I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2093 
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to provide for additional 
reporting by lobbying firms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2007 
Mr. MEEHAN (for himself and Mr. SHAYS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to provide 
for additional reporting by lobbying firms. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DISCLOSURE OF PAID COMMUNICATIONS CAM-
PAIGNS TO INFLUENCE THE GENERAL PUB-
LIC TO LOBBY CONGRESS. 
(a) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall not apply to any person or entity other than 
a lobbying firm that is retained on behalf of a client other 
than that person or entity. No person or entity other than 
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a lobbying firm is required to register or file a report 
under the amendments made by this section. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘For purposes of a lobbying firm only, the 
term ‘lobbying activities’ includes paid communica-
tions campaigns to influence the general public to 
lobby Congress.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (9)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘means a person’’ and 
inserting 
‘‘(A) means— 
‘‘(i) a person’’; 
(ii) by moving the remaining text of 
the sentence 4 ems to the right; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘entity.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘entity; and 
‘‘(ii) a person or entity that is re-
tained by 1 or more clients (other than 
that person or entity) to engage in paid 
communications campaigns to influence the 
general public to lobby Congress, and re-
ceives income of, or spends or agrees to 
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spend, an aggregate of $100,000 or more 
for such efforts in any quarterly period; 
and’’; and 
(B) in the last sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The term also in-
cludes’’ and inserting 
‘‘(B) includes’’; and 
(ii) by moving the remaining text of 
the sentence 2 ems to the right; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(17) PAID
COMMUNICATIONS
CAMPAIGNS
TO 
INFLUENCE THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO LOBBY CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘paid communications campaigns 
to influence the general public to lobby Congress’ 
means any efforts by a lobbying firm, on behalf of 
a client that retains the firm, to influence the gen-
eral public or segments thereof to contact 1 or more 
covered legislative or executive branch officials (or 
Congress generally) to urge such officials (or Con-
gress) to take specific action with respect to a mat-
ter described in paragraph (8)(A), except that such 
term does not include— 
‘‘(A) communications made to the mem-
bers of the client; or 
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‘‘(B) direct mail communications to the 
general public, or segments of the general pub-
lic, that are made primarily for the purpose of 
recruiting members to join an organization.’’. 
(c) REGISTRATION.—Section 4(a) of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(a)) is amended 
by inserting after paragraph (2) the following and redesig-
nating the succeeding paragraph accordingly: 
‘‘(3) FILING BY CERTAIN LOBBYING FIRMS.— 
Any person or entity that qualifies as a lobbying 
firm under section 3(9)(A)(ii) shall register with the 
Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives not later than 45 days after such 
lobbying firm is first retained by a client to engage 
in paid communications campaigns to influence the 
general public to lobby Congress.’’. 
(d) SEPARATE ITEMIZATION OF PAID COMMUNICA-
TIONS CAMPAIGNS TO INFLUENCE THE GENERAL PUBLIC 
TO LOBBY CONGRESS.—Section 5(b) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 
1604(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘firm, a good’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘firm— 
‘‘(A) a good’’; 
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(B) by moving the remaining text 2 ems to 
the right; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) a separate good faith estimate of the 
total amount of income relating specifically to 
paid communications campaigns to influence 
the general public to lobby Congress, if such in-
come from the client exceeds $50,000 during 
the quarterly filing period; and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2) shall not 
apply with respect to reports relating to paid communica-
tions campaigns to influence the general public to lobby 
Congress.’’. 
Æ 
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