I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4682 
To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclosure and enforce-
ment of ethics and lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2006 
Ms. PELOSI (for herself, Mr. HOYER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 
California, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. CONYERS, 
Mr. OBEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. FRANK of 
Massachusetts, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. SPRATT, Ms. SLAUGH-
TER, Mr. EVANS, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDON-
ALD, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. 
BACA, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BARROW, Ms. BEAN, Mr. BECER-
RA, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BISHOP 
of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. 
BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. 
CARNAHAN, Ms. CARSON, Mr. CASE, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CUMMINGS, 
Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. EDWARDS, 
Mr. ETHERIDGE, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FARR, Mr. 
FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FORD, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GORDON, Mr. AL 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HOLT, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. 
INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 
Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode 
Island, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIND, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 
LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. 
LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of Cali-
fornia, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Ms. MCCOLLUM of 
Minnesota, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MEEK of Flor-
ida, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. 
MOORE
of Kansas, Mr. MORAN
of Virginia, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. OWENS, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, 
Mr. REYES, Mr. ROSS, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr.
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SALAZAR, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, 
Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SCHWARTZ of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. 
STARK, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, 
Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. UDALL of 
Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VISCLOSKY, 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WEINER, 
Mr. WEXLER, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. WU) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committees on Rules, Government Reform, Standards of Official 
Conduct, Armed Services, and House Administration, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclo-
sure and enforcement of ethics and 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 2006’’. 
(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. Extension of lobbying ban for former Members and employees of Con-
gress and executive branch officials. 
Sec. 102. Elimination of floor privileges and access to Members exercise facili-
ties for former Member lobbyists. 
Sec. 103. Disclosure by Members of Congress and senior congressional staff of 
employment negotiations.
Sec. 104. Ethics review of employment negotiations by executive branch offi-
cials. 
Sec. 105. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions or 
practices. 
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. Disclosure of paid efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying. 
Sec. 205. Disclosure of lobbying activities by certain coalitions and associations. 
Sec. 206. Disclosure by registered lobbyists of past executive and congressional 
employment. 
Sec. 207. Public database of lobbying disclosure information. 
Sec. 208. Conforming amendment. 
TITLE III—RESTRICTING CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL AND GIFTS 
Sec. 301. Ban on gifts from lobbyists. 
Sec. 302. Prohibition on privately funded travel. 
Sec. 303. Prohibiting lobbyist organization and participation in congressional 
travel. 
Sec. 304. Reimbursement and disclosure of noncommercial travel. 
Sec. 305. Per diem expenses for congressional travel. 
TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT OF LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS 
Sec. 401. Office of public integrity. 
Sec. 402. Increased civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with lob-
bying disclosure requirements. 
Sec. 403. Penalty for false certification in connection with congressional travel. 
Sec. 404. Mandatory annual ethics training for House employees. 
TITLE V—OPEN GOVERNMENT 
Sec. 501. Fiscal responsibility. 
Sec. 502. Curbing abuses of power. 
Sec. 503. Ending 2-day work weeks. 
Sec. 504. Knowing what the House is voting on. 
Sec. 505. Full and open debate in conference. 
TITLE VI—ANTI-CRONYISM AND PUBLIC SAFETY 
Sec. 601. Minimum requirements for political appointees holding public safety 
positions. 
Sec. 602. Effective date. 
TITLE VII—ZERO TOLERANCE FOR CONTRACT CHEATERS 
Sec. 701. Public availability of Federal contract awards. 
Sec. 702. Prohibition on award of monopoly contracts. 
Sec. 703. Competition in multiple award contracts. 
Sec. 704. Suspension and debarment of unethical contractors. 
Sec. 705. Criminal sanctions for cheating taxpayers and wartime fraud. 
Sec. 706. Prohibition on contractor conflicts of interest. 
Sec. 707. Disclosure of Government contractor overcharges. 
Sec. 708. Penalties for improper sole-source contracting procedures.
Sec. 709. Stopping the revolving door. 
TITLE VIII—PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES 
Sec. 801. Presidential libraries. 
TITLE I—CLOSING THE 
REVOLVING DOOR 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF LOBBYING BAN FOR FORMER 
MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CONGRESS 
AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS. 
Section 207 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘One-year’’ and inserting ‘‘Two-year’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 years’’ in both places it ap-
pears; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘1- 
year period’’ and inserting ‘‘2-year period;’’ 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘1 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘1 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’;