‘‘(B) directly links the information it con-
tains to the information disclosed in reports 
filed with the Federal Election Commission 
under section 304 of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434); and 
‘‘(C) is searchable and sortable to the max-
imum extent practicable, including searchable 
and sortable by each of the categories of infor-
mation described in section 4(b) or 5(b).’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—Section 6 of such 
Act is further amended in paragraph (4) by inserting be-
fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘and, in the 
case of a report filed in electronic form pursuant to section 
5(d), shall make such report available for public inspection 
over the Internet not more than 48 hours after the report 
is so filed’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out paragraph (9) of section 6 of such 
Act, as added by subsection (a). 
SEC. 208. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
The requirements of this Act shall not apply to the 
activities of any political committee described in section 
301(4) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.
TITLE 
III—RESTRICTING 
CON-
GRESSIONAL 
TRAVEL 
AND 
GIFTS 
SEC. 301. BAN ON GIFTS FROM LOBBYISTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause 5(a)(1)(A) of rule XXV of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(A)’’ and adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House may not knowingly ac-
cept a gift from a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
principal or from a nongovernmental organization that re-
tains or employs registered lobbyists or agents of a foreign 
principal except as provided in subparagraphs (2)(B) or 
(3) of this paragraph.’’. 
(b) RULES COMMITTEE REVIEW.—The Committee 
on Rules shall review the present exceptions to the House 
gift rule and make recommendations to the House not 
later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act on eliminating all but those which are absolutely nec-
essary to effectuate the purpose of the rule. 
SEC. 302. PROHIBITION ON PRIVATELY FUNDED TRAVEL. 
Clause 5(b)(1)(A) of rule XXV of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
from a nongovernmental organization that retains or em-
ploys registered lobbyists or agents of a foreign principal’’ 
after ‘‘foreign principal’’. 
SEC. 303. PROHIBITING LOBBYIST ORGANIZATION AND 
PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives is amended by redesig-
nating paragraphs (e) and (f) as paragraphs (g) and (h), 
respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House may not accept transpor-
tation or lodging on any trip that is planned, organized, 
requested, arranged, or financed in whole or in part by 
a lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal, or in which a 
lobbyist participates. 
‘‘(f) Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House may accept trans-
portation or lodging otherwise permissible under this para-
graph from any person, such individual shall obtain 30 
days before such trip a written certification from such per-
son (and provide a copy of such certification to the Com-
mittee on Standards of Official Conduct) that— 
‘‘(1) the trip was not planned, organized, re-
quested, arranged, or financed in whole, or in part 
by a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign prin-
cipal and was not organized at the request of a reg-
istered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal; 
‘‘(2) registered lobbyists will not participate in 
or attend the trip; and 
‘‘(3) the person did not accept, from any 
source, funds specifically earmarked for the purpose 
of financing the travel expenses. 
The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall 
make public information received under this paragraph as 
soon as possible after it is received.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Clause 5(b)(3) of 
rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘of expenses reimbursed or to be 
reimbursed’’; 
(2) in subdivision (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(3) in subdivision (F), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) a description of meetings and events at-
tended during such travel, except when disclosure of 
such information is deemed by the Member or super-
visor under whose direct supervision the employee 
works to jeopardize the safety of an individual or
otherwise interfere with the official duties of the 
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
or employee.’’. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Subparagraph (5) of 
rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) The Clerk of the House shall make available to 
the public all advance authorizations, certifications, and 
disclosures filed pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and sub-
paragraph (3)(H) as soon as possible after they are re-
ceived.’’. 
SEC. 304. REIMBURSEMENT AND DISCLOSURE OF NON-
COMMERCIAL TRAVEL. 
(a) MARKET VALUE.—Clause 5(a)(3) of rule XXV of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(A)’’ and by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) Market value for a flight on an airplane 
that is not licensed by the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration to operate for compensation or hire, taken in 
connection with the official duties of a Member, Del-
egate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, 
shall be the fair market value of a charter flight. 
The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
shall make public information received under this 
item as soon as possible after it is received.’’. 
(b) DISCLOSURE.—Clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(g) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House who takes a flight de-
scribed in paragraph (a)(3)(A)(ii) shall, with respect to 
the flight, cause to be published in the Congressional 
Record within 10 days after the flight— 
‘‘(1) the name of the owner or lessee of the air-
craft; 
‘‘(2) the date of the flight; 
‘‘(3) the destination of the flight; 
‘‘(4) who else was on the flight, other than 
those operating the plane; 
‘‘(5) the purpose of the trip; and 
‘‘(6) the reason that a commercial airline was 
not used.’’. 
