‘‘§ 226. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s em-
ployment decisions by a Member of Con-
gress 
‘‘Whoever, being a Senator or Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress or 
an employee of either House of Congress, with the intent 
to influence on the basis of partisan political affiliation 
an employment decision or employment practice of any 
private entity— 
‘‘(1) takes or withholds, or offers or threatens 
to take or withhold, an official act; or 
‘‘(2) influences, or offers or threatens to influ-
ence, the official act of another; 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more 
than 15 years, or both, and may be disqualified from hold-
ing any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United 
States.’’. 
(b) NO INFERENCE.—Nothing in section 226 of title 
18, United States Code, as added by this section, shall 
be construed to create any inference with respect to wheth-
er the activity described in section 226 of title 18, United 
States Code, was already a criminal or civil offense prior 
to the enactment of this Act, including sections 201(b), 
201(c), and 216 of title 18, United States Code.
(c) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The chapter analysis for 
chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘226. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions by a Mem-
ber of Congress.’’. 
(d) HOUSE RULES.—Rule XXIII of the Rules of the 
House (as amended by section 103) is further amended 
by redesignating clause 15 as clause 16, and by inserting 
after clause 14 the following new clause: 
‘‘15. No Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner shall, with the intent to influence on the basis of 
partisan political affiliation an employment decision or 
employment practice of any private entity— 
‘‘(1) take or withhold, or offer or threaten to 
take or withhold, an official act; or 
‘‘(2) influence, or offer or threaten to influence, 
the official act of another.’’. 
TITLE II—FULL PUBLIC 
DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING 
SEC. 201. QUARTERLY FILING OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE 
REPORTS. 
(a) QUARTERLY FILING REQUIRED.—Section 5 of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Semiannual’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Quarterly’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the semiannual period’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘July of each 
year’’ and insert ‘‘the quarterly period begin-
ning on the first days of January, April, July, 
and October of each year’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘such semiannual period’’ 
and insert ‘‘such quarterly period’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(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(10) of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602) is
amended by striking ‘‘six month period’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘three-month period’’. 
(2) REGISTRATION.—Section 4 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603) is amend-
ed— 
(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 the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605) is amended 
in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘semiannual period’’ 
and inserting ‘‘quarterly period’’. 
(4) ESTIMATES.—Section 15 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1610) is amend-
ed— 
(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 the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603) is 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 the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is 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. 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: