II 
Calendar No. 182 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2316 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 25, 2007 
Received and read the first time 
JUNE 4, 2007 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclo-
sure and enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, 
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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
TITLE I—CLOSING THE REVOLVING DOOR 
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Sec. 101. Disclosure by Members and staff of employment negotiations. 
Sec. 102. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions or 
practices. 
Sec. 103. Additional restrictions on contractors. 
Sec. 104. Notification of post-employment restrictions. 
Sec. 105. Restriction on congressional employees regarding former employers. 
Sec. 106. Effective date. 
TITLE II—FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING 
Sec. 201. Quarterly filing of lobbying disclosure reports. 
Sec. 202. Electronic filing of lobbying disclosure reports. 
Sec. 203. Additional lobbying disclosure requirements. 
Sec. 204. Quarterly reports on other contributions. 
Sec. 205. Prohibition on provision of gifts or travel by registered lobbyists to 
Members of Congress and to congressional employees. 
Sec. 206. Disclosure of lobbying activities by certain coalitions and associations. 
Sec. 207. Disclosure by registered lobbyists of past executive branch and con-
gressional employment. 
Sec. 208. Public database of lobbying disclosure information; maintenance of 
information. 
Sec. 209. Sense of Congress regarding lobbying by immediate family members. 
Sec. 210. Inapplicability to certain political committees. 
Sec. 211. Effective date. 
TITLE III—ENFORCEMENT OF LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS 
Sec. 301. Increased civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with lob-
bying disclosure requirements. 
TITLE IV—INCREASED DISCLOSURE 
Sec. 401. Prohibition on official contact with spouse of Member who is a reg-
istered lobbyist. 
Sec. 402. Posting of travel and financial disclosure reports on public website of 
Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 403. Limiting gifts to Members, officers, and employees of the House from 
State and local governments. 
TITLE V—ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR PUBLIC 
OFFICIALS 
Sec. 501. Criminal penalties for public officials. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 601. Rule of construction. 
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TITLE I—CLOSING THE 
REVOLVING DOOR 
SEC. 101. DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS AND STAFF OF EM-
PLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONS. 
The Rules of the House of Representatives are 
amended by redesignating rules XXVII and XXVIII as 
rules XXVIII and XXIX, respectively, and by inserting 
after rule XXVI the following new rule: 
‘‘RULE XXVII 
‘‘DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS AND STAFF OF 
EMPLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONS 
‘‘1. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
shall not directly negotiate or have any agreement of fu-
ture employment or compensation until after his or her 
successor has been elected, unless such Member, Delegate, 
or Resident Commissioner, within 3 business days after 
the commencement of such negotiation or agreement of 
future employment or compensation, files with the Com-
mittee on Standards of Official Conduct a statement, 
which must be signed by the Member, Delegate, or Resi-
dent Commissioner, regarding such negotiations or agree-
ment, including the name of the private entity or entities 
involved in such negotiations or agreement, and the date 
such negotiations or agreement commenced. 
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‘‘2. An officer or an employee of the House earning 
in excess of 75 percent of the salary paid to a Member 
shall notify the Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct that he or she is negotiating or has any agreement 
of future employment or compensation. 
‘‘3. The disclosure and notification under this rule 
shall be made within 3 business days after the commence-
ment of such negotiation or agreement of future employ-
ment or compensation. 
‘‘4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, 
and an officer or employee to whom this rule applies, shall 
recuse himself or herself from any matter in which there 
is a conflict of interest or an appearance of a conflict for 
that Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
or employee under this rule and shall notify the Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct of such recusal. A Mem-
ber, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner making such 
recusal shall, upon such recusal, submit to the Clerk for 
public disclosure the statement of disclosure under clause 
1 with respect to which the recusal was made.’’. 
SEC. 102. WRONGFULLY INFLUENCING A PRIVATE ENTITY’S 
EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS OR PRACTICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘§ 227. 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 227 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 227 of title 18, United 
States Code, was a criminal or civil offense before the en-
actment of this Act, including under section 201(b), 
201(c), any of sections 203 through 209, or section 872, 
of title 18, United States Code. 
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘227. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions by a Mem-
ber of Congress.’’. 
