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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2340 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, and the Federal 
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve access 
to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Govern-
ment, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2011 
Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, House Administration, 
the Judiciary, and Ethics, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995, and the Federal Funding Accountability 
and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve access to 
information in the legislative and executive branches of 
the Government, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in Gov-
ernment Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT 
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
Sec. 101. Greater disclosure and electronic filing of personal financial informa-
tion. 
Sec. 102. Greater disclosure of travel reports. 
Sec. 103. Greater disclosure of gift reports. 
Sec. 104. Greater disclosure of earmarks. 
TITLE II—ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WORK OF 
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES, LEGISLATION, AND VOTES 
Sec. 201. Increase transparency of committee work. 
Sec. 202. Increase transparency of committee schedules through the Clerk. 
Sec. 203. Increased transparency of recorded votes. 
TITLE III—ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONAL 
RESEARCH SERVICE 
Sec. 301. Enhance access to CRS. 
TITLE IV—LOBBYING DISCLOSURE 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Modifications to enforcement. 
Sec. 403. Definition of lobbyist. 
Sec. 404. Expedited online registration of lobbyists; expansion of registrants. 
Sec. 405. Disclosure of additional information by lobbyists. 
Sec. 406. Disclosure of political contributions. 
Sec. 407. Effective date. 
TITLE V—TRANSPARENCY IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING 
Sec. 501. Improving application programming interface and Web site data ele-
ments. 
Sec. 502. Improving data quality. 
Sec. 503. Requirements relating to reporting of award data. 
Sec. 504. Recipient performance transparency. 
Sec. 505. Improvement of Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Infor-
mation System Database. 
Sec. 506. Federal contractor compliance. 
Sec. 507. Unique identifying number. 
TITLE VI—EXECUTIVE BRANCH TRANSPARENCY 
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Sec. 601. Requirement for disclosure of Federal sponsorship of all Federal ad-
vertising or other communications. 
TITLE VII—STRENGTHENING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 
ACT 
Sec. 701. Digital access to completed responses to the Freedom of Information 
Act. 
TITLE VIII—ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 801. Audits by the Government Accountability Office. 
TITLE I—IMPROVING ACCESS TO 
INFORMATION ABOUT MEM-
BERS OF CONGRESS 
SEC. 101. GREATER DISCLOSURE AND ELECTRONIC FILING 
OF PERSONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION. 
(a) ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIRE-
MENTS.—(1) Section 102(a)(1)(B) of the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978 is amended in clause (iv) by striking 
‘‘$15,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000’’ and by striking 
clauses (v) through (ix) and inserting the following new 
clauses: 
‘‘(v) greater than $25,000 but not 
more than $100,000, round to the nearest 
$10,000, 
‘‘(vi) greater than $100,000 but not 
more than $1,000,000, round to the near-
est $100,000, or 
‘‘(vii) greater than $1,000,000, round 
to the nearest $1,000,000.’’. 
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(2) Section 102(d)(1) of the Ethics in Government 
Act of 1978 is amended by striking ‘‘(3), (4), (5), and 
(8)’’ an inserting ‘‘(5) and (8)’’. 
(3) Section 102(d) of the Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978 is amended by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3) and by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The categories for reporting the amount or value 
of the items covered in paragraphs (3) or (4) of subsection 
(a) are as follows: 
‘‘(A) not more than $15,000; 
‘‘(B) greater than $15,000 but not more than 
$25,000; 
‘‘(C) greater than $25,000 but not more than 
$100,000, round to the nearest $10,000; 
‘‘(D) greater than $100,000 but not more than 
$1,000,000, round to the nearest $100,000; and 
‘‘(E) greater than $1,000,000, round to the 
nearest $1,000,000.’’. 
(b) MORE FREQUENT DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL 
TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING LARGE SUMS OF MONEY.— 
(1) Section 101 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(i) In addition to any other report required to be 
filed by a Member of Congress or officer or employee of 
the Congress, each such individual is required to file a 
quarterly report on April 30, July 30, October 30, and 
January 30 of each year covering the preceding calendar 
quarter if that individual (or the spouse or any dependent 
child of that individual) purchased, sold, or exchanged any 
property described in subsection (a)(5) valued at not less 
than $250,000 during that calendar quarter. For any such 
transaction of not less than $250,000, such report shall 
contain all of the information required under subsection 
(a)(5).’’. 