SEC. 305. PER DIEM EXPENSES FOR CONGRESSIONAL TRAV-
EL. 
Rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives (as amended by section 304(b) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) Not later than 90 days after the date of adoption 
of this paragraph and at annual intervals thereafter, the 
Committee on House Administration shall develop and re-
vise, as necessary, guidelines on what constitutes ‘reason-
able expenses’ or ‘reasonable expenditures’ for purposes 
of this rule. In developing and revising the guidelines, the 
committee shall take into account the maximum per diem 
rates for official Government travel published annually by 
the General Services Administration, the Department of 
State, and the Department of Defense.’’. 
TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT OF 
LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 401. OFFICE OF PUBLIC INTEGRITY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Office of Inspector General of the House of Represent-
atives an office to be known as the ‘‘Office of Public Integ-
rity’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’), which 
shall be headed by a Director of Public Integrity (herein-
after referred to as the ‘‘Director’’). 
(b) OFFICE.—The Office shall have access to all lob-
byists’ disclosure information received by the Clerk under 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 and conduct such 
audits and investigations as are necessary to ensure com-
pliance with the Act.
(c) REFERRAL AUTHORITY.—The Office shall have 
authority to refer violations of the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995 to the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct and the Department of Justice for disciplinary 
action, as appropriate. 
(d) DIRECTOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall be ap-
pointed by the Inspector General of the House. Any 
appointment made under this subsection shall be 
made without regard to political affiliation and solely 
on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the 
position. Any person appointed as Director shall be 
learned in the law, a member of the bar of a State 
or the District of Columbia, and shall not engage in 
any other business, vocation, or employment during 
the term of such appointment. 
(2) STAFF.—The Director shall hire such addi-
tional staff as are required to carry out this section, 
including investigators and accountants. 
(e) AUDITS AND INVESTIGATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall audit lob-
bying registrations and reports filed pursuant to the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to determine the 
extent of compliance or non-compliance with the re-
quirements of such Act by lobbyists and their cli-
ents. 
(2) EVIDENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE.—If in the 
course an audit conducted pursuant to the require-
ments of paragraph (1), the Office obtains informa-
tion indicating that a person or entity may be in 
non-compliance with the requirements of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995, the Office shall refer 
the matter to the United States Attorney for the 
District of Columbia. 
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1607) is 
amended by striking subsection (c). 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated in a separate account 
such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 402. INCREASED CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR 
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH LOBBYING DIS-
CLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 7 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1606) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘ (a) CIVIL PENALTY.—’’ be-
fore ‘‘Whoever’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$100,000’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Whoever knowingly and 
wilfully fails to comply with any provision of this 
section shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 
years, or fined under title 18, United States Code, 
or both. 
‘‘(2) 
CORRUPTLY.—Whoever 
knowingly, 
wilfully, and corruptly fails to comply with any pro-
vision of this section shall be imprisoned for not 
more than 10 years, or fined under title 18, United 
States Code, or both.’’. 
SEC. 403. PENALTY FOR FALSE CERTIFICATION IN CONNEC-
TION WITH CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL. 
(a) CIVIL FINE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever makes a false cer-
tification in connection with the travel of a Member, 
officer, or employee of either House of Congress 
(within the meaning given those terms in section 
207 of title 18, United States Code), under clause 
5 of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives, shall, upon proof of such offense by a 
preponderance of the evidence, be subject to a civil 
fine depending on the extent and gravity of the vio-
lation.
(2) MAXIMUM FINE.—The maximum fine per 
offense under this section depends on the number of 
separate trips in connection with which the person 
committed an offense under this subsection, as fol-
lows: 
(A) FIRST TRIP.—For each offense com-
mitted in connection with the first such trip, 
the amount of the fine shall be not more than 
$100,000 per offense. 
(B) SECOND TRIP.—For each offense com-
mitted in connection with the second such trip, 
the amount of the fine shall be not more than 
$300,000 per offense. 
(C) ANY OTHER TRIPS.—For each offense 
committed in connection with any such trip 
after the second, the amount of the fine shall 
be not more than $500,000 per offense. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT.—The Attorney General 
may bring an action in United States district court 
to enforce this subsection. 
(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Whoever knowingly and 
wilfully fails to comply with any provision of this 
section shall be imprisoned for not more than 5