In the Senate of the United States,
November 9, 1995.
Resolved, That the resolution from the House of Rep-
resentatives (H.J. Res. 115) entitled ‘‘Joint resolution mak-
ing further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
1996, and for other purposes’’ do pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Ω1æPage 2, line 20, after ‘‘1948,’’ insert: section 313 of
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994
and 1995 (Public Law 103–236),
Ω2æPage 10, line 19, after ‘‘resolution.’’ insert: Included
in the apportionment for the Federal Payment to the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall be an additional $15,000,000 above
the amount otherwise made available by this joint resolu-
tion, for purposes of certain capital construction loan re-
payments pursuant to Public Law 85–451, as amended.
Ω3æPage 15, strike out line 1 and all that follows over
to and including line 7 on page 36, and insert:
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TITLE III
PROHIBITION ON SUBSIDIZING POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
WITH TAXPAYER FUNDS
SEC. 301. (a) LIMITATIONS.—(1) Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, any organization receiving Federal
grants in an amount that, in the aggregate, is greater than
$125,000 in the most recent Federal fiscal year, shall be
subject to the limitations on lobbying activity expenditures
under section 4911(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, except that, if exempt purpose expenditures are
over $17,000,000 then the organization shall also be subject
to a limitation on lobbying of 1 percent of the excess of
the exempt purpose expenditures over $17,000,000 unless
otherwise subject to section 4911(c)(2)(A) based on an elec-
tion made under section 501(h) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.
(2) An organization described in section 501(c)(4) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying
activities during the organization’s previous taxable year
shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds constituting
a taxpayer subsidized grant. This paragraph shall not
apply to organizations described in section 501(c)(4) with
gross annual revenues of less than $3,000,000 in such pre-
vious taxable year, including Federal funds received as a
taxpayer subsidized grant.
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this title:
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 551(1) of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code.
(2) CLIENT.—The term ‘‘client’’ means any per-
son or entity that employs or retains another person
for financial or other compensation to conduct lobby-
ing activities on behalf of that person or entity. A
person or entity whose employees act as lobbyists on
its own behalf is both a client and an employer of
such employees. In the case of a coalition or associa-
tion that employs or retains other persons to conduct
lobbying activities, the client is the coalition or asso-
ciation and not its individual members.
(3) COVERED EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIAL.—
The term ‘‘covered executive branch official’’ means—
(A) the President;
(B) the Vice President;
(C) any officer or employee, or any other
individual functioning in the capacity of such
an officer or employee, in the Executive Office of
the President;
(D) any officer or employee serving in a po-
sition in level I, II, III, IV, or V of the Executive