(2)(A) Clause 1 of rule XXVI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ 
after ‘‘1.’’ and by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(b) If any report is filed with the Clerk for a 
calendar quarter pursuant to section 101(i) of the 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Clerk shall 
compile all such reports sent to the Clerk by Mem-
bers and have them printed as a House document, 
which shall be made available to the public, as soon 
as practicable. 
‘‘(c) Each individual required to file a report 
with the Clerk under title I under the Ethics in Gov-
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ernment Act of 1978 shall file and maintain such re-
port in electronic form.’’. 
(B) Comparable language to be added by the Senate. 
(c) AVAILABILITY ON THE INTERNET OF REPORTS 
FILED UNDER THIS TITLE WITH THE CLERK OF THE 
HOUSE OR THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE.—Section 
103 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) The Clerk of the House of Representatives and 
the Secretary of the Senate shall each make available any 
report filed with them under this title within 48 hours of 
the applicable submission deadline on the website of the 
Clerk or the Secretary, as applicable, in a searchable, sort-
able, downloadable, machine-readable format.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to reports filed for calendar years 
or calendar quarters beginning after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 102. GREATER DISCLOSURE OF TRAVEL REPORTS. 
(a) FOREIGN TRAVEL.—Clause 8(b)(3) of rule X of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Within 48 
hours after any such report is filed with the chair of a 
committee, the chair shall post the report on the Internet 
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site of the committee in a searchable, sortable, 
downloadable, machine-readable format.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to travel commencing after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 103. GREATER DISCLOSURE OF GIFT REPORTS. 
(a) REQUIRING CLERK OF THE HOUSE TO POST RE-
PORTS
ON INTERNET NOT LATER THAN 48 HOURS 
AFTER RECEIPT.—(1) Clause 5(b)(5) of rule XXV of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall make available’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall post on the public Internet site 
of the Clerk and otherwise make available’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘as possible’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘as possible, but in no event later 
than 48 hours,’’. 
(2) Comparable language to be added by the Senate. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to reports filed on 
or after the date of the adoption of this resolution. 
SEC. 104. GREATER DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS. 
(a) ELECTRONIC DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS.—(1) 
Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by redesignating clause 18 as clause 19 and 
by inserting after clause 17 the following: 
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‘‘18. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
who requests a congressional earmark, a limited tax ben-
efit, or a limited tariff benefit shall, within 24 hours after 
making such request— 
‘‘(1) post on his or her public website for the 
remainder of the Congress the following— 
‘‘(A) the name and address of the intended 
recipient; 
‘‘(B) whether the intended recipient is a 
for-profit or not-for-profit entity; 
‘‘(C) the requested amount (only in the 
case of congressional earmarks); and 
‘‘(D) an explanation of the request, includ-
ing the purpose, and why it is a valuable use 
of taxpayer funds; 
‘‘(2) electronically submit to the committee of 
subject-matter jurisdiction the webpage address 
where such information is posted; 
‘‘(3) identify each request as having been sub-
mitted to the committee of subject-matter jurisdic-
tion; and 
‘‘(4) display on the homepage of such website a 
hypertext link that contains the words ‘Earmarks’, 
‘Appropriations Requests’, ‘Limited Tax Benefits’, 
or ‘Limited Tariff Benefits’ and that directs to such 
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webpage address, and maintain that link for at least 
30 calendar days after the last such request is made 
during the Congress.’’. 
(2) The last sentence of clause 16 of rule XXIII of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
striking ‘‘and clause 17’’ and inserting ‘‘, clause 17, and 
clause 18’’. 
