1.This Act may be cited as the Democracy in Congress Act of 2004
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<enum>I</enum><header>Reforming the House of Representatives</header>
<section id="H6DB2BFEFA4984F3BBE3E6264EA00D940" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>101.</enum><header>Same-day consideration of Rules Committee reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, clause 6(a) is amended by striking <quote>the same day</quote> and inserting <quote>the same calendar day or less than 17 hours after that</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="HA907A1C1267242829B3DFD30A9EAE9B9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Maximum voting time</header>
<subsection id="H93DEA348704D4717991D40D4E801EA53"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Electronic Voting</header><text>In rule XX of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the last sentence of clause 2(a) is amended by inserting <quote>and the maximum time shall be 30 minutes</quote> before the period.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H562783618D2347229CE37C920018BA7E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Teller votes</header><text>In rule XX of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the last sentence of clause 4(a) is amended by inserting <quote>and the maximum time shall be 30 minutes</quote> before the period.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H78C4E92A5BB34C84BC00349200B46300"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Postponing Record Votes</header><text>In rule XX of the Rules of the House of Representatives, clause 8(c) is amended by inserting <quote>and the maximum time is 30 minutes</quote> before the period.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HEE123583992B45C5A196C4C2C5C0F65E"><enum>103.</enum><header>Restriction of late night voting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Rule XX of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<subsection id="H1BA99D2D4AD04F069332D2798ED8CB55"><enum>12.</enum><text>Except for a motion to adjourn, it shall not be in order to conduct a vote on any measure or matter after midnight or before 7 a.m. on any calendar day unless, on the previous calendar day, the House has approved such late night voting on such calendar day by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of those voting, a quorum being present.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H3354A07CDAC64DCB94403F1F68BFC16"><enum>104.</enum><header>Restrictive rule limitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Clause 6 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<subsection id="HEBCA392547084FF79CD5BB276B127CC9"><enum>(h)</enum><text>It shall not be in order to consider any rule or order reported from the Committee on Rules providing for the consideration of any bill or resolution otherwise subject to amendment under House rules if that resolution limits the right of Members to offer germane amendments to such bill or resolution unless at least one amendment in the nature of a substitute and two additional amendments, if requested in writing by the minority leader, are allowed to be offered by the minority leader (or the minority leader’s designee) to such bill or resolution by such rule or order.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H626C0CC13AEA4B2FAA4DED0246B93F2D"><enum>105.</enum><header>Two-thirds requirement for certain waivers under the Rules of the House</header>
<subsection id="H349AD3A1064F44FFAB80383FBA246005"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Two-thirds Requirement</header><text>Clause 6(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking the period and inserting a semicolon at the end of subparagraph (2) and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H0A195C54307F477BB42B183871DF4600"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a rule or order which would waive the layover requirement of clause 8 of rule XXII concerning the availability of reports, would waive the three-day layover requirement or the three-day Internet availability requirement of clause 4(a)(1) of this rule or of clause 8(a)(1) of rule XXII, or would waive the scope requirement of the last sentence of clause 9 of rule XXII by a vote of less than two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HF25EF9B277B94F8D91B81426C3CE913"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming Amendment</header><text>Clause 6(a) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking subparagraph (2), by inserting <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (1), and by redesignating subparagraph (3) as subparagraph (2).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HD64F59F09CCB4F7BB048E49429EBDD9B"><enum>106.</enum><header>Two-thirds requirement for availability of certain measures on the Internet</header>
<subsection id="HCA67668709A94CDE9B223741F49E23D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Committee Reports</header><text>Clause 4(a)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting <quote>and until the third such calendar day on which the underlying measure or matter has been made available by the Committee on Rules on its Internet site</quote> before the period.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE8C0AE38963A4FAF899C468B8351737B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conference Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause 8(a)(1)(A) of rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting <quote>and until the third such calendar day on which such conference report and joint explanatory statement have been made available by the standing committee of the House with subject matter jurisdiction over the underlying legislation on its Internet site</quote> before the semicolon.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H61D8B019F80F41D9B04252BF5622E437"><enum>107.</enum><header>Committee on House Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, clause 5(a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<paragraph indent="up1" id="H23F7E3D187F043ADB32385F579853F59"><enum>(5)</enum>
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H95ACC96927774223979C6BF731F0369"><enum>(A)</enum><text>One-half of the members of the Committee on House Administration shall be from the majority party and one-half shall be from the minority party.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H8749CB2DD21343CBB200DFFE9C2F8CF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of the Committee on House Administration, subpoenas may be authorized and issued as provided by clause 2(m) of rule XI, except that either the chairman or ranking minority party member of that committee may authorize and issue subpoenas under that clause.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HB7FD25829E284B1686C9CEDED2B04A5"><enum>108.</enum><header>Control of Committee on Government Reform</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In rule X, clause 5(a) (as amended by section 107) is further amended by adding the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<paragraph indent="up1" id="H9D4433FA60D3494700A98F442F98E2EA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (c)(1), the majority of the membership, including the chairman, of the Committee on Government Reform, shall be composed of Members of a major political party other than the political party of which the President of the United States is a member.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H5ED6BCAE5564494FB53C314D275C00D4"><enum>109.</enum><header>Conference committee disclosure requirement</header>
<subsection id="H00FF724335A64164A1DD9FB0FB9600ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clear Identification of New Material in Conference Reports</header><text>In rule XXII, clause 7(e) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>The joint explanatory statement shall separately identify and explain each provision of the report which was not contained in the bill or resolution (or House or Senate amendment thereto, as applicable) for which the committee of conference was held, and, if possible, identify the Member who proposed such provision.</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HB1C526D2CA814D469C902B6016991DCE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of the Congress on Conference Committee Protocols</header><text>It is the sense of the Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H27C67989E5644C28AC0052706B6472ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conference committees should hold regular, formal meetings of all conferees;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F0C31D80BA248CAA99573E5965F2D53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all conferees should be given adequate notice of the time and place of all such meetings; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57ACA46217C745F8AD7100EDA62DED07"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all conferees should be afforded an opportunity to participate in full and complete debates of the matters that such conference committees may recommend to their respective Houses.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H501C60156E9D49AFBC868B5125B9EDDD"><enum>110.</enum><header>Creation of bipartisan blue-ribbon Commission on House oversight</header>
<subsection id="H54468FAE535B4E0A8C9F81A3621C999F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of Commission</header><text>There is established a Commission to assess the extent to which the House of Representatives has upheld its constitutional responsibility to oversee the executive branch and suggest structural and procedural changes to improve the oversight processes.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H89928BE353F449FF851D9B352EFB219C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership and Appointment</header><text></text>
<paragraph id="H5C1A4E51DB304DB58DA1DA94A708FC76" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commission shall be composed of 10 members of whom 5 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House and 5 by the minority leader of the House from among individuals who have significant knowledge or experience in the matters to be studied by the Commission.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9259BEDB9613408F998DC09C8129305D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Of the members appointed by the Speaker and by the minority leader, one appointed by each shall be a former member of the House of Representatives and one appointed by each shall be a former officer or employee of the executive branch.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA653310EC314653A20029E3A90059A2" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9F107D3D73747D79C6D977D62B3EE5D" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Six members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56163530EC4D4759B7AD9BEDE9E0ACB6" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Commission shall have 2 co-chairs. One shall be designated by the Speaker and one by the minority leader from among the members of the Commission appointed by such individual.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81CB9952F7A948230000CF3BF83D0313" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Commission shall meet at the call of the co-chairmen.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD7FD277E19EF457BA223EA3B9C02932C" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Each member of the Commission who is not an officer or employee of the Government shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5315">section 5315</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which such member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the Commission. All members of the Commission who are officers or employees of the United States shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as officers or employees of the United States. The members of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Commission.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4818FF300EBD45EFA5CDAE4BBFF21B0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Director and Staff</header><text>The Director and staff of the Commission shall be appointed without regard to the civil service laws and regulations. The Director shall be compensated at the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5316">section 5316</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code. The co-chairmen may fix the compensation of other personnel without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title, relating to classification of positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for such personnel may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HFFD37552119B4EFCBEF2B824DC352E49"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Powers</header><text>The Commission may, for the purpose of carrying out this section, hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as the Commission considers appropriate.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H98C8F3F4B8F74197B63B8BAA1F2E841B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Commission shall transmit a final report to the House of Representatives not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. The final report shall contain a detailed report of the findings and conclusions of the Commission, together with its recommendations for such legislation as it considers appropriate.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF2ECA350D3D740E09B26087155DE2BB4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Commission shall cease to exist 30 days after submitting its final report pursuant to subsection (e).</text></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Reforming lobbying disclosure and conflict-of-interest provisions</header>
<section id="HCABD1050933E4C978C07FE81C5E8A08C"><enum>201.</enum><header>Extension of certain post-employment lobbying restrictions</header>
<subsection id="HDCBD3F7BAE62401F88F6B7A700065EE2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Senior executive personnel</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/207">Section 207(c)(1)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>within 1 year after</quote> and inserting <quote>within 3 years after</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF66B56E0DE5640869C4C7322916421B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Members of congress</header><text>Section 207(e)(1) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H611994CFD5124F95AC3E83482748C719" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum>
<clause id="H8F6400AF78A546C8A7088B180016B54B" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Any person who is a Member of Congress and who, within 3 years after that person leaves office, knowingly makes, with the intent to influence, any communication to or appearance before any person who is a Member or an employee of a committee described in clause (ii) on behalf of any other person (except the United States) in connection with any matter on which such former Member of Congress seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee of that committee, in his or her official capacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title.</text></clause>
