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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Lobbying Disclosure Technical Amendments Act of
1996’’.
(b) REFERENCE.—Whenever in this Act an amend-
ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-
sion of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF COVERED EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF-
FICIAL.
Section 3(3)(F) (2 U.S.C. 1602(3)(F)) is amended
by striking ‘‘7511(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘7511(b)(2)(B)’’.
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF EXCEPTION TO LOBBYING CON-
TACT.
(a) 
CERTAIN
COMMUNICATIONS.—Section
3(8)(B)(ix) (2 U.S.C. 1602(8)(B)(ix)) is amended by in-
serting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including any
communication compelled by a Federal contract, grant,
loan, permit, or license’’.
(b) DEFINITION OF ‘‘PUBLIC OFFICIAL’’.—Section
3(15)(F) (2 U.S.C. 1602(15)(F)) is amended by inserting
‘‘, or a group of governments acting together as an inter-
national organization’’ before the period.
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SEC. 4. INTERESTS.
(a) SECTION
4.—Section 4(b)(4)(C) (2 U.S.C.
1603(b)(4)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘direct interest’’
and inserting ‘‘significant direct interest’’.
(b) SECTION
5.—Section 5(b)(2)(D) (2 U.S.C.
1604(b)(2)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘of the interest,
if any,’’ and inserting ‘‘of any significant direct interest’’.
(c) SECTION 14.—Section 14 (2 U.S.C. 1609) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘a direct
interest’’ and inserting ‘‘a significant direct inter-
est’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘a direct
interest’’ and inserting ‘‘a significant direct inter-
est’’.
SEC. 5. ESTIMATES BASED ON TAX REPORTING SYSTEM.
(a) SECTION 15(a).—Section 15(a) (2 U.S.C. 1610
(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘A registrant’’ and inserting ‘‘A
person, other than a lobbying firm,’’; and
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(2) for all other purposes consider as lobbying
contacts and lobbying activities only—
‘‘(A) lobbying contacts with covered legisla-
tive branch officials (as defined in section 3(4))
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and lobbying activities in support of such con-
tacts; and
‘‘(B) lobbying of Federal executive branch
officials to the extent that such activities are in-
fluencing legislation as defined in section
4911(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.’’.±
(b) SECTION
15(b).—Section 15(b) (2 U.S.C.
1610(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘A registrant that is subject to’’
and inserting ‘‘A person, other than a lobbying firm,
who is required to account and does account for lob-
bying expenditures pursuant to’’; and
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(2) for all other purposes consider as lobbying
contacts and lobbying activities only—
‘‘(A) lobbying contacts with covered legisla-
tive branch officials (as defined in section 3(4))
and lobbying activities in support of such con-
tacts; and
‘‘(B) lobbying of Federal executive branch
officials to the extent that amounts paid or
costs incurred in connection with such activities
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are not deductible pursuant to section 162(e) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.
(c) SECTION 5(c).—Section 5(c) (2 U.S.C. 1604(c))
is amended by striking paragraph (3).
SEC. 6. DISCLOSURE OF INDIVIDUAL REGISTERED LOBBY-
ISTS.
Section 5(b) (2 U.S.C. 1604(b))—
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the
end of subparagraph (B), by striking subparagraph
(C), and by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (C), and
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively, and
by adding after paragraph (1) the following:
‘‘(2) a list of employees of the registrant who
acted as lobbyists on behalf of the client during the
semi-annual reporting period;’’.
SEC. 7. EXEMPTION BASED ON REGISTRATION UNDER LOB-
BYING ACT.
Section 3(h) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act
of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 613(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘is
required to register and does register’’ and inserting ‘‘has
engaged in lobbying activities and has registered’’.
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SEC. 8. FURNISHING INFORMATION.
(a) INFORMATION TO AGENCY OR OFFICIAL OF GOV-
ERNMENT.—Section 4(e) of the Foreign Agents Registra-
tion Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 614(e)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘political propaganda’’ and in-
serting ’’informational materials’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘the propaganda’’ and inserting
‘‘the informational materials’’.
(b) REPORTS.—Section 11 of the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 621) is amended by
striking ‘‘political propaganda’’ and inserting ‘‘informa-
tional materials’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.