[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 233 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 233

             To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. McIntosh introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
             To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.

    Section 18 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1611) 
is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 18. EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.

    ``(a) General Rule.--An organization described in section 501(c)(4) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which engages in lobbying 
activities or affiliated organizations shall not be eligible for the 
receipt of Federal funds constituting an award, grant, or loan.
    ``(b) Definition.--For purposes of subsection (a), any 2 
organizations shall be considered to be affiliated organizations if the 
organizations meet any one or more of the following criteria:
            ``(1) The governing instrument of one such organization 
        requires it to be bound by decisions of the other organization 
        on legislative issues.
            ``(2) The governing board of one such organization includes 
        persons who--
                    ``(A) are specifically designated representatives 
                of the other such organization or are members of the 
                governing board, officers, or paid executive staff 
                members of such other organization; and
                    ``(B) by aggregating their votes, have sufficient 
                voting power to cause or prevent action on political 
                advocacy issues by the other such organization.
            ``(3) The organizations--
                    ``(A) either use the same name or trademark, or 
                represent themselves as being affiliated; and
                    ``(B) coordinate their lobbying activities or 
                political advocacy.''.
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