‘‘(7) the date, recipient, and amount of any gift 
that under the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives counts towards the cumulative annual limit de-
scribed in such rules and is given by a registrant or 
employee listed as a lobbyist to a covered legislative 
branch official.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of the 
Act (2 U.S.C. 1602) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(17) GIFT.—The term ‘gift’ means a gratuity, 
favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, for-
bearance, or other item having monetary value. The 
term includes gifts of services, training, and meals 
whether provided in kind, by purchase of a ticket, 
payment in advance, or reimbursement after the ex-
pense has been incurred. 
‘‘(18) LEADERSHIP PAC.—The term ‘leader-
ship PAC’ means, with respect to an individual hold-
ing Federal office, an unauthorized political com-
mittee (as defined in the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971) which is associated with such indi-
vidual.’’. 
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SEC. 106. INCREASED PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY 
WITH
LOBBYING
DISCLOSURE
REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
Section 7 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1606) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’. 
TITLE II—SLOWING THE 
REVOLVING DOOR 
SEC. 201. NOTIFICATION OF POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRIC-
TIONS. 
Section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(8) NOTIFICATION OF POST-EMPLOYMENT RE-
STRICTIONS.—After a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives or an elected officer of the House of 
Representatives leaves office, or after the termi-
nation of employment with the House of Representa-
tives of an employee of the House of Representatives 
covered under paragraph (2), (3), or (4), the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives, after consultation 
with the Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct, shall inform the Member, officer, or employee 
of the beginning and ending date of the prohibitions 
that apply to the Member, officer, or employee under 
this subsection, and also inform each office of the 
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House of Representatives with respect to which such 
prohibitions apply of those dates.’’. 
SEC. 202. DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYMENT NEGO-
TIATIONS. 
The Code of Official Conduct set forth in rule XXIII 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 
by redesignating clause 14 as clause 15 and by inserting 
after clause 13 the following new clause: 
‘‘14. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner shall file with the Committee on Standards of Offi-
cial Conduct a statement that he or she is negotiating 
compensation for prospective employment or has any ar-
rangement concerning prospective employment if a conflict 
of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest may 
exist. Such statement shall be made within 5 days (other 
than Saturdays, Sundays, or public holidays) after com-
mencing the negotiation for compensation or entering into 
the arrangement. 
‘‘(b) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
should refrain from voting on any legislative measure 
pending before the House or any committee thereof if the 
negotiation described in subparagraph (a) may create a 
conflict of interest.’’. 
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SEC. 203. WRONGFULLY INFLUENCING, ON A PARTISAN 
BASIS, AN ENTITY’S EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS 
OR PRACTICES. 
The Code of Official Conduct set forth in rule XXIII 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives (as amended 
by section 202) is further amended by redesignating 
clause 15 as clause 16 and by inserting after clause 14 
the following new clause: 
‘‘15. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House may not, with the intent 
to influence on the basis of political party affiliation an 
employment decision or employment practice of any pri-
vate or public entity (except for the Congress)— 
‘‘(a) take or withhold, or offer or threaten to 
take or withhold, an official act; or 
‘‘(b) influence, or offer or threaten to influence, 
the official act of another.’’. 
TITLE III—SUSPENSION OF PRI-
VATELY-FUNDED
TRAVEL; 
CURBING LOBBYIST GIFTS 
SEC. 301. SUSPENSION OF PRIVATELY-FUNDED TRAVEL. 
Notwithstanding clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, no Member, Delegate, 
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House 
may accept a gift of travel (including any transportation, 
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lodging, and meals during such travel) from any private 
source. 
SEC. 302. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON 
STANDARDS
OF
OFFICIAL
CONDUCT
ON 
GIFTS AND TRAVEL. 
Not later than December 15, 2006, the Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct shall report its rec-
ommendations on changes to rule XXV of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives to the Committee on Rules. 
In developing such recommendations, the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct shall consider the following: 
(1) The ability of the current provisions of rule 
XXV to protect the House, its Members, officers, 
and employees, from the appearance of impropriety. 
(2) With respect to the allowance for privately- 
funded travel contained in clause 5(b) of rule 
XXV— 
(A) the degree to which privately-funded 
travel meets the representational needs of the 
House, its Members, officers, and employees; 
(B)
whether
certain
entities
should
or 
should not be permitted to fund the travel of 
the Members, officers, and employees of the 
House, what sources of funding may be permis-
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