SEC. 103. ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRACTORS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 11 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 219 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 220. Restrictions on contractors with Congress 
‘‘(a) RESTRICTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a person who is an attor-
ney or a law firm, including a professional legal cor-
poration or partnership, or an attorney employed by 
such a law firm, enters into a contract to provide 
services to— 
‘‘(A) a committee of Congress, or a sub-
committee of any such committee, 
‘‘(B) a Member of the leadership of the 
House of Representatives or a Member of the 
leadership of the Senate, 
‘‘(C) a covered legislative branch official, 
or 
‘‘(D) a working group or caucus organized 
to provide legislative services or other assistance 
to Members of Congress, 
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the attorney or law firm entering into the contract, 
and the law firm by which the attorney entering into 
the contract is employed, may not, during the period 
prescribed in paragraph (2), knowingly make, with 
the intent to influence, any communication or ap-
pearance before any person described in paragraph 
(3), on behalf of any other person (except the United 
States), in connection with any matter on which 
such attorney or law firm seeks official action by a 
Member, officer, or employee of either House of 
Congress, in his or her official capacity. 
‘‘(2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period referred 
to in paragraph (1) is the period during which the 
contract described in paragraph (1) is in effect, and 
a period of 1 year after the attorney or law firm, as 
the case may be, is no longer subject to the contract. 
‘‘(3) PERSONS
DESCRIBED.—The persons re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) with respect to appear-
ances or communications by an attorney or law firm 
are any Member, officer, or employee of either 
House of Congress. 
‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Any person who violates paragraph 
(1) shall be punished as provided in section 216. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
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‘‘(1) the term ‘committee of Congress’ includes 
any standing committee, joint committee, and select 
committee; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘covered legislative branch offi-
cial’ has the meaning given that term in section 3 
of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; 
‘‘(3)(A) a person is an employee of a House of 
Congress if that person is an employee of the House 
of Representatives or an employee of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the terms ‘employee of the House of Rep-
resentatives’ and ‘employee of the Senate’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 207(e)(7); 
‘‘(4) an attorney is ‘employed’ by a law firm if 
the attorney is an employee of, or a partner or other 
member of, the law firm; 
‘‘(5) the terms ‘Member of the leadership of the 
House of Representatives’ and ‘Member of the lead-
ership of the Senate’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 207(e)(7); and 
‘‘(6) the term ‘Member of Congress’ means a 
Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to, the Congress.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The table of sections for chapter 11 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
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after the item relating to section 219 the following 
new item: 
‘‘220. Restrictions on contractors with Congress.’’. 
(2) Section 216 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘or 209’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘, 209, or 220’’. 
SEC. 104. NOTIFICATION OF POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRIC-
TIONS. 
Section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(8) NOTIFICATION OF POST-EMPLOYMENT RE-
STRICTIONS.—After a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives or an elected officer of the House of 
Representatives leaves office, or after the termi-
nation of employment with the House of Representa-
tives of an employee of the House of Representatives 
covered under paragraph (2), (3), or (4), the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives, after consultation 
with the Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct, shall notify the Member, officer, or employee 
of the beginning and ending date of the prohibitions 
that apply to the Member, officer, or employee under 
this subsection, and also notify each office of the 
House of Representatives with respect to which such 
prohibitions apply of those dates. The Clerk shall 
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also post the information contained in such notifica-
tion on the public Internet site of the Office of the 
Clerk in a format that is searchable, sortable, and 
downloadable.’’. 
SEC. 105. RESTRICTION ON CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES 
REGARDING FORMER EMPLOYERS. 
(a) RESTRICTION.—Chapter 11 of title 18, United 
States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended 
by inserting after section 220 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 221. Additional restriction on congressional em-
ployees 
‘‘(a) RESTRICTION.—Any person— 
‘‘(1) who is a congressional employee, 
‘‘(2) who, before becoming employed as a con-
gressional employee, was employed as a lobbyist, and 
‘‘(3) who, within 1 year after leaving employ-
ment as a lobbyist, knowingly makes, in carrying out 
his or her official responsibilities as a congressional 
employee, any communication to or appearance be-
fore— 
‘‘(A) the organization that employed the 
person as a lobbyist, if the person was not self- 
employed, 
‘‘(B) any entity that was a client of the 
person while employed as a lobbyist, or any en-
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tity that was a client of the organization de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) while the person 
was employed as a lobbyist, or is a client of 
that organization during that 1-year period, 
on a matter relating specifically to that organization 
or client, 
shall be punished as provided in section 216. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘congressional employee’ means— 
‘‘(A) an elected officer of either House of 
Congress; and 
‘‘(B) any employee to which any of the re-
strictions contained in paragraphs (1) though 
(5) of section 207(e) apply; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘lobbyist’ means a person that is 
registered or required to register as a lobbyist under 
section 4(a)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995, and any employee of an organization that is 
registered or required to be registered under section 
4(b)(6) of that Act; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘client’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3(2) of the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, is 
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amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
220 the following new item: 
‘‘221. Additional restriction on congressional employees.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to individuals who become congres-
sional employees on or after January 1, 2007. 
