I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2339 
To create a Lobbying Disclosure Act Task Force, and to make certain 
modifications to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2011 
Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself and Mr. POLIS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To create a Lobbying Disclosure Act Task Force, and to 
make certain modifications to the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995. 
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 ‘‘Lobbyist Disclosure 
Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT TASK FORCE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General 
shall establish the Lobbying Disclosure Act Enforce-
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ment Task Force (in this subsection referred to as 
the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Task Force— 
(A) shall have primary responsibility for 
investigating and prosecuting each case referred 
to the Attorney General under section 6(a)(8) 
of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1605(a)(8)); 
(B) shall collect and disseminate informa-
tion with respect to the enforcement of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.); 
(C) shall audit, at a minimum on an an-
nual basis, and as frequently as deemed nec-
essary by the Task Force, the extent of compli-
ance or noncompliance with the requirements of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 by lobby-
ists, lobbying firms, and registrants under that 
Act through a random sampling of lobbying 
registrations and reports filed under that Act 
during each calendar year; and 
(D) shall establish, publicize, and operate a 
toll-free telephone number to serve as a hotline 
for members of the public to report noncompli-
ance with lobbyist disclosure requirements 
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‘‘by case and name of the individual lobbyists or lobbying 
firms involved, any sentences imposed’’. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF LOBBYIST. 
Section 3(10) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1602(10)) is amended by striking ‘‘, other than 
an individual’’ and all that follows through ‘‘period’’. 
SEC. 4. EXPEDITED ONLINE REGISTRATION OF LOBBYISTS; 
EXPANSION OF REGISTRANTS. 
Section 4(a)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
days’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘, or on the first business day 
after such 45th day if such 45th day is not a busi-
ness day,’’ and inserting ‘‘, or on the first business 
day occurring after such 5th day if such 5th day 
does not occur on a business day,’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘online’’ after ‘‘shall register’’. 
SEC. 5. DISCLOSURE OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY 
LOBBYISTS. 
Section 5(b)(2)(A) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)(i)’’; 
(2) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(ii) for each issue listed under clause (i), 
a list identifying— 
‘‘(I) each covered executive branch of-
ficial with whom the lobbyist engaged in 
lobbying activities; 
‘‘(II) each covered legislative branch 
official with whom the lobbyist engaged in 
lobbying activities and— 
‘‘(aa) if the official is an em-
ployee of a Member of Congress, the 
name of that Member of Congress; or 
‘‘(bb) if the official is an em-
ployee described in clause (ii), (iii), 
(iv), or (v) of section 3(4), the name 
of the Member or Members of Con-
gress who hired the official or for 
whom the official performs duties as 
such official; and 
‘‘(III) the date of each lobbying con-
tact;’’. 
SEC. 6. DISCLOSURE OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
Section 5(d)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(d)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘30 days after’’ and all that follows 
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through ‘‘30th day is not’’ and inserting ‘‘20 days 
after the end of the quarterly period beginning on 
the first day of January, April, July, and October of 
each year, or on the first business day after such 
20th day if such 20th day is not’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘semiannual period’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘quarterly period’’. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) SECTION 2.—Section 2 and the amendments 
made by that section take effect upon the expiration of 
the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—The amendments made by sec-
tions 3, 4, 5, and 6 take effect on the first day of the 
first quarterly period described in section 5(a) of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(a)) that be-
gins after the end of the 90-day period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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