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Union Calendar No. 97 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2316 
[Report No. 110–161, Part I] 
To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclosure and 
enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2007 
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. HALL of 
New York, Mr. KAGEN, and Mr. SHERMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committees on Rules and House Administration, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
MAY 21, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. SPACE, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, and Ms. CASTOR 
MAY 21, 2007 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MAY 21, 2007 
Committees on Rules and House Administration discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 15, 2007] 
A BILL 
To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclo-
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sure and enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
TITLE I—CLOSING THE REVOLVING DOOR 
Sec. 101. Disclosure by Members and staff of employment negotiations. 
Sec. 102. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions or prac-
tices. 
Sec. 103. Additional restrictions on contractors. 
Sec. 104. Effective date. 
TITLE II—FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING 
Sec. 201. Quarterly filing of lobbying disclosure reports. 
Sec. 202. Electronic filing of lobbying disclosure reports. 
Sec. 203. Additional lobbying disclosure requirements. 
Sec. 204. Quarterly reports on other contributions. 
Sec. 205. Prohibition on provision of gifts or travel by registered lobbyists to 
Members of Congress and to congressional employees. 
Sec. 206. Disclosure of lobbying activities by certain coalitions and association. 
Sec. 207. Disclosure by registered lobbyists of past executive branch and congres-
sional employment. 
Sec. 208. Public database of lobbying disclosure information; maintenance of in-
formation. 
Sec. 209. Inapplicability to certain political committees. 
Sec. 210. Effective date. 
TITLE III—ENFORCEMENT OF LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS 
Sec. 301. Increased civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with lob-
bying disclosure requirements. 
TITLE IV—INCREASED DISCLOSURE 
Sec. 401. Prohibition on official contact with spouse of Member who is a reg-
istered lobbyist. 
Sec. 402. Posting of travel and financial disclosure reports on public website of 
Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
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TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 501. Rule of construction. 
TITLE I—CLOSING THE 
REVOLVING DOOR 
SEC. 101. DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS AND STAFF OF EM-
PLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONS. 
The Rules of the House of Representatives are amended 
by redesignating rules XXVII and XXVIII as rules XXVIII 
and XXIX, respectively, and by inserting after rule XXVI 
the following new rule: 
‘‘RULE XXVII 
‘‘DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS AND STAFF OF EMPLOYMENT 
NEGOTIATIONS 
‘‘1. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
shall not directly negotiate or have any agreement of future 
employment or compensation until after his or her successor 
has been elected, unless such Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner, within 3 business days after the commence-
ment of such negotiation or agreement of future employment 
or compensation, files with the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct a statement, which must be signed by the 
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, regarding 
such negotiations or agreement, including the name of the 
private entity or entities involved in such negotiations or 
agreement, and the date such negotiations or agreement 
commenced. 
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‘‘2. An officer or an employee of the House earning 
in excess of 75 percent of the salary paid to a Member shall 
notify the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct that 
he or she is negotiating or has any agreement of future em-
ployment or compensation. 
‘‘3. The disclosure and notification under this rule 
shall be made within 3 business days after the commence-
ment of such negotiation or agreement of future employment 
or compensation. 
‘‘4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, 
and an officer or employee to whom this clause applies, 
shall recuse himself or herself from any matter in which 
there is a conflict of interest or an appearance of a conflict 
for that Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
or employee under this rule and shall notify the Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct of such recusal. A Mem-
ber, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner making such 
recusal shall, upon such recusal, submit to the Clerk for 
public disclosure the statement of disclosure under clause 
1 with respect to which the recusal was made.’’. 
SEC. 102. WRONGFULLY INFLUENCING A PRIVATE ENTITY’S 
EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS OR PRACTICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘§ 227. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s em-
ployment decisions by a Member of Con-
gress 
‘‘Whoever, being a Senator or Representative in, or a 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress or an 
employee of either House of Congress, with the intent to in-
fluence on the basis of partisan political affiliation an em-
ployment decision or employment practice of any private 
entity— 
‘‘(1) takes or withholds, or offers or threatens to 
take or withhold, an official act, or 
‘‘(2) influences, or offers or threatens to influ-
ence, the official act of another, 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more 
than 15 years, or both, and may be disqualified from hold-
ing any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United 
States.’’. 
(b) NO INFERENCE.—Nothing in section 227 of title 
18, United States Code, as added by this section, shall be 
construed to create any inference with respect to whether 
the activity described in section 227 of title 18, United 
States Code, was a criminal or civil offense before the enact-
ment of this Act, including under section 201(b), 201(c), 
or any of sections 203 through 209, of title 18, United 
States Code. 
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