I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 842 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require certain 
reports filed under such Act to include the disclosure of persons who 
are registered lobbyists under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2019 
Mr. DELGADO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
require certain reports filed under such Act to include 
the disclosure of persons who are registered lobbyists 
under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Connecting Lobbyists 
and Electeds for Accountability and Reform Act’’ or the 
‘‘CLEAR Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE IN CERTAIN REPORTS 
FILED WITH FEDERAL ELECTION COMMIS-
SION OF PERSONS WHO ARE REGISTERED 
LOBBYISTS. 
(a) REPORTS FILED BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES.— 
Section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(7); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(9) if any person identified in subparagraph 
(A), (E), (F), or (G) of paragraph (3) is a registered 
lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, 
a separate statement that such person is a reg-
istered lobbyist under such Act.’’. 
(b) REPORTS FILED BY PERSONS MAKING INDE-
PENDENT EXPENDITURES.—Section 304(c)(2) of such 
Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) if the person filing the statement, or a 
person whose identification is required to be dis-
closed under subparagraph (C), is a registered lob-
byist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, a 
separate statement that such person is a registered 
lobbyist under such Act.’’. 
(c) REPORTS FILED
BY PERSONS MAKING DIS-
BURSEMENTS
FOR
ELECTIONEERING
COMMUNICA-
TIONS.—Section 304(f)(2) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30104(f)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) If the person making the disburse-
ment, or a contributor described in subpara-
graph (E) or (F), is a registered lobbyist under 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, a sepa-
rate statement that such person or contributor 
is a registered lobbyist under such Act.’’. 
(d) REQUIRING COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH LINK TO 
WEBSITES OF CLERK OF HOUSE AND SECRETARY OF 
SENATE.—Section 304 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(j) REQUIRING
INFORMATION
ON
REGISTERED 
LOBBYISTS TO BE LINKED TO WEBSITES OF CLERK OF 
HOUSE AND SECRETARY OF SENATE.— 
‘‘(1) LINKS
TO
WEBSITES.—The Commission 
shall ensure that the Commission’s public database 
containing information described in paragraph (2) is 
linked electronically to the websites maintained by 
the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives containing information 
filed pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION DESCRIBED.—The informa-
tion described in this paragraph is each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Information disclosed under para-
graph (9) of subsection (b). 
‘‘(B) Information disclosed under subpara-
graph (D) of subsection (c)(2). 
‘‘(C) Information disclosed under subpara-
graph (G) of subsection (f)(2).’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to reports required to be filed under the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 on or after the expiration 
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of the 90-day period which begins on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
Æ 
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