stimulate grassroots lobbying, such grassroots lob-
bying firm shall register with the Secretary of the 
Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives.’’. 
(c) SEPARATE ITEMIZATION OF PAID EFFORTS TO 
STIMULATE GRASSROOTS LOBBYING.—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 paid efforts to stimulate grass-
roots lobbying and, within that amount, a good 
faith estimate of the total amount specifically 
relating to paid advertising)’’; and 
(B) striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by— 
(A) inserting after ‘‘total expenses’’ the 
following: ‘‘(including a good faith estimate of 
the total amount relating specifically to paid ef-
forts to stimulate grassroots lobbying and, with-
in that total amount, a good faith estimate of 
the total amount specifically relating to paid 
advertising)’’; and
(B) striking the period and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) in the case of a grassroots lobbying firm, 
for each client— 
‘‘(A) a good faith estimate of the total dis-
bursements made for grassroots lobbying activi-
ties, and a subtotal for disbursements made for 
grassroots lobbying through paid advertising; 
‘‘(B) identification of each person or entity 
other than an employee who received a dis-
bursement of funds for grassroots lobbying ac-
tivities of $10,000 or more during the period 
and the total amount each person or entity re-
ceived; and 
‘‘(C) if such disbursements are made 
through a person or entity who serves as an 
intermediary or conduit, identification of each 
such intermediary or conduit, identification of 
the person or entity who receives the funds, and 
the total amount each such person or entity re-
ceived.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2) shall not 
apply with respect to reports relating to paid efforts to 
stimulate grassroots lobbying activities.’’. 
(d) LARGE GRASSROOTS EXPENDITURE.—Section 
5(a) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1604(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘No later’’ and inserting: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), not later’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) LARGE
GRASSROOTS
EXPENDITURE.—A 
registrant that is a grassroots lobbying firm and 
that receives income of, or spends or agrees to 
spend, an aggregate amount of $250,000 or more on 
paid efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying for a 
client, or for a group of clients for a joint effort, 
shall file— 
‘‘(A) a report under this section not later 
than 20 days after receiving, spending, or 
agreeing to spend that amount; and 
‘‘(B) an additional report not later than 20 
days after each time such registrant receives in-
come of, or spends or agrees to spend, an ag-
gregate amount of $250,000 or more on paid 
efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying for a
client, or for a group of clients for a joint ef-
fort.’’. 
SEC. 205. DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BY CER-
TAIN COALITIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 3 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(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) and (iii), in the case 
of a coalition or association that employs 
or retains other persons to conduct lob-
bying 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 case of an as-
sociation— 
‘‘(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.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Information 
on a member of a coalition or associa-
tion need not be included in any reg-
istration under section 4 if the 
amount reasonably expected to be con-
tributed by such member toward the 
activities of the coalition or associa-
tion of influencing legislation is less 
than $500 per any quarterly period. 
‘‘(II) EXCEPTION.—Subclause (I) 
shall not apply with respect to any 
member who unexpectedly makes ag-
gregate contributions of more than 
$500 in any quarterly period, and the 
date the aggregate of such contribu-
tions first exceeds $500 in such period 
shall be treated as the date of first 
employment or retention to make a 
lobbying contact for purposes of sec-
tion 4. 
‘‘(III) NO DONOR OR MEMBER-
SHIP
LIST
DISCLOSURE.—No disclo-
sure is required under this Act if it is
publicly available knowledge that the 
organization that would be identified 
is affiliated with the client or has been 
publicly disclosed to have provided 
funding to the client, unless the orga-
nization in whole or in major part 
plans, supervises or controls such lob-
bying activities. Nothing in this para-
graph shall be construed to require 
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 paragraph.’’. 
‘‘(iv) LOOK-THRU
RULES.—In the 
case of a coalition or association which is 
treated as a client under the first sentence 
of clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) such coalition or association 
shall be treated as employing or re-
taining other persons to conduct lob-
bying activities for purposes of deter-
mining whether any individual mem-
ber thereof is treated as a client under 
clause (i), and
‘‘(II) information on such coali-
tion or association need not be in-
cluded in any registration under sec-
tion 4 of the coalition or association 
with respect to which it is treated as 
a client under clause (i).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to— 
(A) coalitions and associations listed on 
registration statements filed under section 4 of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1603) after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and 
(B) coalitions and associations for whom 
any lobbying contact is made after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of any coali-
tion or association to which the amendments made 
by this Act apply by reason of paragraph (1)(B), the 
person required by such section 4 to file a registra-
tion statement with respect to such coalition or asso-
ciation shall file a new registration statement within 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 206. DISCLOSURE BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS OF 
PAST EXECUTIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL EM-
PLOYMENT. 
Section 4(b)(6) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(b)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘or 
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. 207. PUBLIC DATABASE OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE IN-
FORMATION. 
(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 ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(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;