sible, and what other individuals may partici-
pate in that travel; and 
(C) the adequacy of the current system of 
approval and disclosure of such travel. 
(3) With respect to the exceptions to the limita-
tion on the acceptance of gifts contained in clause 
5(a)— 
(A) the degree to which those exceptions 
meet the representational and personal needs of 
the House, its Members, officers, and employ-
ees; 
(B) the clarity of the limitation and its ex-
ceptions; and 
(C) the suitability of the current dollar 
limitations contained in clause 5(a)(1)(B) of 
such rule, including whether such limitations 
should be lowered. 
SEC. 303. PROHIBITING REGISTERED LOBBYISTS ON COR-
PORATE FLIGHTS. 
The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 is amended by 
inserting after section 5 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 5A. PROHIBITING REGISTERED LOBBYISTS ON COR-
PORATE FLIGHTS. 
‘‘If a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress or an officer or employee 
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of the House of Representatives is a passenger or crew 
member on a flight of an aircraft not licensed by the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration to operate for compensation 
or hire that is owned or operated by a person who is the 
client of a lobbyist or a lobbying firm, then such lobbyist 
may not be a passenger or crew member on that flight.’’. 
SEC. 304. VALUATION OF TICKETS TO SPORTING AND EN-
TERTAINMENT EVENTS. 
Clause 5(a)(2)(A) of rule XXV of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by— 
(1) inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(A)’’; and 
(2) adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) A gift of a ticket to a sporting or entertainment 
event shall be valued at the face value of the ticket, pro-
vided that in the case of a ticket without a face value, 
the ticket shall be valued at the highest cost of a ticket 
with a face value for the event.’’. 
TITLE IV—OVERSIGHT OF 
LOBBYING AND ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 401. AUDITS OF LOBBYING REPORTS BY HOUSE IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) ACCESS TO LOBBYING REPORTS.—The Office of 
Inspector General of the House of Representatives shall 
have access to all lobbyists’ disclosure information received 
by the Clerk of the House of Representatives under the 
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Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 and shall conduct ran-
dom audits of lobbyists’ disclosure information as nec-
essary to ensure compliance with that Act. 
(b) REFERRAL AUTHORITY.—The Office of the In-
spector General of the House of Representatives may refer 
potential violations by lobbyists of the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995 to the Department of Justice for discipli-
nary action. 
SEC. 402. HOUSE INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW AND AN-
NUAL REPORTS. 
(a) ONGOING REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Inspector 
General of the House of Representatives shall review on 
an ongoing basis the activities carried out by the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives under section 6 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605). The 
review shall emphasize— 
(1) the effectiveness of those activities in secur-
ing the compliance by lobbyists with the require-
ments of that Act; and 
(2) whether the Clerk has the resources and au-
thorities needed for effective oversight and enforce-
ment of that Act. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than December 31 
of each year, the Inspector General of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall submit to the House of Representatives 
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a report on the review required by subsection (a). The re-
port shall include the Inspector General’s assessment of 
the matters required to be emphasized by that subsection 
and any recommendations of the Inspector General to— 
(1) improve the compliance by lobbyists with 
the requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995; and 
(2) provide the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives with the resources and authorities need-
ed for effective oversight and enforcement of that 
Act. 
TITLE V—INSTITUTIONAL 
REFORMS 
SEC. 501. EARMARKING REFORM. 
(a) In the House of Representatives, it shall not be 
in order to consider— 
(1) a general appropriation bill reported by the 
Committee on Appropriations unless the report in-
cludes a list of earmarks in the bill or in the report 
(and the name of any Member who submitted a re-
quest to the Committee on Appropriations for an 
earmark included in such list); or 
(2) a conference report to accompany a general 
appropriation bill unless the joint explanatory state-
ment prepared by the managers on the part of the 
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House and the managers on the part of the Senate 
includes a list of earmarks in the conference report 
or joint statement (and the name of any Member 
who submitted a request to the Committee on Ap-
propriations for an earmark included in such list) 
that were— 
(A) not committed to the conference com-
mittee by either House; 
(B) not in the report specified in para-
graph (1); and 
(C) not in a report of a committee of the 
Senate on a companion measure. 
(b) In the House of Representatives, it shall not be 
in order to consider a rule or order that waives the appli-
cation of subsection (a)(2). 
(c)(1) A point of order raised under subsection (a) 
may be based only on the failure of a report of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations or joint statement, as the case 
may be, to include the list required by subsection (a). 
(2) As disposition of a point of order under this sec-
tion, the Chair shall put the question of consideration with 
respect to the proposition that is the subject of the point 
of order. 
(3) The question of consideration under this sub-
section shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Member 
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initiating the point of order and for 10 minutes by an op-
ponent, but shall otherwise be decided without intervening 
motion except one that the House adjourn. 
ø(d)(1) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘ear-
mark’’ means a provision in a bill, joint resolution, or con-
ference report, or language in an accompanying committee 
report or joint statement of managers, providing a specific 
amount of discretionary budget authority to a non-Federal 
entity, if such entity is identified by name. 
ø(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), government- 
sponsored enterprises, Federal facilities, and Federal 
lands shall be considered Federal entities. 
ø(3) For purposes of subsection (a), to the extent 
that the non-Federal entity is a unit of State or local gov-
ernment, an Indian tribe, or a foreign government, the 
provision or language shall not be considered an earmark 
unless the provision or language also specifies the specific 
purpose for which the designated budget authority is to 
be expended.¿ 
(d)(1) For the purpose of this section, the 
term ‘‘earmark’’ means a provision in a bill, 
joint resolution or conference report, or lan-
guage in an accompanying committee report 
or joint statement of managers, providing or 
recommending a specific amount of discre-
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tionary budget authority to a non-Federal en-
tity, if such entity is specifically identified in 
the report or bill; or if the discretionary budg-
et authority is allocated outside of the normal 
formula-driven or competitive bidding proc-
ess and is targeted or directed to an identifi-
able person, specific State, or Congressional 
district. 
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), gov-
ernment-sponsored enterprises, Federal fa-
cilities, and Federal lands shall be considered 
Federal entities. 
(3) For the purpose of paragraph (1), to 
the extent that the non-Federal entity is a 
State or territory, an Indian tribe, a foreign 
government or an intergovernmental inter-
national organization, the provision or lan-
guage shall not be considered an earmark un-
less the provision or language also specifies 
the specific purpose for which the designated 
budget authority is to be expended. 
øSEC.
502.
FREQUENT
AND
COMPREHENSIVE
ETHICS 
TRAINING. 
ø(a) ETHICS TRAINING.— 
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ø(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Stand-
ards of Official Conduct shall provide ethics training 
once per Congress to each employee of the House of 
Representatives, including training on the Code of 
Official Conduct, related rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and applicable provisions of law. 
ø(2) NEW EMPLOYEES.—A new employee of the 
House
of
Representatives
shall
receive
training 
under this section not later than 30 days after be-
ginning service to the House. 
ø(3) MEMBERS.—While the House of Rep-
resentatives recognizes that adding qualifications to 
service as a Member may be unconstitutional, it en-
courages Members to participate in ethics training. 
ø(b) CERTIFICATION.—Within 30 days of completing 
required ethics training, each employee of the House of 
Representatives shall file a certification with the Com-
mittee on Standards of Official Conduct that the employee 
has completed such training and is familiar with the con-
tents of any pertinent publications that are so designated 
by the committee.¿ 
SEC. 502. MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING FOR HOUSE EM-
PLOYEES. 
(a) 
MANDATORY
ETHICS
TRAINING
FOR 
HOUSE EMPLOYEES.— 
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(1) CHIEF
ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICER.— 
Clause 4 of rule II of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by 
inserting the following new paragraph at 
the end: 
‘‘(d) The Chief Administrative Officer may 
not pay any compensation to any employee of 
the House with respect to any pay period dur-
ing which the employee, as determined by the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 
is not in compliance with the applicable re-
quirements of regulations promulgated pur-
suant to clause 3(r) of Rule XI. ’’. 
