(1) MULTIPLE CLIENTS.—In the case of a reg-
istrant making lobbying contacts on behalf of more
than 1 client, a separate registration under this sec-
tion shall be filed for each such client.
(2) MULTIPLE
CONTACTS.—A registrant who
makes more than 1 lobbying contact for the same
client shall file a single registration covering all such
lobbying contacts.
(d) TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION.—A registrant
who after registration—
(1) is no longer employed or retained by a cli-
ent to conduct lobbying activities, and
(2) does not anticipate any additional lobbying
activities for such client,
may so notify the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk
of the House of Representatives and terminate its reg-
istration.
SEC. 5. REPORTS BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS.
(a) SEMIANNUAL REPORT.—No later than 45 days
after the end of the semiannual period beginning on the
first day of each January and the first day of July of each
year in which a registrant is registered under section 4,
each registrant shall file a report with the Secretary of
the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives
on its lobbying activities during such semiannual period.
A separate report shall be filed for each client of the reg-
istrant.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each semiannual re-
port filed under subsection (a) shall contain—
(1) the name of the registrant, the name of the
client, and any changes or updates to the informa-
tion provided in the initial registration;
(2) for each general issue area in which the reg-
istrant engaged in lobbying activities on behalf of
the client during the semiannual filing period—
(A) a list of the specific issues upon which
a lobbyist employed by the registrant engaged
in lobbying activities, including, to the maxi-
mum extent practicable, a list of bill numbers
and references to specific executive branch
actions;
(B) a statement of the Houses of Congress
and the Federal agencies contacted by lobbyists
employed by the registrant on behalf of the
client;
(C) a list of the employees of the registrant
who acted as lobbyists on behalf of the client;
and
(D) a description of the interest, if any, of
any foreign entity identified under section
4(b)(4) in the specific issues listed under sub-
paragraph (A).
(3) in the case of a lobbying firm, a good faith
estimate of the total amount of all income from the
client (including any payments to the registrant by
any other person for lobbying activities on behalf of
the client) during the semiannual period, other than
income for matters that are unrelated to lobbying
activities; and
(4) in the case of a registrant engaged in lobby-
ing activities on its own behalf, a good faith estimate
of the total expenses that the registrant and its em-
ployees incurred in connection with lobbying activi-
ties during the semiannual filing period.
(c) ESTIMATES OF INCOME OR EXPENSES.—For pur-
poses of this section, estimates of income or expenses shall
be made as follows:
(1) Estimates of amounts in excess of $10,000
shall be rounded to the nearest $20,000.
(2) In the event income or expenses do not ex-
ceed $10,000, the registrant shall include a state-
ment that income or expenses totaled less than
$10,000 for the reporting period.
(3) A registrant that reports lobbying expendi-
tures pursuant to section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 may satisfy the requirement
to report income or expenses by filing with the Sec-
retary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of
Representatives a copy of the form filed in accord-
ance with section 6033(b)(8).
SEC. 6. DISCLOSURE AND ENFORCEMENT.
The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the
House of Representatives shall—
(1) provide guidance and assistance on the reg-
istration and reporting requirements of this Act and
develop common standards, rules, and procedures for
compliance with this Act;
(2) review, and, where necessary, verify and in-
quire to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and
timeliness of registration and reports;
(3) develop filing, coding, and cross-indexing
systems to carry out the purpose of this Act, includ-
ing—
(A) a publicly available list of all registered
lobbyists, lobbying firms, and their clients; and
(B) computerized systems designed to min-
imize the burden of filing and maximize public
access to materials filed under this Act;
(4) make available for public inspection and
copying at reasonable times the registrations and re-
ports filed under this Act;
(5) retain registrations for a period of at least
6 years after they are terminated and reports for a
period of at least 6 years after they are filed;
(6) compile and summarize, with respect to
each semiannual period, the information contained
in registrations and reports filed with respect to
such period in a clear and complete manner;
(7) notify any lobbyist or lobbying firm in writ-
ing that may be in noncompliance with this Act; and
(8) notify the United States Attorney for the
District of Columbia that a lobbyist or lobbying firm
may be in noncompliance with this Act, if the reg-
istrant has been notified in writing and has failed to
provide an appropriate response within 60 days after
notice was given under paragraph (6).
SEC. 7. PENALTIES.
Whoever knowingly fails to—
(1) remedy a defective filing within 60 days
after notice of such a defect by the Secretary of the
Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives;
or
(2) comply with any other provision of this Act;
shall, upon proof of such knowing violation by a pre-
ponderance of the evidence, be subject to a civil fine
of not more than $50,000, depending on the extent
and gravity of the violation.
SEC. 8. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
(a) CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act
shall be construed to prohibit or interfere with—
(1) the right to petition the government for the
redress of grievances;
(2) the right to express a personal opinion; or
(3) the right of association,
protected by the first amendment to the Constitution.
(b) PROHIBITION OF ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this
Act shall be construed to prohibit, or to authorize any
court to prohibit, lobbying activities or lobbying contacts
by any person or entity, regardless of whether such person
or entity is in compliance with the requirements of this
Act.
(c) AUDIT AND INVESTIGATIONS.—Nothing in this
Act shall be construed to grant general audit or investiga-
tive authority to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk
of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 9. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN AGENTS REG-
ISTRATION ACT.
