IV 
House Calendar No. 144 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 648 
[Report No. 109–369, Part I] 
To eliminate floor privileges and access to Member exercise facilities for 
registered lobbyists who are former Members or officers of the House. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2006 
Mr. DREIER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House Admin-
istration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
JANUARY 31, 2006 
Reported from the Committee on Rules 
JANUARY 31, 2006 
Committee on House Administration discharged; referred to the House 
Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
To eliminate floor privileges and access to Member exercise 
facilities for registered lobbyists who are former Members 
or officers of the House. 
Resolved,
HRES 648 RH 
SECTION 1. FLOOR PRIVILEGES OF FORMER MEMBERS 
AND OFFICERS. 
Clause 4 of rule IV of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘4. (a) A former Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner; a former Parliamentarian of the House; or 
a former elected officer of the House or former minority 
employee nominated as an elected officer of the House 
shall not be entitled to the privilege of admission to the 
Hall of the House and rooms leading thereto if he or she— 
‘‘(1) is a registered lobbyist or agent of a for-
eign principal as those terms are defined in clause 
5 of rule XXV; 
‘‘(2) has any direct personal or pecuniary inter-
est in any legislative measure pending before the 
House or reported by a committee; or 
‘‘(3) is in the employ of or represents any party 
or organization for the purpose of influencing, di-
rectly or indirectly, the passage, defeat, or amend-
ment of any legislative proposal. 
‘‘(b) The Speaker may promulgate regulations that 
exempt ceremonial or educational functions from the re-
strictions of this clause.’’.
HRES 648 RH 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ACCESS TO MEMBER EXERCISE FA-
CILITIES FOR LOBBYISTS WHO ARE FORMER 
MEMBERS OR OFFICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The House of Representatives 
may not provide access to any exercise facility which is 
made available exclusively to Members and former Mem-
bers, officers and former officers of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and their spouses to any former Member, 
former officer, or spouse who is a lobbyist registered under 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 or any successor 
statute or agent of a foreign principal as defined in clause 
5 of rule XXV. For purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ includes a Del-
egate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration shall promulgate regulations to carry out this 
section.
House Calendar No. 144 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 648 
[Report No. 109–369, Part I] 
RESOLUTION 
To eliminate floor privileges and access to Member 
exercise facilities for registered lobbyists who are 
former Members or officers of the House. 
JANUARY 31, 2006 
Reported from the Committee on Rules 
JANUARY 31, 2006 
Committee on House Administration discharged; referred 
to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed