SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF MEMBERS 
AND STAFF OF THE JOINT SELECT COM-
MITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION. 
Section 401 of the Budget Control Act of 2011 is 
amended by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (h) 
and by adding after subsection (c) the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(d) DISCLOSURE
OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES
AND 
MEETINGS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any member of the joint 
committee, and any individual who is on the staff of 
the committee or on the personal staff of a member 
of the committee, shall disclose any meeting with 
any other individual relating to matters before the 
committee if such individual— 
‘‘(A) is a registered lobbyist or agent of a 
foreign principal as those terms are defined in 
clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives; 
‘‘(B) has any direct personal or pecuniary 
interest in any legislative measure pending be-
fore the House of Representatives or the Senate 
or reported by a committee of either House; or 
‘‘(C) is in the employ of or represents any 
party or organization for the purpose of influ-
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encing, directly or indirectly, the passage, de-
feat, or amendment of any legislative proposal. 
‘‘(2) TIMING OF DISCLOSURE.—A meeting shall 
be disclosed under paragraph (1) within 48 hours 
after such meeting is held, subject to subsection 
(f)(2). 
‘‘(e) DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN OR MEMBER-DES-
IGNATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE CONTRIBU-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any member of the joint 
committee who is a candidate with an authorized 
committee or who is a candidate or an individual 
holding Federal office affiliated with a leadership 
PAC shall disclose any contribution such committee 
or such leadership PAC receives from an individual, 
or any entity, which— 
‘‘(A) is a registered lobbyist or agent of a 
foreign principal; 
‘‘(B) the authorized committee or leader-
ship PAC, using the best efforts of such com-
mittee or PAC, determines is in the employ of 
or represents any party or organization for the 
purpose of directly or indirectly influencing the 
passage, defeat, or amendment of any legisla-
tive proposal; or 
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‘‘(C) makes a single contribution in excess 
of $500. 
‘‘(2) TIMING OF DISCLOSURE.—The disclosure 
required under paragraph (1) shall be made not 
later than 48 hours after the receipt of the contribu-
tion described in such paragraph. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) 
AUTHORIZED
COMMITTEE, 
CAN-
DIDATE, AND CONTRIBUTION.—The terms ‘au-
thorized committee’, ‘candidate’, and ‘contribu-
tion’ have the meaning given such terms in sec-
tion 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431). 
‘‘(B) FOREIGN
PRINCIPAL, LOBBYIST.— 
The terms ‘foreign principal’ and ‘registered 
lobbyist’ have the meaning given such terms in 
clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives. 
‘‘(C) LEADERSHIP PAC.—The term ‘leader-
ship PAC’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 304(i)(8) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(i)(8)). 
‘‘(f) FINAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES & CAMPAIGN OR 
MEMBER-DESIGNATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 
CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
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‘‘(1) CONTENTS OF FINAL REPORT.—Not later 
than December 2, 2011, the joint committee shall 
submit a report to both Houses of Congress dis-
closing all information required under subsections 
(d) and (e) in a final report. 
‘‘(2) 
CERTAIN
ACTIVITIES
POSTED
ON 
WEBSITE.—(A) Any meeting described under sub-
section (d) that occurs in the 48-hour period imme-
diately preceding the vote required under subsection 
(b)(3)(B)(i) shall be posted on the official website of 
the joint committee before such meeting is held and 
before such vote may occur. 
‘‘(B) Any meeting described under subsection 
(d) that occurs in the 48-hour period immediately 
preceding the submission of the report and legisla-
tive language required under subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii) 
shall be posted to the website before such meeting 
is held and before such submission may occur. 
‘‘(g) OFFICIAL WEBSITE.— 
‘‘(1) 
CREATION
OF
JOINT
COMMITTEE 
WEBSITE.—Before the first meeting of the joint 
committee, the Co-Chairs shall establish and main-
tain a website for the joint committee that is avail-
able to the public and the contents of which are 
searchable and sortable. 
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‘‘(2) CONTENT.—The website shall contain in-
formation required under subsections (d), (e), and 
(f) and shall contain such other information the 
joint committee or its staff deems necessary and 
beneficial to inform the public of the committee’s 
proceedings, deliberations, and deadlines of the joint 
committee. 
‘‘(3) POSTING
REQUIREMENTS.—Information 
required to be disclosed under subsections (d), (e), 
and (f) shall be posted to the website within the 
timeframe required for disclosure under such sub-
sections.’’. 
SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF REPORT AND LEGISLATIVE LAN-
GUAGE PROPOSED BY JOINT COMMITTEE. 
Section 401(b)(3)(B)(iv) of the Budget Control Act 
of 2011 is amended by inserting before the first sentence 
the following new sentence: ‘‘The proposed joint com-
mittee report and proposed legislative language shall be 
made available to the public on the website of the joint 
committee at least 72 hours before the vote on such meas-
ures.’’. 
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