I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5101
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide greater 
legislative input from the minority, to provide more time for Members 
to read legislation before its consideration, and to improve House over-
sight of the executive branch, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
of 1995 to improve lobbying disclosure, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2004
Mr. MEEHAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Rules, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 
Standards of Official Conduct, 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 
A BILL 
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
provide greater legislative input from the minority, to 
provide more time for Members to read legislation before 
its consideration, and to improve House oversight of 
the executive branch, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995 to improve lobbying disclosure, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Democracy in Congress 
Act of 2004’’. 
TITLE I—REFORMING THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEC. 101. SAME-DAY CONSIDERATION OF RULES COM-
MITTEE REPORTS. 
In rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives, clause 6(a) is amended by striking ‘‘the same day’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the same calendar day or less than 17 
hours after that’’. 
SEC. 102. MAXIMUM VOTING TIME. 
(a) ELECTRONIC VOTING.—In rule XX of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, the last sentence of 
clause 2(a) is amended by inserting ‘‘and the maximum 
time shall be 30 minutes’’ before the period. 
(b) TELLER VOTES.—In rule XX of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the last sentence of clause 4(a) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘and the maximum time shall be 
30 minutes’’ before the period. 
(c) POSTPONING RECORD VOTES.—In rule XX of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, clause 8(c) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and the maximum time is 30 min-
utes’’ before the period.
SEC. 103. RESTRICTION OF LATE NIGHT VOTING. 
Rule XX of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘12. Except for a motion to adjourn, it shall not be 
in order to conduct a vote on any measure or matter after 
midnight or before 7 a.m. on any calendar day unless, on 
the previous calendar day, the House has approved such 
late night voting on such calendar day by an affirmative 
vote of two-thirds of those voting, a quorum being 
present.’’. 
SEC. 104. RESTRICTIVE RULE LIMITATION. 
Clause 6 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(h) It shall not be in order to consider any rule or 
order reported from the Committee on Rules providing for 
the consideration of any bill or resolution otherwise sub-
ject to amendment under House rules if that resolution 
limits the right of Members to offer germane amendments 
to such bill or resolution unless at least one amendment 
in the nature of a substitute and two additional amend-
ments, if requested in writing by the minority leader, are 
allowed to be offered by the minority leader (or the minor-
ity leader’s designee) to such bill or resolution by such 
rule or order.’’.
SEC. 105. TWO-THIRDS REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN WAIV-
ERS UNDER THE RULES OF THE HOUSE. 
(a) TWO-THIRDS REQUIREMENT.—Clause 6(c) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by striking the period and inserting a semi-
colon at the end of subparagraph (2) and by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(3) a rule or order which would waive the lay-
over requirement of clause 8 of rule XXII con-
cerning the availability of reports, would waive the 
three-day layover requirement or the three-day 
Internet availability requirement of clause 4(a)(1) of 
this rule or of clause 8(a)(1) of rule XXII, or would 
waive the scope requirement of the last sentence of 
clause 9 of rule XXII by a vote of less than two-
thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being 
present.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause 6(a) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by striking subparagraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (1), and 
by redesignating subparagraph (3) as subparagraph (2). 
SEC. 106. TWO-THIRDS REQUIREMENT FOR AVAILABILITY 
OF CERTAIN MEASURES ON THE INTERNET. 
(a) COMMITTEE REPORTS.—Clause 4(a)(1) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is
amended by inserting ‘‘and until the third such calendar 
day on which the underlying measure or matter has been 
made available by the Committee on Rules on its Internet 
site’’ before the period. 
(b) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—Clause 8(a)(1)(A) of 
rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by inserting ‘‘and until the third such calendar 
day on which such conference report and joint explanatory 
statement have been made available by the standing com-
mittee of the House with subject matter jurisdiction over 
the underlying legislation on its Internet site’’ before the 
semicolon. 
SEC. 107. COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION. 
In rule X of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives, clause 5(a) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(5)(A) One-half of the members of the Committee 
on House Administration shall be from the majority party 
and one-half shall be from the minority party. 
‘‘(B) In the case of the Committee on House Admin-
istration, subpoenas may be authorized and issued as pro-
vided by clause 2(m) of rule XI, except that either the 
chairman or ranking minority party member of that com-
mittee may authorize and issue subpoenas under that 
clause.’’.
SEC. 108. CONTROL OF COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT RE-
FORM. 
In rule X, clause 5(a) (as amended by section 107) 
is further amended by adding the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 
(c)(1), the majority of the membership, including the 
chairman, of the Committee on Government Reform, shall 
be composed of Members of a major political party other 
than the political party of which the President of the 
United States is a member.’’. 
