REQUIRED TO AF-
FIRMATIVELY 
APPROVE 
ALL 
PRIVATELY 
FUNDED TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND STAFF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The commission established by 
section 101 shall review, and shall promptly approve or 
disapprove, any expense related to business travel by any 
congressional employee that is paid for, or to be paid for, 
by private funds pertaining to business. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—A congressional employee may 
not accept or engage in business travel the expenses of 
which have not been approved in advance under subsection 
(a).
SEC. 204. FEDERAL PENSION REVOKED IF MEMBER OR 
STAFF IS CONVICTED OF ANY FEDERAL OF-
FENSE RELATED TO BRIBERY. 
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section 
8332 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(o)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
subchapter, the service of an individual finally convicted 
of a Federal offense described in paragraph (2) shall not, 
if or to the extent rendered as a Member or congressional 
employee (irrespective of when rendered), be taken into 
account for purposes of this subchapter. Any such indi-
vidual (or other person determined under section 8342(c), 
if applicable) shall be entitled to be paid so much of such 
individual’s lump-sum credit as is attributable to service 
to which the preceding sentence applies. 
‘‘(2) An offense described in this paragraph is bribery 
or conspiracy to commit bribery, committed after the date 
of the enactment of this subsection.’’. 
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
Section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
subchapter, the service of an individual finally convicted 
of a Federal offense described in paragraph (2) shall not, 
if or to the extent rendered as a Member or congressional
employee (irrespective of when rendered), be taken into 
account for purposes of this subchapter. Any such indi-
vidual (or other person determined under section 8424(d), 
if applicable) shall be entitled to be paid so much of such 
individual’s lump-sum credit as is attributable to service 
to which the preceding sentence applies. 
‘‘(2) An offense described in this paragraph is bribery 
or conspiracy to commit bribery, committed after the date 
of the enactment of this subsection.’’. 
TITLE III—INDIAN GAMBLING 
REFORM 
SEC. 301. INDIAN GAMBLING REFORM. 
(a) GAMING INVESTORS.—Section 7(b)(3) of the In-
dian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2706(b)(3)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) shall conduct or cause to be conducted 
background investigations on the 10 persons or enti-
ties with the highest financial interest (such as 
loans, debt-based financing, financial backing for 
equipment or other startup or operation costs, and 
other financial interests as determined by the Com-
mission) in a gaming operation regulated by the 
Commission and such other background investiga-
tions as may be necessary;’’.
(b) 
TRIBAL
GAMING
OFFICIALS.—Section 
11(b)(2)(F)(i) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
U.S.C. 2710(b)(2)(F)(i)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘conducted on’’ the first place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘conducted by the Commis-
sion on tribal gaming commissioners, key tribal gam-
ing commission employees, and’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘such officials and their man-
agement’’ and inserting ‘‘such individuals’’. 
(c) APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS.—Section 
6 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2705) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) approve financial interests between the 10 
persons or entities with the highest financial interest 
(such as loans, debt-based financing, financial back-
ing for equipment or other startup or operation 
costs, and other financial interests as determined by 
the Commission) and a gaming operation regulated 
by the Commission.’’.
(d) COMMISSION FUNDING.—Section 18(a)(2)(B) of 
the 
Indian 
Gaming 
Regulatory 
Act 
(25 
U.S.C. 
2717(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$8,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$16,000,000’’. 
(e) CLASS II GAMING.—Section 11(b)(1) of the In-
dian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(b)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C)(i) conducted on lands taken into trust 
before the date of the enactment of this sub-
paragraph; or 
‘‘(ii) conducted on lands taken into 
trust after the date of the enactment of 
this subparagraph only if the application 
requesting that the land be taken into 
trust stated that the Indian tribe intended 
to conduct gaming activities on such 
land.’’.
(f) CLASS III GAMING.—Section 11(d)(1) of the In-
dian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D)(i) conducted on lands taken into 
trust before the date of the enactment of this 
subparagraph; or 
‘‘(ii) conducted on lands taken into 
trust after the date of the enactment of 
this subparagraph only if the application 
requesting that the land be taken into 
trust stated that the Indian tribe intended 
to conduct gaming activities on such 
land.’’. 