SEC. 106. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) SECTION 101.—The amendment made by section 
101 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and shall apply to negotiations commenced, and 
agreements entered into, on or after that date. 
(b) SECTION 102.—The amendments made by sec-
tion 102 shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) SECTION 103.—The amendments made by section 
103 shall take effect on May 23, 2007, and shall apply 
with respect to any contract entered into before, on, or 
after that date. 
(d) SECTION 104.—The amendments made by sec-
tion 104 shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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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 day of January, April, July, 
and October of each year’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘such semiannual period’’ 
and inserting ‘‘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’’; 
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(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 ‘‘3-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’’. 
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(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.—Section 4 of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603) is fur-
ther amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’; 
(C) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’; and 
(D) in subsection (b)(4), by striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’. 
SEC. 202. ELECTRONIC FILING OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE 
REPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
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‘‘(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.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirement in section 
5(d) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, as added 
by subsection (a) of this section, that reports be filed elec-
tronically shall take effect on the day after the end of the 
first calendar quarter that begins after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL LOBBYING DISCLOSURE REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) GIFTS.—Section 5(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) a certification that the lobbying firm, or 
registrant, and each employee listed as a lobbyist 
under section 4(b)(6) or paragraph (2)(C) of this 
subsection for that lobbying firm or registrant, has 
not provided, requested, or directed a gift, including 
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travel, to a Member of Congress or an officer or em-
ployee of either House of Congress in violation rule 
XXXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate or rule 
XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives.’’. 
(b) REQUESTS FOR CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS.— 
Section 5(b)(2)(A) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1604(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘bill 
numbers’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘bill numbers, re-
quests for Congressional earmarks (as defined in clause 
9(d) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives for the One Hundred Tenth Congress),’’. 
SEC. 204. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON OTHER CONTRIBU-
TIONS. 
(a) OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 5 of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON OTHER CONTRIBU-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 
after the end of the quarterly period beginning on 
the first day of January, April, July, and October of 
each year, or on the first business day after the first 
day of such month if that day is not a business day, 
each person who is registered or is required to reg-
ister under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 4(a), and 
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each employee who is or is required to be listed as 
a lobbyist under section 4(b)(6) or subsection (b) of 
this section, shall file a report with the Secretary of 
the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives containing— 
‘‘(A) the name of the person; 
‘‘(B) in the case of an employee, his or her 
the employer; 
‘‘(C) the names of all political committees 
established or administered by the person; 
‘‘(D) the name of each Federal candidate 
or officeholder, leadership PAC, or political 
party committee, to whom aggregate contribu-
tions equal to or exceeding $200 were made by 
the person or a political committee established 
or administered by the person within the cal-
endar year, and the date and amount of each 
contribution made within the quarterly period; 
‘‘(E) the date, recipient, and amount of 
funds contributed, disbursed, or arranged (or a 
good faith estimate thereof) by the person or a 
political committee established or administered 
by the person during the quarterly period— 
‘‘(i) to pay the cost of an event to 
honor or recognize a covered legislative 
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branch official or covered executive branch 
official; 
‘‘(ii) to, or on behalf of, an entity that 
is named for a covered legislative branch 
official, or to a person or entity in recogni-
tion of such official; 
‘‘(iii) to an entity established, fi-
nanced, maintained, or controlled by a cov-
ered legislative branch official or covered 
executive branch official, or an entity des-
ignated by such official; or 
‘‘(iv) to pay the costs of a meeting, re-
treat, conference, or other similar event 
held by, or for the benefit of, 1 or more 
covered legislative branch officials or cov-
ered executive branch officials; 
‘‘(F) any information reported to the Fed-
eral Election Commission under the second sen-
tence of section 315(a)(8) of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (relating to reports 
by intermediaries and conduits of the original 
source and the intended recipient of contribu-
tions under such Act) during the quarterly pe-
riod by the person or a political committee es-
tablished or administered by the person; and 
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‘‘(G) the amount and recipient of any 
funds provided to an organization described in 
section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 that is not treated as a political com-
mittee under section 301(4) under the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘leadership PAC’ means, with respect to an indi-
vidual holding Federal office, an unauthorized polit-
ical committee that is associated with an individual 
holding Federal office, except that such term shall 
not apply in the case of a political committee of a 
political party.’’. 