(b) ELECTRONIC DISCLOSURE BY COMMITTEES.— 
Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘ Earmark disclosure websites 
‘‘(s)(1) Any committee that accepts any request of 
a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner for a con-
gressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tar-
iff benefit shall maintain a public website with an earmark 
disclosure webpage that contains the following for each 
such request— 
‘‘(A) the bill name; 
‘‘(B) the name, State, and district of that indi-
vidual; 
‘‘(C) the name and address of the intended re-
cipient; 
‘‘(D) whether the intended recipient is a for- 
profit or not-for-profit entity; 
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‘‘(E) the requested amount (only in the case of 
congressional earmarks); 
‘‘(F) a brief description; and 
‘‘(G) the applicable department or agency of the 
Government, and the account or program (if pro-
vided to the committee in the request); 
and is in a downloadable format that is searchable and 
sortable by such characteristics. 
‘‘(2) Any written statement received by a committee 
under clause 17(a) of rule XXIII shall be posted on the 
earmark disclosure webpage of the committee. 
‘‘(3) The earmark disclosure webpage of a committee 
shall list the names of any Member, Delegate, and Resi-
dent Commissioner who requests a congressional earmark, 
a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff benefit and link 
directly to their webpage addresses referred to in clause 
18(2) of rule XXIII. 
‘‘(4) The earmark disclosure webpage of a committee 
shall post the information required under subparagraphs 
(1) through (3) within one week of receipt, and shall main-
tain that information on that webpage for the remainder 
of the Congress. 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this paragraph, the terms ‘con-
gressional earmark’, ‘limited tax benefit’, and ‘limited tar-
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iff benefit’ shall have the meaning given them in clause 
9 of rule XXI.’’. 
(c) POINT OF ORDER.—Clause 9 of rule XXI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by re-
designating paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) as paragraphs (f), 
(g), and (h), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph 
(d) the following: 
‘‘(e) It shall not be in order to consider any bill or 
joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference 
report thereon, that carries a congressional earmark, lim-
ited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit for which a Mem-
ber, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner failed to comply 
with any applicable requirement of clause 18 of rule 
XXIII.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to requests for congressional ear-
marks, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits 
made after the date this resolution is agreed to. 
(e) CENTRALIZED DATABASE FOR EARMARKS, LIM-
ITED TAX BENEFITS, AND LIMITED TARIFF BENEFITS.— 
(1) The Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Sec-
retary of the Senate, and the chairs of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate shall collaborate to create one centralized database 
where all requests for earmark, limited tax benefits, and 
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limited tariff benefits are available on the Internet in a 
searchable, sortable, downloadable format to the public. 
The data available to the public for each earmark should 
include— 
(A) an identification of the bill into which the 
earmark is to be inserted; 
(B) the name, State, and district of the Mem-
ber of Congress requesting the earmark; 
(C) the name and address of the intended re-
cipient; 
(D) whether the intended recipient is a for-prof-
it or not-for-profit entity; 
(E) the requested amount (only in the case of 
congressional earmarks); 
(F) a brief description of the earmark; and 
(G) the applicable department or agency of the 
Government, and the account or program (if pro-
vided to the committee in the request). 
(2) The centralized database for earmarks referred 
to in paragraph (1) shall be implemented within six 
months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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TITLE II—ENHANCING PUBLIC 
ACCESS TO THE WORK OF 
CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMIT-
TEES, 
LEGISLATION, 
AND 
VOTES 
SEC. 
201. 
INCREASE 
TRANSPARENCY 
OF 
COMMITTEE 
WORK. 
(a) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Clause 
1 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(e) (1) Each committee shall post on its Internet 
website the public hearings and markup schedules of the 
committee and each of its subcommittees at the same time 
that information is made available to members of the com-
mittee. 
‘‘(2) For each hearing and markup for which infor-
mation is posted under subparagraph (1), the committee 
shall post on its Internet website within 45 days the fol-
lowing: the topic, related legislation, testimony of wit-
nesses, opening statements of the chair and ranking mi-
nority member, transcripts, and audio and video record-
ings. 
‘‘(3) Within 24 hours after a committee or sub-
committee orders any bill or resolution to be reported, the 
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committee or subcommittee, as applicable, shall post on 
its Internet website all amendments that were agreed to, 
except for technical and conforming changes authorized by 
the committee or subcommittee.’’. 
(b) IN THE SENATE.—Comparable language to be 
added by the Senate. 
SEC. 
202. 
INCREASE 
TRANSPARENCY 
OF 
COMMITTEE 
SCHEDULES THROUGH THE CLERK. 
