I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4667 
To provide greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2006 
Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Standards of Official Conduct, Rules, Resources, and Government 
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide greater transparency with respect to lobbying 
activities, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 
2006’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—ENHANCING LOBBYING DISCLOSURE 
Sec. 101. Quarterly filing of lobbying disclosure reports. 
Sec. 102. Electronic filing of lobbying disclosure reports. 
Sec. 103. Public database of lobbying disclosure information. 
Sec. 104. Disclosure by registered lobbyists of all past executive and congres-
sional employment. 
Sec. 105. Disclosure of grassroots activities by paid lobbyists. 
Sec. 106. Disclosure of lobbyist contributions and payments. 
Sec. 107. Increased penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure re-
quirements. 
Sec. 108. Disclosure of lobbying activities by certain coalitions and associations. 
TITLE II—SLOWING THE REVOLVING DOOR 
Sec. 201. Amendments to restrictions on former officers, employees, and elected 
officials of the executive and legislative branches. 
Sec. 202. Additional employment rights. 
Sec. 203. Public disclosure by Members of Congress of employment negotia-
tions. 
TITLE III—CURBING EXCESSES IN PRIVATELY FUNDED TRAVEL 
AND LOBBYIST GIFTS 
Sec. 301. Requirement of full payment and disclosure of charter flights. 
Sec. 302. Valuation of tickets to sporting and entertainment events. 
Sec. 303. Ban on privately-funded travel. 
TITLE IV—OVERSIGHT OF ETHICS AND LOBBYING 
Sec. 401. Comptroller General review and semiannual reports. 
TITLE V—HOUSE RULES CHANGES 
Sec. 501. Earmarks. 
Sec. 502. Three-day layover requirement. 
TITLE VI—POLITICAL ADVOCACY 
Sec. 601. Prohibition on the use of Federal funds for political advocacy. 
Sec. 602. Disclosure requirements. 
Sec. 603. Federal entity report. 
Sec. 604. Public accountability. 
Sec. 605. Severability. 
Sec. 606. First amendment rights preserved.
TITLE I—ENHANCING LOBBYING 
DISCLOSURE 
SEC. 101. QUARTERLY FILING OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE 
REPORTS. 
(a) QUARTERLY FILING REQUIRED.—Section 5 of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (in this title referred 
to as the ‘‘Act’’) (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 Act (2 
U.S.C. 1602) is amended by striking ‘‘six month pe-
riod’’ and inserting ‘‘three-month period’’. 
(2) REGISTRATION.—Section 4 of the 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(6) of the Act (2 
U.S.C. 1605(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘semiannual 
period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly period’’. 
(4) ESTIMATES.—Section 15 of the 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) REGISTRATION.—Section 4 of the Act 
(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) REPORTS.—Section 5 of the Act (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. 102. ELECTRONIC FILING OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE 
REPORTS. 
Section 5 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1604) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(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. 103. PUBLIC DATABASE OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) DATABASE REQUIRED.—Section 6 of the Act (2 
U.S.C. 1605) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(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, at a min-
imum, by each of the categories of information 
described in section 4(b) or 5(b).’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—Section 6(4) of the 
Act is amended by inserting before the semicolon the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and, in the case of a report filed in electronic 
form pursuant to section 5(d), shall make such report 
available for public inspection over the Internet not more 
than 48 hours after the report is filed’’. 
(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 
Act, as added by subsection (a). 
SEC. 104. DISCLOSURE BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS OF ALL 
PAST EXECUTIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL EM-
PLOYMENT. 
Section 4(b)(6) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1603) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘or a covered legislative branch official’’
and all that follows through ‘‘as a lobbyist on behalf of 
the client,’’ and inserting ‘‘or a covered legislative branch 
official,’’. 
SEC. 105. DISCLOSURE OF GRASSROOTS ACTIVITIES BY 
PAID LOBBYISTS. 
(a) DISCLOSURE OF GRASSROOTS ACTIVITIES.—Sec-
tion 3 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1602) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or grass-
roots lobbying activities’’ after ‘‘lobbying activities’’ 
both places it appears; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs— 
‘‘(17) 
GRASSROOTS
LOBBYING.—The 
term 
‘grassroots lobbying’— 
‘‘(A) means any attempt to influence the 
general public, or segments thereof, to engage 
in lobbying contacts whether or not those con-
tacts were made on behalf of a client; and 
‘‘(B) does not include any attempt de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) by a person or en-
tity directed to its members, employees, officers 
or shareholders, unless such attempt is financed 
with funds directly or indirectly received from 
or arranged by a retained registrant.
‘‘(18) 
GRASSROOTS
LOBBYIST.—The 
term 
‘grassroots lobbyist’ means any individual who is re-
tained by a client for financial or other compensa-
tion for services to engage in grassroots lobbying. 
‘‘(19) GRASSROOTS LOBBYING FIRM.—The term 
‘grassroots lobbying firm’— 
‘‘(A) means a person or entity that has 1 
or more employees who are grassroots lobbyists 
on behalf of a client other than that person or 
entity; and 
‘‘(B) includes a self-employed individual 
who is a grassroots lobbyist. 
‘‘(20) GRASSROOTS
LOBBYING
ACTIVITIES.— 
The term ‘grassroots lobbying activities’ means 
grassroots lobbying and efforts in support of grass-
roots lobbying, including preparation and planning 
activities, research and other background work that 
is intended, at the time it is performed, for use in 
grassroots lobbying, and coordination with the lob-
bying activities or grassroots lobbying activities of 
others. 
‘‘(21) LEADERSHIP PAC.—The term ‘leadership 
PAC’ means, with respect to an individual holding 
Federal office, an unauthorized political committee 
which is associated with such individual.’’.
(b) REGISTRATION.—Section 4(a) of the Act (2 
U.S.C. 1603(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘45’’ and in-
serting ‘‘20’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) GRASSROOTS LOBBYING.—Not later than 
20 days after a grassroots lobbying firm first is re-
tained by a client to engage in grassroots lobbying, 
such grassroots lobbying firm shall register with the 
Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives.’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (4)(A), as redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)’’; 
and 
(B) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and grass-
roots lobbying activities’’ after ‘‘lobbying activi-
ties’’. 
(c) SEPARATE ITEMIZATION OF GRASSROOTS EX-
PENSES.—Section 5(b) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1604(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by—
(A) inserting after ‘‘total amount of all in-
come’’ the following: ‘‘(including a separate 
good faith estimate of the total amount relating 
specifically to grassroots lobbying activities and, 
within that amount, a good faith estimate of 
the total amount specifically relating to grass-
roots lobbying through paid advertising)’’; 
(B) inserting ‘‘or a grassroots lobbying 
firm’’ after ‘‘lobbying firm’’; 
(C) inserting ‘‘or grassroots lobbying ac-
tivities’’ after ‘‘lobbying activities’’ both places 
it appears; and 
(D) striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by— 
(A) inserting after ‘‘total expenses’’ the 
following: ‘‘(including a separate good faith es-
timate of the total amount relating specifically 
to grassroots lobbying activities and, within 
that total amount, a separate good faith esti-
mate of the total amount specifically relating to 
grassroots lobbying through paid advertising)’’; 
(B) inserting ‘‘or grassroots lobbying ac-
tivities’’ after ‘‘lobbying activities’’ both places 
it appears; and