[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2629 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2629

  To require Members of the House of Representatives to keep a public 
                     record of visits by lobbyists.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 1995

 Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require Members of the House of Representatives to keep a public 
                     record of visits by lobbyists.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
    Section 1. Record of Visits By Lobbyists.--Each Member of the House 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall keep a record 
available to any member of the public, in which shall be recorded each 
visit to such Member by an individual who is registered under section 
308 of the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act (2 U.S.C. 267). Such 
record shall include the date of the visit recorded, the name and 
affiliation of the individual who made the visit, and the subject of 
the visit to such Member. At the end of each calendar quarter, such 
record shall be transmitted to the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives.
    Sec. 2. Effective Date.--Section 1 shall take effect on January 1, 
1996.
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