Clause 2 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(l) The House Committees shall provide to the 
Clerk, in a structured data format, a complete list 
of all public hearing and markup schedules of com-
mittees and subcommittees as soon as publically 
available; and the Clerk shall post this information 
on its website, including links to committee 
websites.’’. 
SEC. 203. INCREASED TRANSPARENCY OF RECORDED 
VOTES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF THE CLERK OF THE 
HOUSE AND THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE.—The 
Clerk of the House of Representative and the Secretary 
of the Senate shall post on the public Internet site of the 
Office of the Clerk or of the Secretary, respectively, a 
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record, organized by the name of each Member or Senator, 
in a structured data format, of the recorded votes of that 
Member or Senator, including the roll, date, issue, ques-
tion, result, and title or description of the vote, and any 
cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office related 
to the vote. 
(b) WEB LINK.—Each Member shall provide a link 
to the Clerk of the House of Representatives of a list of 
recorded votes from that Member’s Web site, and each 
Senator shall provide a link to the Secretary of the Senate 
of a list of recorded votes from that Senator’s Web site. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘Member’’ means a Representative in Congress, a delegate 
to Congress, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto 
Rico. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 
recorded votes occurring after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
TITLE III—ENHANCING PUBLIC 
ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONAL 
RESEARCH SERVICE 
SEC. 301. ENHANCE ACCESS TO CRS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF CRS INFORMATION ON THE 
INTERNET.—Except as provided by subsection (b) and (c), 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in consultation 
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with the Director of Congressional Research Service (here-
after in this section referred to as ‘‘CRS’’), shall make 
publically available on the Internet the following CRS in-
formation: 
(1) CRS Issue Briefs; 
(2) CRS Reports that are available to Members 
of Congress through the CRS Web site; and 
(3) CRS Authorization of Appropriations and 
Appropriations Products. 
(b) EXEMPTION
FOR
CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMA-
TION.—Information deemed confidential by the Director 
of CRS and any document that is a confidential research 
request made by an individual, office, or committee shall 
be exempt from disclosure under subsection (a). 
(c) ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS.—The Clerk of the 
House of Representatives, in consultation with the Direc-
tor of CRS, shall— 
(1) remove the personal information of CRS 
employees, including names and phone numbers; 
(2) remove material that may infringe the copy-
right of a work protected under title 17, United 
States Code; and 
(3) make any changes to information that s/he 
deems necessary to ensure its accuracy and cur-
rency. 
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(d) CONFORMING PROVISION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to require the Director of CRS to 
respond to any inquiry made by a member of the public 
respecting the information covered by this section. 
(e) ACCESS
TO CRS WEB SITE.—Members and 
standing committees of the House of Representatives shall 
provide a link to the CRS database on their Web sites. 
(f) ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING, AND UPDATING 
THE DATABASE.—Within 6 months after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives shall establish the database necessary to carry out 
this section. The Clerk shall be responsible for maintain-
ing and updating the information on that database. 
TITLE IV—LOBBYING 
DISCLOSURE 
SECTION 401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Lobbyist Disclosure 
Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 402. MODIFICATIONS TO ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT TASK FORCE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General 
shall establish the Lobbying Disclosure Act Enforce-
ment Task Force (in this subsection referred to as 
the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Task Force— 
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(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 
under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, 
and shall develop a mechanism to allow mem-
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bers of the public to report such noncompliance 
online. 
(b) REFERRAL OF CASES TO THE ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL.—Section 6(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’. 
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVED ENFORCE-
MENT.—The Attorney General may make recommenda-
tions to Congress with respect to— 
(1) the enforcement of and compliance with the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; and 
(2) the need for resources available for the en-
hanced enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
of 1995. 
(d) INFORMATION
IN ENFORCEMENT REPORTS.— 
Section 6(b)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1605(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘by case’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘public record’’ and inserting 
‘‘by case and name of the individual lobbyists or lobbying 
firms involved, any sentences imposed’’. 
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SEC. 403. 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. 404. EXPEDITED ONLINE REGISTRATION OF LOBBY-
ISTS; 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. 405. 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: 
‘‘(ii) for each issue listed under clause (i), 
a list identifying— 
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