SEC. 109. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE DISCLOSURE RE-
QUIREMENT. 
(a) CLEAR IDENTIFICATION OF NEW MATERIAL IN 
CONFERENCE REPORTS.—In rule XXII, clause 7(e) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘The joint explanatory statement shall separately identify 
and explain each provision of the report which was not 
contained in the bill or resolution (or House or Senate 
amendment thereto, as applicable) for which the com-
mittee of conference was held, and, if possible, identify the 
Member who proposed such provision.’’. 
(b) SENSE
OF
THE CONGRESS
ON CONFERENCE 
COMMITTEE PROTOCOLS.—It is the sense of the Congress 
that—
(1) conference committees should hold regular, 
formal meetings of all conferees; 
(2) all conferees should be given adequate no-
tice of the time and place of all such meetings; and 
(3) all conferees should be afforded an oppor-
tunity to participate in full and complete debates of 
the matters that such conference committees may 
recommend to their respective Houses. 
SEC. 110. CREATION OF BIPARTISAN BLUE-RIBBON COM-
MISSION ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.—There is es-
tablished a Commission to assess the extent to which the 
House of Representatives has upheld its constitutional re-
sponsibility to oversee the executive branch and suggest 
structural and procedural changes to improve the over-
sight processes. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP
AND
APPOINTMENT.—(1) The 
Commission shall be composed of 10 members of whom 
5 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House and 5 
by the minority leader of the House from among individ-
uals who have significant knowledge or experience in the 
matters to be studied by the Commission. 
(2) Of the members appointed by the Speaker and 
by the minority leader, one appointed by each shall be a 
former member of the House of Representatives and one
appointed by each shall be a former officer or employee 
of the executive branch. 
(3) A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in 
the manner in which the original appointment was made. 
(4) Six members of the Commission shall constitute 
a quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings. 
(5) The Commission shall have 2 co-chairs. One shall 
be designated by the Speaker and one by the minority 
leader from among the members of the Commission ap-
pointed by such individual. 
(6) The Commission shall meet at the call of the co-
chairmen. 
(7) Each member of the Commission who is not an 
officer or employee of the Government shall be com-
pensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the an-
nual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, for each day (including travel time) during which 
such member is engaged in the performance of the duties 
of the Commission. All members of the Commission who 
are officers or employees of the United States shall serve 
without compensation in addition to that received for their 
services as officers or employees of the United States. The 
members of the Commission shall be allowed travel ex-
penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates
authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I 
of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away 
from their homes or regular places of business in the per-
formance of services for the Commission. 
(c) DIRECTOR AND STAFF.—The Director and staff 
of the Commission shall be appointed without regard to 
the civil service laws and regulations. The Director shall 
be compensated at the rate payable for level V of the Exec-
utive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code. The co-chairmen may fix the compensation of other 
personnel without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title, relating 
to classification of positions and General Schedule pay 
rates, except that the rate of pay for such personnel may 
not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 
(d) POWERS.—The Commission may, for the purpose 
of carrying out this section, hold such hearings, sit and 
act at such times and places, take such testimony, and 
receive such evidence as the Commission considers appro-
priate. 
(e) REPORT.—The Commission shall transmit a final 
report to the House of Representatives not later than one 
year after the date of enactment of this Act. The final 
report shall contain a detailed report of the findings and
conclusions of the Commission, together with its rec-
ommendations for such legislation as it considers appro-
priate. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall cease to 
exist 30 days after submitting its final report pursuant 
to subsection (e). 
TITLE 
II—REFORMING 
LOB-
BYING 
DISCLOSURE 
AND 
CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST PRO-
VISIONS 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN POST-EMPLOYMENT 
LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS. 
(a) 
SENIOR
EXECUTIVE
PERSONNEL.—Section 
207(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘within 1 year after’’ and inserting ‘‘within 3 
years after’’. 
(b) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—Section 207(e)(1) of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E)(i) Any person who is a Member of Con-
gress and who, within 3 years after that person 
leaves office, knowingly makes, with the intent to in-
fluence, any communication to or appearance before 
any person who is a Member or an employee of a 
committee described in clause (ii) on behalf of any
other person (except the United States) in connec-
tion with any matter on which such former Member 
of Congress seeks action by a Member, officer, or 
employee of that committee, in his or her official ca-
pacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216 
of this title. 
