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Union Calendar No. 98 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2317 
[Report No. 110–162] 
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require registered lobbyists 
to file quarterly reports on contributions bundled for certain recipients, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2007 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. EMANUEL, 
Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. BISHOP of New York, and Mr. WAXMAN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
MAY 21, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. SPACE and Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut 
MAY 21, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 15, 2007] 
A BILL 
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require 
registered lobbyists to file quarterly reports on contribu-
tions bundled for certain recipients, and for other pur-
poses. 
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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 ‘‘Lobbying Transparency 
Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. QUARTERLY REPORTS BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS 
ON CONTRIBUTIONS BUNDLED FOR CERTAIN 
RECIPIENTS. 
(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 new subsection: 
‘‘(d) 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 more 
contributions made to a covered recipient in an ag-
gregate amount exceeding $5,000 for such covered re-
cipient 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 
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‘‘(C) the name of the covered recipient to 
whom the contribution is made, and to the extent 
known the aggregate amount of such contribu-
tions (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 lob-
byist shall exclude from the report any information 
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 this Act. 
‘‘(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 sec-
tion with respect to a covered recipient, the registered 
lobbyist shall transmit by certified mail to the covered 
recipient involved a statement containing— 
‘‘(A) the information that will be included 
in the report with respect to the covered recipi-
ent; and 
‘‘(B) the source of each contribution in-
cluded in the aggregate amount referred to in 
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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. 
‘‘(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). 
‘‘(5) DEFINITION OF BUNDLED CONTRIBUTION.— 
For purposes of this subsection, a registered lobbyist 
‘bundles’ a contribution if— 
‘‘(A) the contribution is received by a reg-
istered lobbyist for, and forwarded by a reg-
istered lobbyist to, the covered recipient to whom 
the contribution is made; or 
‘‘(B) the contribution will be or has been 
credited or attributed to the registered lobbyist 
through records, designations, recognitions or 
other means of tracking by the covered recipient 
to whom the contribution is made. 
‘‘(6) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘contribution’ has the mean-
ing given such term in the Federal Election 
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Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), ex-
cept that such term does not include a contribu-
tion 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.); 
‘‘(C) the term ‘covered recipient’ means a 
Federal candidate, an individual holding Fed-
eral office, a leadership PAC, or a political 
party committee; and 
‘‘(D) the term ‘leadership PAC’ means, with 
respect to an individual holding Federal office, 
an unauthorized political committee which is as-
sociated with such individual, except that such 
term shall not apply in the case of a political 
committee of a political party.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to the second quarterly 
period described in section 5(d)(1) of the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995 (as added by subsection (a)) which begins 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and each suc-
ceeding quarterly period. 
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Union Calendar No. 98 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2317 
[Report No. 110–162] 
A BILL 
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to 
require registered lobbyists to file quarterly re-
ports on contributions bundled for certain recipi-
ents, and for other purposes. 
MAY 21, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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