member on a flight of an aircraft that is not licensed by 
the Federal Aviation Administration to operate for com-
pensation or hire and that is owned or operated by a per-
son who is the client of a lobbyist or a lobbying firm, then 
such lobbyist may not be a passenger or crew member on 
that flight.’’. 
SEC. 304. VALUATION OF TICKETS TO SPORTING AND EN-
TERTAINMENT EVENTS. 
Clause 5(a)(2)(A) of rule XXV of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by— 
(1) inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(A)’’; and 
(2) adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) A gift of a ticket to a sporting or entertainment 
event shall be valued at the face value of the ticket, pro-
vided that in the case of a ticket without a face value, 
the ticket shall be valued at the highest cost of a ticket 
with a face value for the event.’’. 
TITLE IV—OVERSIGHT OF 
LOBBYING AND ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 401. AUDITS OF LOBBYING REPORTS BY HOUSE IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) ACCESS TO LOBBYING REPORTS.—The Office of 
Inspector General of the House of Representatives shall 
have access to all lobbyists’ disclosure information received 
by the Clerk of the House of Representatives under the
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 and shall conduct ran-
dom audits of lobbyists’ disclosure information as nec-
essary to ensure compliance with that Act. 
(b) REFERRAL AUTHORITY.—The Office of the In-
spector General of the House of Representatives may refer 
potential violations by lobbyists of the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995 to the Department of Justice for discipli-
nary action. 
SEC. 402. HOUSE INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW AND AN-
NUAL REPORTS. 
(a) ONGOING REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Inspector 
General of the House of Representatives shall review on 
an ongoing basis the activities carried out by the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives under section 6 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605). The 
review shall emphasize— 
(1) the effectiveness of those activities in secur-
ing the compliance by lobbyists with the require-
ments of that Act; and 
(2) whether the Clerk has the resources and au-
thorities needed for effective oversight and enforce-
ment of that Act. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than December 31 
of each year, the Inspector General of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall submit to the House of Representatives
a report on the review required by subsection (a). The re-
port shall include the Inspector General’s assessment of 
the matters required to be emphasized by that subsection 
and any recommendations of the Inspector General to— 
(1) improve the compliance by lobbyists with 
the requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995; and 
(2) provide the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives with the resources and authorities need-
ed for effective oversight and enforcement of that 
Act. 
TITLE V—INSTITUTIONAL 
REFORMS 
SEC. 501. EARMARKING REFORM. 
(a) In the House of Representatives, it shall not be 
in order to consider—
(1) a general appropriation bill reported by the 
Committee on Appropriations unless the report in-
cludes a list of earmarks in the bill or in the report 
(and the names of Members who submitted requests 
to the Committee on Appropriations for earmarks 
included in such list); or 
(2) a conference report to accompany a general 
appropriation bill unless the joint explanatory state-
ment prepared by the managers on the part of the
House and the managers on the part of the Senate 
includes a list of earmarks in the conference report 
or joint statement (and the names of Members who 
submitted requests to the Committee on Appropria-
tions for earmarks included in such list) that were—
(A) not committed to the conference com-
mittee by either House; 
(B) not in the report specified in para-
graph (1); and 
(C) not in a report of a committee of the 
Senate on a companion measure. 
(b) In the House of Representatives, it shall not be 
in order to consider a rule or order that waives the appli-
cation of subsection (a)(2). 
(c)(1) A point of order raised under subsection (a)(1) 
may be based only on the failure of a report of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations to include the list required by 
subsection (a)(1). 
(2) As disposition of a point of order under 
subsection (a), the Chair shall put the question of 
consideration with respect to the proposition that is 
the subject of the point of order. 
(3) As disposition of a point of order under 
subsection (b) with respect to a rule or order relat-
ing to a conference report, the Chair shall put the
question of consideration as follows: ‘‘Shall the 
House now consider the resolution notwithstanding 
the assertion of [the maker of the point of order] 
that the object of the resolution introduces a new 
earmark or new earmarks?’’. 
(4) The question of consideration under this 
subsection shall be debatable for 15 minutes by the 
Member initiating the point of order and for 15 min-
utes by an opponent, but shall otherwise be decided 
without intervening motion except one that the 
House adjourn. 
(d)(1) For the purpose of this resolution, the term 
‘‘earmark’’ means a provision in a bill or conference re-
port, or language in an accompanying committee report 
or joint statement of managers, providing or recom-
mending a specific amount of discretionary budget author-
ity to a non-Federal entity, if such entity is specifically 
identified in the report or bill; or if the discretionary budg-
et authority is allocated outside of the normal formula-
driven or competitive bidding process and is targeted or 
directed to an identifiable person, specific State, or con-
gressional district. 
(2) For the purpose of subsection (a), government-
sponsored enterprises, Federal facilities, and Federal 
lands shall be considered Federal entities.