(g) APPROVAL OF COMPACTS BY STATE.—Section 
11(d) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2710(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) For the purposes of State approval under 
this subsection, the term ‘State’ shall mean the Gov-
ernor of the State and the legislative body of the 
State.’’. 
(h) RESTRICTION ON GAMING.— 
(1) AMENDMENTS.—Section 20 of the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2719) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) of sub-
section (b) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1)(A) Subsection (a) shall not apply to Indian 
land of an Indian tribe if each of the conditions in 
subparagraph (B) are satisfied and the Indian 
tribe— 
‘‘(i) was newly recognized after Octo-
ber 17, 1988 (including those newly recog-
nized under the Federal Acknowledgement 
Process at the Bureau of Indian Affairs); 
‘‘(ii) was restored by legislation, court 
decree, or any other process after having 
been terminated by Federal law; or 
‘‘(iii) on the date of the enactment of 
subsection (e), had no lands held in trust 
by the United States for the benefit of the 
Indian tribe, no reservation, and no lands 
held by the Indian tribe subject to restric-
tion by the United States against alien-
ation over which the Indian tribe exercised 
governmental power. 
‘‘(B) The conditions referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) are the following: 
‘‘(i) The Secretary determines that 
the lands acquired in trust for the benefit 
of the Indian tribe for the purposes of 
gaming are lands within the State where 
the Indian tribe has its primary geo-
graphic, social, and historical nexus to the 
land. 
‘‘(ii) The Secretary determines that 
the proposed gaming activity is in the best 
interest of the Indian tribe, its tribal mem-
bers, and would not be detrimental to the 
surrounding community. 
‘‘(iii) The State, city, county, town, 
parish, village, and other general purpose 
political subdivisions of the State with au-
thority over land that is concurrent or con-
tiguous to the lands acquired in trust for 
the benefit of the Indian tribe for the pur-
poses of gaming approve.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
‘‘(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
an Indian tribe may conduct gaming regulated by this Act 
on only one contiguous parcel of Indian lands. Such Indian 
lands must be located where that Indian tribe has its pri-
mary geographic, social, and historical nexus and within 
the State or States where the Indian tribe is primarily 
located.’’. 
(2) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—The amend-
ments made by paragraph (1) shall be applied pro-
spectively. Compacts or other agreements that gov-
ern gaming regulated by the Indian Gaming Regu-
latory Act that were in effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act shall not be affected by the 
amendments made by paragraph (1). 
TITLE IV—CLOSING LOOPHOLES 
IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW 
SEC. 401. TREATMENT OF INDIAN TRIBES AS CORPORA-
TIONS FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION OF 
CAMPAIGN SPENDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 316 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF INDIAN TRIBES AS CORPORA-
TIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘corporation’ includes an unincor-
porated Indian tribe. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT
OF
MEMBERS
AS
STOCK-
HOLDERS.—In applying this subsection, the mem-
bers of an unincorporated Indian tribe shall be 
treated in the same manner as the stockholders of 
a corporation.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections occur-
ring after December 2006. 
SEC. 402. PROHIBITING SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS 
FROM DISBURSING FUNDS FOR ELECTION-
EERING COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Title III of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘PROHIBITING SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS FROM DIS-
BURSING FUNDS FOR ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICA-
TIONS 
‘‘SEC. 325. (a) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A section 527 organization 
may not make any disbursement for any election-
eering 
communication 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
304(f)(3)).
‘‘(2) COVERAGE OF DIRECT OR INDIRECT PAY-
MENTS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), an elec-
tioneering communication shall be treated as made 
by a section 527 organization if the organization di-
rectly or indirectly disburses any amount for any of 
the costs of the communication. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘section 
527 organization’ means, with respect to disbursements 
made in a taxable year, an entity treated as a political 
organization under section 527 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 for such taxable year, except that such term 
does not include a political committee.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to disbursements 
made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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