The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22
U.S.C. 611 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 1—
(A) by striking subsection (j);
(B) in subsection (o) by striking ‘‘the dis-
semination of political propaganda and any
other activity which the person engaging therein
believes will, or which he intends to, prevail
upon, indoctrinate, convert, induce, persuade,
or in any other way influence’’ and inserting
‘‘any activity that the person engaging in be-
lieves will, or that the person intends to, in any
way influence’’;
(C) in subsection (p) by striking the semi-
colon and inserting a period; and
(D) by striking subsection (q);
(2) in section 3(g) (22 U.S.C. 613(g)), by strik-
ing ‘‘established agency proceedings, whether formal
or informal.’’ and inserting ‘‘judicial proceedings,
criminal or civil law enforcement inquiries, investiga-
tions, or proceedings, or agency proceedings required
by statute or regulation to be conducted on the
record.’’;
(3) in section 3 (22 U.S.C. 613) by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(h) Any agent of a person described in section
1(b)(2) or an entity described in section 1(b)(3) if the
agent is required to register and does register under the
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 in connection with the
agent’s representation of such person or entity.’’;
(4) in section 4(a) (22 U.S.C. 614(a))—
(A) by striking ‘‘political propaganda’’ and
inserting ‘‘informational materials’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and a statement, duly
signed by or on behalf of such an agent, setting
forth full information as to the places, times,
and extent of such transmittal’’;
(5) in section 4(b) (22 U.S.C. 614(b))—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘political propaganda’’ and inserting
‘‘informational materials’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘(i) in the form of prints,
or’’ and all that follows through the end of the
subsection and inserting ‘‘without placing in
such informational materials a conspicuous
statement that the materials are distributed by
the agent on behalf of the foreign principal, and
that additional information is on file with the
Department of Justice, Washington, District of
Columbia. The Attorney General may by rule
define what constitutes a conspicuous statement
for the purposes of this subsection.’’;
(6) in section 4(c) (22 U.S.C. 614(c)), by strik-
ing ‘‘political propaganda’’ and inserting ‘‘informa-
tional materials’’;
(7) in section 6 (22 U.S.C. 616)—
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘and all
statements concerning the distribution of politi-
cal propaganda’’;
(B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘, and
one copy of every item of political propaganda’’;
and
(C) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘copies of
political propaganda,’’;
(8) in section 8 (22 U.S.C. 618)—
(A) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘or in
any statement under section 4(a) hereof con-
cerning the distribution of political propa-
ganda’’; and
(B) by striking subsection (d); and
(9) in section 11 (22 U.S.C. 621) by striking
‘‘, including the nature, sources, and content of po-
litical propaganda disseminated or distributed’’.
SEC. 10. AMENDMENTS TO THE BYRD AMENDMENT.
(a) REVISED CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Sec-
tion 1352(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking subparagraphs
(A), (B), and (C) and inserting the following:
‘‘(A) the name of any registrant under the
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 who has made
lobbying contacts on behalf of the person with
respect to that Federal contract, grant, loan, or
cooperative agreement; and
‘‘(B) a certification that the person making
the declaration has not made, and will not
make, any payment prohibited by subsection
(a).’’;
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking all that follows
‘‘loan shall contain’’ and inserting ‘‘the name of any
registrant under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of
1995 who has made lobbying contacts on behalf of
the person in connection with that loan insurance or
guarantee.’’; and
(3) by striking paragraph (6) and redesignating
paragraph (7) as paragraph (6).
(b) REMOVAL OF OBSOLETE REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 1352 of title 31, United States Code, is
further amended—
(1) by striking subsection (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g),
and (h) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respec-
tively.
SEC. 11. REPEAL OF CERTAIN LOBBYING PROVISIONS.
(a) REPEAL OF THE FEDERAL REGULATION OF LOB-
BYING ACT.—The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act (2
U.S.C. 261 et seq.) is repealed.
(b) REPEAL OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOUSING
LOBBYIST ACTIVITIES.—
(1) Section 13 of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3537b) is
repealed.
(2) Section 536(d) of the Housing Act of 1949
(42 U.S.C. 1490p(d)) is repealed.
SEC. 12. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER STATUTES.
(a) AMENDMENT
TO
COMPETITIVENESS
POLICY
COUNCIL ACT.—Section 5206(e) of the Competitiveness
Policy Council Act (15 U.S.C. 4804(e)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or a lobbyist for a foreign entity (as the terms
‘lobbyist’ and ‘foreign entity’ are defined under section 3
of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995)’’ after ‘‘an agent
for a foreign principal’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES
CODE.—Section 219(a) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or a lobbyist required to reg-
ister under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 in
connection with the representation of a foreign en-
tity, as defined in section 3(7) of that Act’’ after
‘‘an agent of a foreign principal required to register
under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938’’; and
(2) by striking out ‘‘, as amended,’’.
(c) AMENDMENT
TO FOREIGN SERVICE ACT
OF
1980.—Section 602(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 4002(c)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or a lobby-
ist for a foreign entity (as defined in section 3(7) of the
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995)’’ after ‘‘an agent of a
foreign principal (as defined by section 1(b) of the Foreign
Agents Registration Act of 1938)’’.
SEC. 13. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Act, or the application there-
of, is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this
Act and the application of such provision to other persons
and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
SEC. 14. IDENTIFICATION OF CLIENTS AND COVERED OFFI-
CIALS.
(a) ORAL LOBBYING CONTACTS.—Any person or en-
tity that makes an oral lobbying contact with a covered
legislative branch official or a covered executive branch of-