3.0.0 2093 2023-01-11T15:48:00Z 2023-01-11T15:48:00Z House H HR 2007-05-01 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-05-01T14:30:49Z 2007-05-01 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000627 Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] MARTIN MEEHAN D MA T. 5 N S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2007-05-01 True Government Operations and Politics Advertising Congress Government paperwork Lobbying Science, Technology, Communications Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-05-01 Introduced in House 2007-05-25T20:58:25Z Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) to revise the definition of "lobbying activities" (for purposes of a lobbying firm only) to include paid communications campaigns to influence the general public to lobby Congress.

Redefines "lobbying firm" to include a person or entity retained by one or more clients (other than that person or entity) to engage in paid communications campaigns to influence the general public to lobby Congress, and receives income of, or spends or agrees to spend, an aggregate of $100,000 or more for such efforts in any quarterly period.

Defines "paid communications campaigns to influence the general public to lobby Congress" as efforts by a lobbying firm, on behalf of a client, to influence the general public or its segments to contact one or more covered legislative or executive branch officials (or Congress generally) to urge them to take specific action regarding a specific matter. Excludes from the meaning of such communications: (1) any made to the members of the client; or (2) direct mail communications to the general public or its segments made primarily to recruit members to join an organization.

Sets forth LDA registration and reporting requirements of such lobbying firms.

]]> To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to provide for additional reporting by lobbying firms. Display Title To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to provide for additional reporting by lobbying firms. Official Title as Introduced To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to provide for additional reporting by lobbying firms. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2007-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2093ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2093ih.xml 2007-05-01 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.