SEC. 105. PROHIBITING LOBBYIST ORGANIZATION AND 
PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause 5 of rule XXV of the 
Standing Rules of the House of Representatives is amend-
ed by redesignating paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) as para-
graphs (g), (h), and (i), respectively, and by inserting after 
paragraph (d) the following: 
‘‘(e) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House may not accept transpor-
tation or lodging on any trip that is planned, organized, 
requested, arranged, or financed in whole or in part by 
a lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal, or in which a 
lobbyist participates. 
‘‘(f) Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House may accept trans-
portation or lodging otherwise permissible under this para-
graph from any person, such individual shall obtain 30 
days before such trip a written certification from such per-
son (and provide a copy of such certification to the Com-
mittee on Standards of Official Conduct) that— 
‘‘(1) the trip was not planned, organized, re-
quested, arranged, or financed in whole, or in part 
by a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign prin-
cipal and was not organized at the request of a reg-
istered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal; 
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‘‘(2) registered lobbyists will not participate in 
or attend the trip; and 
‘‘(3) the person did not accept, from any 
source, funds specifically earmarked for the purpose 
of financing the travel expenses. 
The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall 
make public information received under this paragraph as 
soon as possible after it is received.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Clause 5(b)(3) of 
rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘of expenses reimbursed or to be 
reimbursed’’; 
(2) in subdivision (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(3) in subdivision (F), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) a description of meetings and events at-
tended during such travel, except when disclosure of 
such information is deemed by the Member, or the 
supervisor under whose direct supervision the em-
ployee works, to jeopardize the safety of an indi-
vidual or otherwise interfere with the official duties 
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of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee.’’. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Subparagraph (5) of 
rule XXV(b) of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) The Clerk of the House shall make available to 
the public all advance authorizations, certifications, and 
disclosures filed pursuant to subparagraph (1) and sub-
paragraph (3)(G) as soon as possible after they are re-
ceived.’’. 
SEC. 106. DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYIST CONTRIBUTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(b) of the Act (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 a semicolon; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) for each registrant (and for any political 
committee, as defined in 301(4) of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(4)), affili-
ated with the registrant), and for each employee list-
ed as a lobbyist by the registrant under paragraph 
(2)(C)— 
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‘‘(A) the name of each Federal candidate, 
officeholder, or leadership PAC, or political 
party committee, to whom a contribution was 
made, and the date and amount of such con-
tribution; and 
‘‘(B) the name of each Federal candidate 
or officeholder, or leadership PAC of such can-
didate or officeholder, or political party com-
mittee, for whom a fundraising event was 
hosted, co-hosted, or otherwise sponsored, the 
date and location of the event, and the total 
amount raised by the event; and 
‘‘(6) the date, recipient, and amount of funds 
contributed or disbursed by, or arranged, by the reg-
istrant or an employee listed as a lobbyist by the 
registrant under paragraph (2)(C)— 
‘‘(A) to pay the costs of an event to honor 
or recognize a covered legislative branch official 
or covered executive branch official; 
‘‘(B) to, or on behalf of, an entity that is 
named for a covered legislative branch official 
or covered executive branch official, or to a per-
son or entity in recognition of such official; 
‘‘(C) to an entity that is established, fi-
nanced, maintained, or controlled by a covered 
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legislative branch official or covered executive 
branch official, or an entity designated by such 
official; or 
‘‘(D) to pay the costs of a meeting, retreat, 
conference, or other similar event held by, or 
for the benefit of, 1 or more covered legislative 
branch officials or covered executive branch of-
ficials; 
except that this paragraph shall not apply to any 
payment or reimbursement made from funds re-
quired to be reported under section 304 of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of the 
Act (2 U.S.C. 1602) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(19) LEADERSHIP PAC.—The term ‘leader-
ship PAC’ means, with respect to an individual hold-
ing Federal office, an unauthorized political com-
mittee (as defined in the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971) which is associated with such indi-
vidual.’’. 
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