(b) CONTRIBUTIONS BUNDLED FOR CERTAIN RE-
CIPIENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON CONTRIBUTIONS BUN-
DLED FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 
after the end of the quarterly period beginning on 
the first day of January, April, July, and October of 
each year, each registered lobbyist who bundles 2 or 
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more contributions made to a covered recipient in an 
aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 for such covered 
recipient during such quarterly period shall file a re-
port with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives containing— 
‘‘(A) the name of the registered lobbyist; 
‘‘(B) in the case of an employee, his or her 
employer; and 
‘‘(C) the name of the covered recipient to 
whom the contribution is made, and to the ex-
tent known the aggregate amount of such con-
tributions (or a good faith estimate thereof) 
within the quarter for the covered recipient. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.— 
In filing a report under paragraph (1), a registered 
lobbyist shall exclude from the report any informa-
tion described in paragraph (1)(C) which is included 
in any other report filed by the registered lobbyist 
with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of 
the House of Representatives under subsection (e). 
‘‘(3) REQUIRING SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION 
PRIOR TO FILING REPORTS.—Not later than 25 days 
after the end of a period for which a registered lob-
byist is required to file a report under paragraph (1) 
which includes any information described in such 
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section with respect to a covered recipient, the reg-
istered lobbyist shall transmit by certified mail to 
the covered recipient involved a statement con-
taining— 
‘‘(A) the information that will be included 
in the report with respect to the covered recipi-
ent; 
‘‘(B) the source of each contribution in-
cluded in the aggregate amount referred to in 
paragraph (1)(C) which the registered lobbyist 
bundled for the covered recipient during the pe-
riod covered by the report and the amount of 
the contribution attributable to each such 
source; and 
‘‘(C) a notification that the covered recipi-
ent has the right to respond to the statement 
to challenge and correct any information in-
cluded before the registered lobbyist files the re-
port under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) DEFINITION OF REGISTERED LOBBYIST.— 
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘registered 
lobbyist’ means a person who is registered or is re-
quired to register under paragraph (1) or (2) of sec-
tion 4(a), or an individual who is required to be list-
ed under section 4(b)(6) or subsection (b). 
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‘‘(5) DEFINITION
OF
BUNDLED
CONTRIBU-
TION.—For purposes of this subsection, a registered 
lobbyist ‘bundles’ a contribution if— 
‘‘(A) the bundled contribution is received 
by a registered lobbyist for, and forwarded by 
a registered lobbyist to, the covered recipient to 
whom the contribution is made; or 
‘‘(B) the bundled contribution will be or 
has been credited or attributed to the registered 
lobbyist through records, designations, recogni-
tions or other means of tracking by the covered 
recipient to whom the contribution is made. 
‘‘(6) 
OTHER
DEFINITIONS.—In 
this 
sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘contribution’ has the mean-
ing given such term in the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), 
except that such term does not include a con-
tribution in an amount which is less than $200; 
‘‘(B) the terms ‘candidate’, ‘political com-
mittee’, and ‘political party committee’ have the 
meaning given such terms in the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et 
seq.); 
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‘‘(C) the term ‘covered recipient’ means a 
Federal candidate, an individual holding Fed-
eral office, a leadership PAC, a multicandidate 
political 
committee 
described 
in 
section 
315(a)(4) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(4)), or a polit-
ical party committee; and 
‘‘(D) the term ‘leadership PAC’ has the 
meaning given such term in subsection (e)(2).’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the sec-
ond quarterly period described in section 5(f)(1) of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (as added by 
paragraph (1)) which begins after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and each succeeding quarterly 
period. 
SEC. 205. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF GIFTS OR TRAV-
EL BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS TO MEMBERS 
OF CONGRESS AND TO CONGRESSIONAL EM-
PLOYEES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 25. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF GIFTS OR TRAV-
EL BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS TO MEMBERS 
OF CONGRESS AND TO CONGRESSIONAL EM-
PLOYEES. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Any person described in sub-
section (b) may not make a gift or provide travel to a 
Member, officer, or employee of Congress, if the person 
has knowledge that the gift or travel may not be accepted 
under the rules of the House of Representatives or the 
Senate. 
‘‘(b) PERSONS SUBJECT TO PROHIBITION.—The per-
sons subject to the prohibition under subsection (a) are 
any lobbyist that is registered or is required to register 
under section 4(a)(1), any organization that employs 1 or 
more lobbyists and is registered or is required to register 
under section 4(a)(2), and any employee listed or required 
to be listed as a lobbyist by a registrant under section 
4(b)(6).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 206. DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BY CER-
TAIN COALITIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS. 
Paragraph (2) of section 3 of the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602) is amended to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(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), (iii), and (iv), in the 
case of a coalition or association that em-
ploys or retains other persons to conduct 
lobbying 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 the 
coalition or association shall be treated as 
the client. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN TAX- 
EXEMPT ASSOCIATIONS.—In the case of an 
association— 
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‘‘(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.—Information on a member of a coa-
lition or association need not be included 
in any registration under section 4 if the 
amount reasonably expected to be contrib-
uted by such member toward the activities 
of the coalition or association of influ-
encing legislation is less than $500 during 
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the quarterly period during which the reg-
istration would be made. 
‘‘(iv) NO
DONOR
OR
MEMBERSHIP 
LIST
DISCLOSURE.—No disclosure is re-
quired under this Act, by reason of this 
subparagraph, with respect to lobbying ac-
tivities if it is publicly available knowledge 
that the organization that would be identi-
fied under this subparagraph is affiliated 
with the client concerned or has been pub-
licly disclosed to have provided funding to 
the client, unless the organization in whole 
or in major part plans, supervises, or con-
trols such lobbying activities. Nothing in 
this subparagraph shall be construed to re-
quire the disclosure of any information 
about individuals who are members of, or 
donors to, an entity treated as a client by 
this Act or an organization identified 
under this subparagraph.’’. 
SEC. 207. DISCLOSURE BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS OF 
PAST EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND CONGRES-
SIONAL EMPLOYMENT. 
Section 4(b)(6) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(b)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘or 
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a covered legislative branch official’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘as a lobbyist on behalf of the client,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘or a covered legislative branch official,’’. 
SEC. 208. PUBLIC DATABASE OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE IN-
FORMATION; MAINTENANCE OF INFORMA-
TION. 
(a) DATABASE REQUIRED.—Section 6 of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605) is further 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(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 
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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); and 
‘‘(10) retain the information contained in a reg-
istration or report filed under this Act for a period 
of at least 6 years after the registration or report 
(as the case may be) is filed.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(4) of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605) is amended 
by inserting before the semicolon at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and, in the case of a report filed in elec-
tronic form pursuant to section 5(d), make such re-
port available for public inspection over the Internet 
not more than 48 hours after the report is so filed’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the day after 
the end of the first calendar quarter that begins 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out paragraph (9) of section 6 of the 
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Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605), as 
added by subsection (a) of this section. 
SEC. 209. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING LOBBYING BY 
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the use of a fam-
ily relationship by a lobbyist who is an immediate family 
member of a Member of Congress to gain special advan-
tages over other lobbyists is inappropriate. 
SEC. 210. INAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN POLITICAL COM-
MITTEES. 
The amendments made by this title shall not apply 
to the activities of any political committee described in sec-
tion 301(4) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(2 U.S.C. 431(4)). 
SEC. 211. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made 
by this title shall apply with respect to any quarterly filing 
period under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 that 
begins on or after January 1, 2008. 
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TITLE III—ENFORCEMENT OF 
LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 301. INCREASED CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR 
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH LOBBYING DIS-
CLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 7 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1606) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Whoever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
CIVIL PENALTY.—Whoever’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$100,000’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever knowingly and 
corruptly fails to comply with any provision of this Act 
shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years or fined 
under title 18, United States Code, or both.’’. 
TITLE IV—INCREASED 
DISCLOSURE 
SEC. 401. PROHIBITION ON OFFICIAL CONTACT WITH 
SPOUSE OF MEMBER WHO IS A REGISTERED 
LOBBYIST. 
Rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
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‘‘7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
shall prohibit all staff employed by that Member, Dele-
gate, or Resident Commissioner (including staff in per-
sonal, committee, and leadership offices) from having any 
official contact with that individual’s spouse if that spouse 
is a lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
or is employed or retained by such a lobbyist for the pur-
pose of influencing legislation.’’. 
SEC. 402. POSTING OF TRAVEL AND FINANCIAL DISCLO-
SURE REPORTS ON PUBLIC WEBSITE OF 
CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES. 
(a) REQUIRING POSTING ON INTERNET.—The Clerk 
of the House of Representatives shall post on the public 
Internet site of the Office of the Clerk, in a format that 
is searchable, sortable, and downloadable, each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The advance authorizations, certifications, 
and disclosures filed with respect to transportation, 
lodging, and related expenses for travel under clause 
5(b) of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives by Members (including Delegates and 
Resident Commissioners to the Congress), officers, 
and employees of the House. 
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(2) The reports filed under section 103(h)(1) of 
the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 by Members 
of the House of Representatives (including Delegates 
and Resident Commissioners to the Congress). 
(b) APPLICABILITY AND TIMING.— 
(1) APPLICABILITY.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to informa-
tion received by the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) TIMING.—The Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall— 
(A) not later than August 1, 2008, post 
the information required by subsection (a) that 
the Clerk receives by June 1, 2008; and 
(B) not later than the end of each 45-day 
period occurring after information is required to 
be posted under subparagraph (A), post the in-
formation required by subsection (a) that the 
Clerk has received since the last posting under 
this subsection. 
(3) OMISSION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE 
INFORMATION.—Members of the House of Rep-
resentatives (including Delegates and Resident Com-
missioners to the Congress) shall be permitted to 
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omit personally identifiable information not required 
to be disclosed on the reports posted on the public 
Internet site under this section (such as home ad-
dress, Social Security numbers, personal bank ac-
count numbers, home telephone, and names of chil-
dren) prior to the posting of such reports on such 
public Internet site. 
(4) ASSISTANCE IN PROTECTING PERSONAL IN-
FORMATION.—The Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives, in consultation with the Committee on Stand-
ards of Official Conduct, shall include in any infor-
mational materials concerning any disclosure that 
will be posted on the public Internet site under this 
section an explanation of the procedures for pro-
tecting personally identifiable information as de-
scribed in this section. 
(c) RETENTION.—The Clerk shall maintain the infor-
mation posted on the public Internet site of the Office of 
the Clerk under this section for a period of at least 6 years 
after receiving the information. 
SEC. 403. LIMITING GIFTS TO MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND 
EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE FROM STATE 
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) GIFTS
FROM
STATE
AND
LOCAL
GOVERN-
MENTS.—Clause 5(a)(3)(O) of rule XXV of the Rules of 
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the House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘, 
by a State or local government,’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause 5(b)(1)(A) 
of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by inserting ‘‘a State or local government or’’ 
before ‘‘a private source’’. 
TITLE 
V—ADDITIONAL 
CRIMI-
NAL PENALTIES FOR PUBLIC 
OFFICIALS 
SEC. 501. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter D of chapter 227 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 3587. Increased imprisonment for certain offenses 
by public officials 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—In any Federal criminal case 
in which a public official is convicted of an offense against 
the United States— 
‘‘(1) consisting of conduct during the course of 
official duty, intended to enrich that official; and 
‘‘(2) involving bribery, fraud, extortion, or theft 
of public funds greater than $10,000; 
the sentencing judge may increase the sentence of impris-
onment by an amount of up to 2 years. The sentencing 
judge may double the sentence of imprisonment that 
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would otherwise be imposed in that case: Provided, how-
ever that in no instance may the sentencing judge be al-
lowed to increase the sentence by more than 2 years. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘public 
official’ means— 
‘‘(1) an elected official of the United States or 
of a State or local government; 
‘‘(2) a presidentially-appointed official; and 
‘‘(3) an official appointed to a State or local 
governmental office by an elected official of a State 
or local government.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of subchapter D of chapter 227 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item: 
‘‘3587. Increased imprisonment for certain offenses by public officials.’’. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act shall be construed to prohibit any expressive conduct 
protected from legal prohibition by, or any activities pro-
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tected by the free speech, free exercise, or free association 
clauses of, the First Amendment to the Constitution. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 24, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 182 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2316 
AN ACT 
To provide more rigorous requirements with respect 
to disclosure and enforcement of lobbying laws 
and regulations, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 4, 2007 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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