(2) MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING PRO-
GRAM.—Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(r) The committee shall establish a pro-
gram of regular ethics training for employees 
of the House and promulgate regulations pro-
viding for the following: 
‘‘(1)(A) Except as otherwise provided, 
all employees of the House are required 
to complete ethics training offered by the 
committee at least once during each con-
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gress. Any employee who is hired after 
the date of adoption of such rules is re-
quired to complete such training within 
30 days of being hired. 
‘‘(B) Any employee of the House who 
works in a Member’s district office shall 
not be required to complete such ethics 
training until 30 days after the district 
office has received a notice from the 
Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct that the required ethics training 
program is available on the Internet. 
‘‘(2) After any employee of the House 
completes such ethics training, that em-
ployee shall file a written certification 
with the committee that he is familiar 
with the contents of any pertinent publi-
cations that are so designated by the 
committee and has completed the re-
quired ethics training. 
‘‘(3) As used in this paragraph, the 
term ‘employee of the House’ refers to 
any individual whose compensation is 
disbursed by the Chief Administrative Of-
ficer, including any staff assigned to a 
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Member’s personal office, any staff of a 
committee or leadership office, or any 
employee of the Office of the Clerk, of the 
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 
or of the Sergeant-at-Arms, but does not 
include a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner.’’. 
(b) ETHICS TRAINING FOR MEMBERS, DELE-
GATES
AND
THE
RESIDENT
COMMISSIONER.— 
Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by inserting 
the following new paragraph at the end: 
‘‘(s) The committee shall establish a pro-
gram of regular ethics training for Members, 
Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner 
similar to the program established in para-
graph (r), and encourage participation in 
such program.’’. 
SEC. 503. BIENNIAL PUBLICATION OF ETHICS MANUAL. 
Within 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act and during each Congress thereafter, the Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct shall publish an up-to- 
date ethics manual for Members, officers, and employees 
of the House of Representatives and make such manual 
available to all such individuals. The committee has a duty 
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to keep all Members, Delegates, the Resident Commis-
sioner, officers, and employees of the House of Represent-
atives apprised of current rulings or advisory opinions 
when potentially constituting changes to or interpretations 
of existing policies. 
TITLE VI—REFORM OF SECTION 
527 ORGANIZATIONS 
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘527 Reform Act of 
2006’’. 
SEC. 602. TREATMENT OF SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEE.—Sec-
tion 301(4) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(2 U.S.C. 431(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) any applicable 527 organization.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF APPLICABLE 527 ORGANIZA-
TION.—Section 301 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(27) APPLICABLE 527 ORGANIZATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (4)(D), the term ‘applicable 527 organi-
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zation’ means a committee, club, association, or 
group of persons that— 
‘‘(i) has given notice to the Secretary 
of the Treasury under section 527(i) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that it is 
to be treated as an organization described 
in section 527 of such Code; and 
‘‘(ii) is not described in subparagraph 
(B). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTED ORGANIZATIONS.—A com-
mittee, club, association, or other group of per-
sons described in this subparagraph is— 
‘‘(i) an organization described in sec-
tion 527(i)(5) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; 
‘‘(ii) an organization which is a com-
mittee, club, association or other group of 
persons that is organized, operated, and 
makes disbursements exclusively for paying 
expenses described in the last sentence of 
section 527(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 or expenses of a newsletter 
fund described in section 527(g) of such 
Code; 
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‘‘(iii) an organization which is a com-
mittee, club, association, or other group 
that consists solely of candidates for State 
or local office, individuals holding State or 
local office, or any combination of either, 
but only if the organization refers only to 
one or more non-Federal candidates or ap-
plicable State or local issues in all of its 
voter drive activities and does not refer to 
a Federal candidate or a political party in 
any of its voter drive activities; or 
‘‘(iv) an organization described in sub-
paragraph (C). 
‘‘(C)
APPLICABLE
ORGANIZATION.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (B)(iv), an organiza-
tion described in this subparagraph is a com-
mittee, club, association, or other group of per-
sons whose election or nomination activities re-
late exclusively to— 
‘‘(i) elections where no candidate for 
Federal office appears on the ballot; or 
‘‘(ii) one or more of the following pur-
poses: 
‘‘(I)
Influencing
the
selection, 
nomination, election, or appointment 
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of one or more candidates to non-Fed-
eral offices. 
‘‘(II) Influencing one or more ap-
plicable State or local issues. 
‘‘(III) Influencing the selection, 
appointment,
nomination,
or
con-
firmation of one or more individuals 
to non-elected offices. 
‘‘(D) EXCLUSIVITY
TEST.—A committee, 
club, association, or other group of persons 
shall not be treated as meeting the exclusivity 
requirement of subparagraph (C) if it makes 
disbursements aggregating more than $1,000 
for any of the following: 
‘‘(i) A public communication that pro-
motes, supports, attacks, or opposes a 
clearly identified candidate for Federal of-
fice during the 1-year period ending on the 
date of the general election for the office 
sought by the clearly identified candidate 
(or, if a runoff election is held with respect 
to such general election, on the date of the 
runoff election). 
‘‘(ii) Any voter drive activity during a 
calendar year, except that no disburse-
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ments for any voter drive activity shall be 
taken into account under this subpara-
graph if the committee, club, association, 
or other group of persons during such cal-
endar year— 
‘‘(I)
makes
disbursements
for 
voter drive activities with respect to 
elections in only 1 State and complies 
with all applicable election laws of 
that State, including laws related to 
registration
and
reporting
require-
ments and contribution limitations; 
‘‘(II) refers to one or more non- 
Federal candidates or applicable State 
or local issues in all of its voter drive 
activities and does not refer to any 
Federal
candidate
or
any
political 
party in any of its voter drive activi-
ties; 
‘‘(III) does not have a candidate 
for Federal office, an individual who 
holds any Federal office, a national 
political party, or an agent of any of 
the foregoing, control or materially 
participate in the direction of the or-
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ganization, solicit contributions to the 
organization (other than funds which 
are described under clauses (i) and 
(ii) of section 323(e)(1)(B)), or direct 
disbursements, in whole or in part, by 
the organization; and 
‘‘(IV) makes no contributions to 
Federal candidates. 
‘‘(E) CERTAIN REFERENCES TO FEDERAL 
CANDIDATES NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—For 
purposes
of
subparagraphs
(B)(iii)
and 
(D)(ii)(II), a voter drive activity shall not be 
treated as referring to a clearly identified Fed-
eral candidate if the only reference to the can-
didate in the activity is— 
‘‘(i) a reference in connection with an 
election for a non-Federal office in which 
such Federal candidate is also a candidate 
for such non-Federal office; or 
‘‘(ii) a reference to the fact that the 
candidate has endorsed a non-Federal can-
didate or has taken a position on an appli-
cable State or local issue, including a ref-
erence that constitutes the endorsement or 
position itself. 
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‘‘(F) CERTAIN REFERENCES TO POLITICAL 
PARTIES NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—For pur-
poses of subparagraphs (B)(iii) and (D)(ii)(II), 
a voter drive activity shall not be treated as re-
ferring to a political party if the only reference 
to the party in the activity is— 
‘‘(i) a reference for the purpose of 
identifying a non-Federal candidate; 
‘‘(ii) a reference for the purpose of 
identifying the entity making the public 
communication or carrying out the voter 
drive activity; or 
‘‘(iii) a reference in a manner or con-
text that does not reflect support for or op-
position to a Federal candidate or can-
didates and does reflect support for or op-
position to a State or local candidate or 
candidates or an applicable State or local 
issue. 
‘‘(G)
APPLICABLE
STATE
OR
LOCAL 
ISSUE.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘applicable State or local issue’ means any 
State or local ballot initiative, State or local ref-
erendum, State or local constitutional amend-
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