3.0.0 4667 2023-01-13T04:49:15Z 2023-01-13T04:49:15Z House H HR 2006-01-31 109 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-01-31T17:02:45Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-01-31T17:02:40Z hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-01-31T17:02:35Z hsso00 Ethics Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-01-31T17:02:30Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-01-31T17:02:25Z Special Interest Lobbying and Ethics Accountability Act of 2005 109 2412 HR 2005-05-17 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Standards of Official Conduct, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2005 109 4575 HR 2006-02-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. Related bill CRS Ethics Reform Act of 2006 109 4948 HR 2006-03-14 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 527 Reform Act of 2006 109 4975 HR 2006-05-23 Laid on the table. See S. 2349 for further action. 11:59:19 Related bill CRS House Ethics Reform Act of 2006 109 4988 HR 2006-04-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1880) Related bill CRS Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 109 2128 S 2006-03-03 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 369. Related bill CRS Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2006 109 2180 S 2006-03-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1760-1761) Related bill CRS 527 Reform Act of 2006 109 2349 S 2006-05-23 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Related bill CRS 2006-02-06 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from Interior. Committee 2006-01-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Standards of Official Conduct, Rules, Resources, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2006-01-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Standards of Official Conduct, Rules, Resources, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2006-01-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Standards of Official Conduct, Rules, Resources, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2006-01-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Standards of Official Conduct, Rules, Resources, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsso00 Ethics Committee 2006-01-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Standards of Official Conduct, Rules, Resources, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2006-01-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Standards of Official Conduct, Rules, Resources, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2006-01-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-01-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000451 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] Michael Fitzpatrick R PA G. 8 N Government Operations and Politics Accounting Administrative procedure Advertising Appropriations Associations, institutions, etc. Auditing Campaign funds Charter airlines Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Conflict of interests Congress Congressional districts Congressional elections Congressional employees Congressional ethics Congressional investigations Congressional officers Congressional publicity Congressional reporting requirements Congressional travel Continuing resolutions Data banks Disciplining of employees Dismissal of employees Economics and Public Finance Election candidates Electronic government information Employee rights Evidence (Law) Federal employees Federal officials Federal-Indian relations Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Freedom of information Fund raising Gifts Government ethics Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid House rules and procedure Identification devices Labor and Employment Law Legislation Lobbying Members of Congress Minorities Misconduct in office Native Americans Office of Management and Budget Parties to actions Political action committees Political advertising Political participation Presidential elections Private aviation Public records Recreation Science, Technology, Communications Senate rules and procedure Sports and Recreation Supplemental appropriations Trade associations Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Valuation Waste in government spending Government Operations and Politics 00 2006-01-31 Introduced in House 2006-03-17T22:04:13Z Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 - Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require: (1) quarterly instead of semiannual filing of lobbying disclosures reports; (2) electronic filing; (3) maintenance of certain lobbying disclosure information in an electronic data base, available to the public free of charge over the Internet; (4) disclosure by registered lobbyists of all past executive and congressional employment; (5) disclosure of grassroots lobbying activities by paid lobbyists; (6) disclosure of registered lobbyists contributions and payments; and (7) an increased penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements.

Revises criteria, with regard to disclosure requirements, for determining a coalition or association of groups that retain a person to conduct lobbying or grassroots lobbying activities.

Extends from one to two years the ban on lobbying contacts by former very senior executive personnel, former Members of Congress, and officers and employees of the legislative branch with any officer or employee of the entity in which such person served before his or her tenure terminated.

Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to grant a current or former employee or officer assigned to an Indian tribe to perform services pursuant to self-governance contracts or compacts formerly performed by them for the United States to communicate with and appear before any department, agency, court, or commission on behalf of the Indian tribe with respect to any matter relating to the contract or compact.

Requires public disclosure by Members of Congress of employment negotiations.

Exempts from the restrictions on gifts to Members of Congress or Senators, officers, or employees the market value for a flight on an airplane not licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate for compensation or hire. Declares that such market value is the fair market value of a charter flight. Requires public disclosure of such flights.

Declares that a gift to a covered executive branch official, or to an officer, employee, or Member of the House or of the Senate, of a ticket to a sporting or entertainment event shall be the face value of the ticket; and if there is no face value, then the highest cost of a ticket with a face value for the event.

Prohibits a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House from accepting a gift of travel (including any transportation, lodging, and meals during such travel) from any private source.

Calls for reviews and semiannual reports by the Comptroller General on activities carried out by the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate under the Act.

Makes it out of order to consider specified appropriations measures if: (1) their accompanying reports or managers' joint explanatory statements contain any earmarks; or (2) a measure contains any earmark but does not name the requesting Member and the pertinent congressional district.

Makes it out of order to consider a conference report until such report and its accompanying joint explanatory statement have been made available three days on the Internet to the general public.

Sets forth: (1) prohibitions on the use of federal funds for political advocacy; (2) reporting disclosure requirements for grantees of such funds; (3) reporting requirements of such grantors; and (4) public disclosure requirements regarding the grants.

]]> Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 Display Title Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To provide greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 Popular Titles Lobbying Reform bill 9 Library of Congress Introduced in House 2006-01-31T05:00:00Z 2006-02-06 Executive Comment Requested from Interior. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.