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        <title>Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2317) to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require registered lobbyists to file quarterly reports on contributions bundled for certain recipients, and for other purposes and providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2316) to provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclosure and enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes.</title>
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        <text>Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 182.</text>
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        <text>The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 2316.</text>
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        <text>Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.</text>
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        <text>On passage Passed by recorded vote: 396 - 22, 1 Present (Roll no. 423).</text>
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        <text>On motion to recommit with instructions Agreed to by recorded vote: 346 - 71, 2 Present (Roll no. 422).</text>
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        <text>The previous question on the motion was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H5774)</text>
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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceede with 10 minutes of debate on the Chabot motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with amendments to limit gifts to Members, Officers, and Employees of the House from State and local governments.</text>
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        <text>Mr. Chabot moved to recommit with instructions to Judiciary. (consideration: CR 5/25/2007 H5772-5773; text: CR 5/25/2007 H5772-5773)</text>
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        <text>The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2316.</text>
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        <text>DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 437, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cardoza amendment.</text>
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        <text>DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 437, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Castle amendment.</text>
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        <text>POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Abercrombie amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the yeas had prevailed. Mr. Smith of Texas demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.</text>
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        <text>DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 437, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Conyers amendment.</text>
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        <text>DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 437, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Dreier amendment.</text>
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        <text>DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 437, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Conyers amendment.</text>
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        <text>GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2316.</text>
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        <text>The Speaker designated the Honorable Ellen O. Tauscher to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.</text>
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        <text>House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 437 and Rule XVIII.</text>
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        <text>Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2317 and H.R. 2316.</text>
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        <text>Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 437. (consideration: CR 5/25/2007 H5759-5776; text of measure as reported in House: CR 5/25/2007 H5764-5766)</text>
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        <text>Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 97.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and House Administration, 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.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 - <b>Title I: Closing the Revolving Door</b> - (Sec. 101) Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to add Rule XXVII (Disclosure by Members and Staff of Employment Negotiations).</p> <p>Prohibits a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (Member) from directly negotiating or having any agreement of future employment or compensation until after the election for his or her successor, unless such Member files a statement about such negotiations or agreement with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct within three business days after their commencement. Requires inclusion in such a statement of: (1) the name of the private entity or entities involved in the negotiations or agreement; (2) the commencement date; and (3) the Member's signature.</p> <p>Requires a House officer or employee earning over 75% of the salary paid to a Member to notify the Committee, within three business days, that he or she is negotiating or has any agreement of future employment or compensation.</p> <p>Requires such Member, officer, or employee to recuse himself or herself from any matter in which there is or appears to be a conflict of interest under the Rule, and to notify the Committee of such recusal. Requires such individual also to submit to the Clerk of the House, for public disclosure, the statement of disclosure for which such recusal was made.</p> <p>(Sec. 102) Amends the federal criminal code to subject to a fine or imprisonment of up to 15 years, or both, a Member of Congress or a congressional employee who with the intent to influence, on the basis of partisan political affiliation, an employment decision or employment practice of any private entity: (1) takes or withholds, or offers or threatens to take or withhold, an official act; or (2) influences, or offers or threatens to influence, the official act of another.</p> <p>Provides that such individual may be disqualified from holding any federal office of honor, trust, or profit.</p> <p>States that nothing in such prohibition shall be construed to create any inference regarding whether such activity was a criminal or civil offence before the enactment of this Act.</p> <p>(Sec. 103) Prohibits an attorney or law firm (including a professional legal corporation or partnership, or an attorney employed by such firm) which contracts to provide services to a congressional committee or subcommittee, a Member of the leadership of either chamber, a covered legislative branch official, or a working group or congressional caucus, from knowingly making, with the intent to influence, any communication or appearance before any Member, officer, or congressional employee on behalf of another person (except the United States) in connection with any matter on which the attorney or law firm seeks official action by such Member, officer, or employee in his or her official capacity during the term of the contract and for one year thereafter.