No Lobbyists on Presidential Transition Teams Act

Bill: 114-hr-6324
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2016-11-16
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Public participation and lobbying
Latest action: action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-11-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>No Lobbyists on Presidential Transition Teams Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to prohibit any payment authorized by the General Services Administration for a President-elect or Vice President-elect under such Act from being made for services or facilities provided by a registered lobbyist.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6324 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 16, 2016 Mr. Sarbanes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to prohibit the use of funds provided to the President-elect and the Vice President-elect under such Act for any services or facilities provided by registered lobbyists.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Lobbyists on Presidential Transition Teams Act . 2. Prohibiting use of Presidential transition funds for services or facilities provided by lobbyists Section 3 of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 ( 3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (i) No payment may be made under the authority of this section for services or facilities provided by any person who is a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ). .