[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 198 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 198

 To prohibit campaign expenditures for services of lobbyists, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 1997

  Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit campaign expenditures for services of lobbyists, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lobbying Conflict of Interest 
Elimination Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF FECA.

    (a) In General.--Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a candidate 
and the candidate's authorized committees shall not make disbursements 
for any services rendered by any individual during any period if such 
individual was required to register for such period as a lobbyist under 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).''.
    (b) Reporting.--Section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(9) for an authorized committee, an identification, 
        including the name and address, of any lobbyist (as that term 
        is defined in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
        (2 U.S.C. 1602)) who provided services to the authorized 
        committee, regardless of whether disbursements were made for 
        such services.''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1995.

    Section 5(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1604(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) the amount and date of each contribution by the 
        registrant to a candidate, or an authorized committee (as that 
        term is defined in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign 
        Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431)) of a candidate, for the office of 
        Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to, the Congress.''.
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