</p> <p>Subjects violators of such prohibition to a fine or imprisonment, or both.<br> </p> <p><b>Title II: Full Public Disclosure of Lobbying</b> - (Sec. 201) Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) to require: (1) quarterly instead of semiannual filing of lobbying disclosures reports; (2) electronic filing; (3) disclosure of registered lobbyist on contributions; and (4) disclosure by registered lobbyists of all past executive and congressional employment.</p> <p>(Sec. 205) Amends the LDA to prohibit a registered lobbyist, a registered organization that employs one or more lobbyists, or a registrant's employee from making a gift or providing travel to a Member, officer, or congressional employee, if the person or organization has knowledge that the gift or travel may not be accepted under the rules of the House of Representatives or the Senate.</p> <p>(Sec. 206) Redefines &quot;client&quot; with respect to LDA registration requirements.</p> <p>Treats as the client each individual member of a coalition or association that employs or retains other persons to conduct lobbying activities. (Currently individual members are not to be so treated.)</p> <p>Treats a coalition or association as the client, for purposes of the exemption from registration requirements, if: (1) total income for matters related to lobbying activities on behalf of a particular client (in the case of a lobbying firm) does not exceed and is not expected to exceed $5,000 in a semiannual period during which the registration would be made; or (2) total expenses in connection with lobbying activities (in the case of an organization whose employees engage in lobbying activities on its own behalf) do not exceed or are not expected to exceed $20,000 in such period.</p> <p>Treats an association (and not its members) as the client if it is a nonprofit tax-exempt association and has substantial exempt activities other than lobbying regarding the specific issue for which it engaged the person filing the registration statement.</p> <p>Declares that information on a member of a coalition or association need not be included in any registration if the amount reasonably expected to be contributed by such member toward the coalition's or association's legislation-influencing activities is less than $500 during the quarterly period during which such registration would be made.</p> <p>Waives such disclosure requirements, with respect to lobbying activities, if it is publicly available knowledge that the organization is affiliated with the client, or has been publicly disclosed to have provided funding to the client, unless the organization in whole or in major part plans, supervises, or controls such lobbying activities.</p> <p>(Sec. 207) Revises disclosure requirements regarding a lobbyist's employee who has served as a covered legislative branch official in the two years before the date on which such employee first acted (after December 19, 1995) as a lobbyist on the client's behalf. 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                <code>9</code>
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          <text>On agreeing to the Cardoza amendment (A005) Agreed to by voice vote.</text>
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          <item>
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            <fullName>Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]</fullName>
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            <party>D</party>
            <state>CA</state>
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          <link>
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                <code>9</code>
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                <code>9</code>
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        <purpose>An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 110-167 stating that it is the sense of Congress that the use of a family relationship by a lobbyist who is an immediate family member of a Member of Congress to gain special advantages over other lobbyists is inappropriate.</purpose>
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          <actionDate>2007-05-24</actionDate>
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          <item>
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            <fullName>Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]</fullName>
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                <code>9</code>
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                <code>9</code>
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                <code>9</code>
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          <actionDate>2007-05-24</actionDate>
          <text>On agreeing to the Conyers amendment (A003) Failed by recorded vote: 152 - 271, 1 Present (Roll no. 421).</text>
          <actionTime>16:22:02</actionTime>
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                <code>9</code>
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                <code>9</code>
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        <description>Amendment requires that when Members and House employees end their service in the House, they be given notice of the exact dates in which their post-employment restrictions apply and also requires that that information be made available on the Internet.</description>
        <purpose>An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 110-167 to add language passed by the House as part of H.R. 4975 in the 109th Congress amending the post-employment restrictions contained in section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code. The amendment would direct the Clerk, in consultation with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, to inform a Member, officer, or employee who is subject to the post-employment restrictions on lobbying contacts contained in that section of the beginning and ending dates of the restriction.</purpose>
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            <fullName>Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26]</fullName>
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            <party>R</party>
            <state>CA</state>
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          <title>Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007</title>
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            <name>House Report 110-167</name>
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          <count>7</count>
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                <code>2</code>
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                <code>9</code>
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                <code>9</code>
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