‘‘(ii) A committee referred to in clause (i) is 
any committee of which the former Member of Con-
gress was a Member within 1 year before leaving of-
fice.’’. 
SEC. 202. ELECTRONIC FILING OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE 
REPORTS. 
Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1604) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIRED.—A report re-
quired to be filed under this section shall be filed in elec-
tronic form, in addition to any other form that may be 
required by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of 
the House of Representatives.’’. 
SEC. 203. PUBLIC DATABASE OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) DATABASE REQUIRED.—Section 6 of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605) is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (8) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(9) 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 electronic database that—
‘‘(A) includes the information contained in 
registrations and reports filed under this Act; 
‘‘(B) directly links the information it con-
tains to the information disclosed in reports 
filed with the Federal Election Commission 
under section 304 of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434); and 
‘‘(C) is searchable and sortable to the max-
imum extent practicable, including searchable 
and sortable by each of the categories of infor-
mation described in section 4(b) or 5(b).’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—Section 6 of such 
Act is further amended in paragraph (4) by inserting be-
fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘and, in the 
case of a report filed in electronic form pursuant to section
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘semiannual report’’ and inserting 
‘‘quarterly report’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘semi-
annual filing period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 
period’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘semi-
annual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly pe-
riod’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘semi-
annual filing period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 
period’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) DEFINITION.—Section 3 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 1602) is amended in paragraph (10) by 
striking ‘‘six month period’’ and inserting ‘‘three-
month period’’. 
(2) REGISTRATION.—Section 4 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 1603) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(3)(A) by striking 
‘‘semiannual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 
period’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(3)(A) by striking 
‘‘semiannual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 
period’’.
(3) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 6 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 1605) is amended in paragraph (6) by strik-
ing ‘‘semiannual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 
period’’. 
(4) ESTIMATES.—Section 15 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 1610) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘semi-
annual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly pe-
riod’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘semi-
annual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly pe-
riod’’. 
(5) DOLLAR AMOUNTS.—
(A) Section 4 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1603) 
is further amended—
(i) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’; 
(ii) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii), by 
striking 
‘‘$20,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000’’; 
(iii) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by strik-
ing ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’; 
and 
(iv) in subsection (b)(4), by striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’.
(B) Section 5 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1604) 
is further amended—
(i) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ and ‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$5,000’’ and ‘‘$10,000’’, respectively; and 
(ii) in subsection (c)(2), by striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ both places such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’. 
SEC. 205. DISCLOSURE OF GRASSROOTS ACTIVITIES BY 
PAID LOBBYISTS. 
Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1602) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (8) by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) GRASSROOTS
ACTIVITIES.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (B), the term ‘lobbying 
contact’ also includes a grassroots lobbying 
communication.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(17) GRASSROOTS
LOBBYING
COMMUNICA-
TION.—The term ‘grassroots lobbying communica-
tion’ means an attempt to influence legislation or ex-
ecutive action through the use of mass communica-
tions (except mass communications through the
Internet) directed to the general public and designed 
to encourage recipients to take specific action with 
respect to specific legislation or executive action, ex-
cept that such term does not include any commu-
nications by an entity directed to its members, em-
ployees, officers, or shareholders. For purposes of 
this paragraph, a communication is designed to en-
courage a recipient if any of the following applies: 
‘‘(A) The communication states that the 
recipient should contact a legislator, or should 
contact an officer or employee of an executive 
agency. 
‘‘(B) The communication provides the ad-
dress, phone number, and contact information 
of a legislator or of an officer or employee of 
an executive agency. 
‘‘(C) The communication provides a peti-
tion, tear-off postcard, or similar material for 
the recipient to send to a legislator or to an of-
ficer or employee of an executive agency. 
‘‘(D)(i) Subject to clause (ii), the commu-
nication specifically identifies an individual 
who—
‘‘(I) is in a position to consider or 
vote on the legislation;
‘‘(II) represents the recipient in Con-
gress; or 
‘‘(III) is an officer or employee of the 
executive agency to which the legislation or 
executive action relates. 
‘‘(ii) A communication described in clause 
(i) is a grassroots lobbying communication only 
if it is a communication that cannot meet the 
‘full and fair exposition’ test as nonpartisan 
analysis, study, or research.’’. 
SEC. 206. IDENTIFICATION OF OFFICIALS WITH WHOM LOB-
BYING CONTACTS ARE MADE. 
Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1604) is further amended in subsection (b)(2)—
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(B) 
through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) for each specific issue listed pursuant 
to subparagraph (A), a list identifying each cov-
ered executive branch official and each Member 
of Congress with whom a lobbyist employed by 
the registrant engaged in a lobbying contact 
with respect to that issue;’’.
