‘‘(g) A Member, officer, or employee who takes a 
flight described in paragraph (a)(3)(A)(ii) shall, with re-
spect to the flight, file a report with the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives for public disclosure within 10 
days after the flight which provides— 
‘‘(1) the date of the flight; 
‘‘(2) the destination of the flight; 
‘‘(3) the identification of the other individuals 
who were on the flight, other than those operating 
the plane; and 
‘‘(4) the purpose of the trip.’’. 
(b) SENATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph 1(c)(1) of rule 
XXXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) Market value for a flight on an airplane 
that is not licensed by the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration to operate for compensation or hire shall be 
the fair market value of a charter flight. The Select 
Committee on Ethics shall make public information 
received under this subparagraph as soon as possible 
after it is received.’’. 
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(2) DISCLOSURE.—Paragraph 1 of rule XXXV 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) A Member, officer, or employee who takes a 
flight described in subparagraph (c)(1)(B) shall, with re-
spect to the flight, file a report with the Secretary of the 
Senate for public disclosure within 10 days after the 
flight— 
‘‘(1) the date of the flight; 
‘‘(2) the destination of the flight; 
‘‘(3) who else was on the flight, other than 
those operating the plane; and 
‘‘(4) the purpose of the trip.’’. 
SEC. 205. BAN ON ALL GIFTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause 5(a) of rule XXV of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A)’’, and 
(B) by striking subdivision (B); and 
(2) by adding at the end of subparagraph 
(a)(2)(A) the following new sentence: ‘‘The term 
‘gift’ also includes payments or other disbursements 
made, or arranged to be made, for a party, recep-
tion, or other event in the honor or recognition of a 
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
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or employee that is held at a national party conven-
tion.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO AT-
TENDANCE AT CHARITY EVENTS.—Clause 5(a)(4)(C) of 
such rule is amended by striking ‘‘unless—’’ and all that 
follows and inserting a period. 
TITLE III—LOBBYING REFORMS 
SEC. 301. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS UNDER LOBBYING DIS-
CLOSURE ACT TO COMMITTEE ON STAND-
ARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT. 
(a) FILING OF REGISTRATIONS.—Section 4 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Clerk’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Clerk’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct’’. 
(b) PENALTIES.—Section 7 of the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1606) is amended by striking 
‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Standards of Offi-
cial Conduct’’. 
(c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 8(c) of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1607(c)) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct’’. 
(d) ESTIMATES BASED ON TAX REPORTING SYS-
TEM.—Section 15(c)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1610(c)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Standards of Offi-
cial Conduct’’. 
SEC. 302. REGISTRATION FEES. 
Section 4(a)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘The Committee on Standards of Offi-
cial Conduct of the House of Representatives shall charge 
a fee for each registration filed with the committee, in an 
amount determined by the committee.’’. 
SEC. 303. TIMING OF REPORTS; ELECTRONIC FILING. 
Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1604) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘RE-
PORT.—No later than’’ and inserting ‘‘AND 
QUARTERLY REPORTS.—’’ 
‘‘(1) FILING IN THE SENATE.—No later than’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives’’; and 
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(C) by striking the last sentence and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(2) FILING IN THE HOUSE.—No later than 30 
days after the end of each 3-month period beginning 
on the first day of each calendar quarter of each 
year in which a registrant is registered under section 
4, each registrant shall file a report with the Com-
mittee on Standards of Official Conduct of the 
House of Representatives on its lobbying activities 
during that 3-month period. 
‘‘(3) SEPARATE REPORTS.—A separate report 
under this subsection shall be filed for each client of 
the registrant.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) ELECTRONIC FILING.—Each report filed under 
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) shall be filed in electronic 
form, in addition to any other form that may be required 
by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the 
House of Representatives.’’. 
SEC. 304. ELECTRONIC DATABASE. 
Section 6 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1605) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(b) ELECTRONIC DATABASE.—The Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representa-
tives shall maintain, and make available to the public over 
the Internet, without a fee or other access charge, in a 
searchable, sortable, and downloadable manner, an elec-
tronic database that— 
‘‘(1) includes the information contained in re-
ports filed with the committee under this Act; and 
‘‘(2) is searchable and sortable, at a minimum, 
by each of the categories of information described in 
section 5(b).’’. 
SEC. 305. PENALTIES FOR OFFERING GIFTS. 
Section 7 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1606) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Whoever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
IN GENERAL.—Whoever’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) PENALTIES FOR OFFERING CERTAIN GIFTS.— 
Any person who is— 
‘‘(1) a lobbyist registered under this Act, 
‘‘(2) a lobbyist who is an employee of an orga-
nization registered under this Act, or 
‘‘(3) the client of any such lobbyist or organiza-
tion, 
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