I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1302
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain coalitions 
and associations to disclose their lobbying activities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2005
Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BECERRA, Mrs. 
CAPPS, Ms. CARSON, Mr. CASE, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FARR, Mr. 
FILNER, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GENE 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HOLT, 
Mr. INSLEE, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. LEE, 
Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. 
GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. POMEROY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. 
SANDERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. STARK, 
Mr. TIERNEY, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. 
WAXMAN, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stealth Lobbyist Dis-
closure Act of 2005’’. 
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
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.
‘‘(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 semiannual pe-
riod. 
‘‘(II) EXCEPTION.—Subclause (I) 
shall not apply with respect to any 
member who unexpectedly makes ag-
gregate contributions of more than 
$1,000 in any semiannual period, and 
the date the aggregate of such con-
tributions first exceeds $1,000 in such 
period shall be treated as the date of 
first employment or retention to make 
a lobbying contact for purposes of sec-
tion 4. 
‘‘(iv) LOOK-THRU
RULES.—In the 
case of a coalition or association which 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 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1603) after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and