SEC. 207. DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BY CER-
TAIN COALITIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 3 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) CLIENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘client’ 
means any person or entity that employs or re-
tains another person for financial or other com-
pensation to conduct lobbying activities on be-
half of that person or entity. A person or entity 
whose employees act as lobbyists on its own be-
half is both a client and an employer of such 
employees. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF COALITIONS AND AS-
SOCIATIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clauses (ii) and (iii), in the case 
of a coalition or association that employs 
or retains other persons to conduct lob-
bying activities, each of the individual 
members of the coalition or association 
(and not the coalition or association) is the 
client. For purposes of section 4(a)(3), the 
preceding sentence shall not apply, and
only the coalition or association shall be 
treated as the client. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN TAX-
EXEMPT ASSOCIATIONS.—In case of an as-
sociation—
‘‘(I) which is described in para-
graph (3) of section 501(c) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of 
such Code, or 
‘‘(II) which is described in any 
other paragraph of section 501(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and exempt from tax under section 
501(a) of such Code and which has 
substantial exempt activities other 
than lobbying with respect to the spe-
cific issue for which it engaged the 
person filing the registration state-
ment under section 4, 
the association (and not its members) shall 
be treated as the client. 
‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MEM-
BERS.—
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Information 
on a member of a coalition or associa-
tion need not be included in any reg-
istration under section 4 if the 
amount reasonably expected to be con-
tributed by such member toward the 
activities of the coalition or associa-
tion of influencing legislation is less 
than $500 per any quarterly period. 
‘‘(II) EXCEPTION.—Subclause (I) 
shall not apply with respect to any 
member who unexpectedly makes ag-
gregate contributions of more than 
$500 in any quarterly period, and the 
date the aggregate of such contribu-
tions first exceeds $500 in such period 
shall be treated as the date of first 
employment or retention to make a 
lobbying contact for purposes of sec-
tion 4. 
‘‘(iv) LOOK-THROUGH RULES.—In the 
case of a coalition or association which is 
treated as a client under the first sentence 
of clause (i)—
‘‘(I) such coalition or association 
shall be treated as employing or re-
taining other persons to conduct lob-
bying activities for purposes of deter-
mining whether any individual mem-
ber thereof is treated as a client under 
clause (i), and 
‘‘(II) information on such coali-
tion or association need not be in-
cluded in any registration under sec-
tion 4 of the coalition or association 
with respect to which it is treated as 
a client under clause (i).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to—
(A) coalitions and associations listed on 
registration statements filed under section 4 of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(B) coalitions and associations for whom 
any lobbying contact is made after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of any coali-
tion or association to which the amendments made
by this Act apply by reason of paragraph (1)(B), the 
person required by such section 4 to file a registra-
tion statement with respect to such coalition or asso-
ciation shall file a new registration statement within 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 208. REFORM OF WAIVER PROCESS FOR ACTS AFFECT-
ING A PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST. 
Section 208 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘the Government of-
ficial responsible for appointment to his or her 
position’’ the following: ‘‘and the Office of Gov-
ernment Ethics’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a written determination 
made by such official’’ and inserting ‘‘a written 
determination made by the Office of Govern-
ment Ethics, after consultation with such offi-
cial,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘the official 
responsible for the employee’s appointment, after re-
view of’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office of Government 
Ethics, after consultation with the official respon-
sible for the employee’s appointment and after re-
view of’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Upon request’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978.’’ and inserting ‘‘In each case in which 
the Office of Government Ethics makes a deter-
mination granting an exemption under sub-
section (b)(1) or (b)(3) to a person, the Office 
shall, not later than 3 business days after mak-
ing such determination, make available to the 
public pursuant to the procedures set forth in 
section 105 of the Ethics in Government Act of 
1978, and publish in the Federal Register, such 
determination and the materials submitted by 
such person in requesting such exemption.’’; 
and 
(B) strike ‘‘the agency may withhold’’ and 
insert ‘‘the Office of Government Ethics may 
withhold’’. 
SEC. 209. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
OF EMPLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONS. 
(a) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The Code of Of-
ficial Conduct set forth in rule XXIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by redesignating
clause 14 as clause 15 and by inserting after clause 13 
the following new clause: 
‘‘14. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner shall publicly disclose the fact that he or she 
is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning 
prospective employment if a conflict of interest or 
the appearance of a conflict of interest may exist.’’. 
(b) SENATE.—[Text to be supplied by the Senate].
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