<clause id="H774A285386ED4E67ABD088D83FF07688" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A committee referred to in clause (i) is any committee of which the former Member of Congress was a Member within 1 year before leaving office.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H36988EA333C349AC8EB520B806EEC3F7"><enum>202.</enum><header>Electronic filing of lobbying disclosure reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1604">2 U.S.C. 1604</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HFDE11455D25E4577881675BB02FB5185"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Electronic filing required</header><text>A report required to be filed under this section shall be filed in electronic form, in addition to any other form that may be required by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H14C60350BFC34B4200EAC291533BFCA6"><enum>203.</enum><header>Public database of lobbying disclosure information</header>
<subsection id="H4CE0F47C38FA45769CF4993BBAED6506"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Database required</header><text>Section 6 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1605">2 U.S.C. 1605</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8BF2B31CF0934207A7A37EE2E59DE5F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H123EFA66ACBE4C16B3D36BBEDED869D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D28707C74A04A96B5B752F938748800"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H67DBE52D9EF94EF5B2B45228EB6F8B9C"><enum>(9)</enum><text>maintain, and make available to the public over the Internet, without a fee or other access charge, in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable manner, an electronic database that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H22B742AEA7764789B3AA3803E116E76D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>includes the information contained in registrations and reports filed under this Act;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H78782824F172465AB24339E7D8B5C3B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>directly links the information it contains to the information disclosed in reports filed with the Federal Election Commission under section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/434">2 U.S.C. 434</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H597679C017D445CEA4DD7E126666EBB4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is searchable and sortable to the maximum extent practicable, including searchable and sortable by each of the categories of information described in section 4(b) or 5(b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBAB1BE28E58F4D11812F3668456B1459"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of reports</header><text>Section 6 of such Act is further amended in paragraph (4) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>and, in the case of a report filed in electronic form pursuant to section 5(d), shall make such report available for public inspection over the Internet not more than 48 hours after the report is so filed</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCECB62B72C104DFD9DE05B32BCA654A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out paragraph (9) of section 6 of such Act, as added by subsection (a).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HFC436BFABECD4635A624B4E896ECCF92"><enum>204.</enum><header>Quarterly filing of lobbying disclosure reports</header>
<subsection id="H223B5574F02B42769C5DDC2D2388FB32"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Quarterly filing required</header><text>Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1604">2 U.S.C. 1604</external-xref>) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H320E09917179447883819DBA26BBB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD9DECC5678D4B56BE14BFB417C500F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Semiannual</quote> and inserting <quote>Quarterly</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5AC2B77BD834884B4CB63701D20772C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the semiannual period</quote> and all that follows through <quote>July of each year</quote> and insert <quote>the quarterly period beginning on the first days of January, April, July, and October of each year</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A8A3EB4BD7B4B5890106146076CD5A3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such semiannual period</quote> and insert <quote>such quarterly period</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H08ABA92F50AD41C984C9666962FC7242"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1F18F5A17E34362B55881455E7D1650"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>semiannual report</quote> and inserting <quote>quarterly report</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8354B3C46E4E4083B338D9294CB9DF44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>semiannual filing period</quote> and inserting <quote>quarterly period</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAFB1426235924D219131F87503A82BD9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>semiannual period</quote> and inserting <quote>quarterly period</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC7926A5E1FA6461F9E95101215AA2FFB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>semiannual filing period</quote> and inserting <quote>quarterly period</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8142A33AEB604239962B1169D108FFAA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HD03AC5ECAD1447779F6750DED5F4F0C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 3 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1602">2 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>) is amended in paragraph (10) by striking <quote>six month period</quote> and inserting <quote>three-month period</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4EE7205DBE714BB5B4BDBA9578E36C00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Registration</header><text>Section 4 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1603">2 U.S.C. 1603</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F219DB69C12491FB863E4042B25E628"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3)(A) by striking <quote>semiannual period</quote> and inserting <quote>quarterly period</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F62968842734A4BB15C0607D54C1794"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(3)(A) by striking <quote>semiannual period</quote> and inserting <quote>quarterly period</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC61749E2DF841B681ED00AA10354BFE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>Section 6 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1605">2 U.S.C. 1605</external-xref>) is amended in paragraph (6) by striking <quote>semiannual period</quote> and inserting <quote>quarterly period</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73A78AD2621D4D2CB0295623A2F2657F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Estimates</header><text>Section 15 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1610">2 U.S.C. 1610</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1C10822986B4DA2B33E6B7C9B030039"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1) by striking <quote>semiannual period</quote> and inserting <quote>quarterly period</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF1AF7145B234C5EA5A43098F4B56F13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1) by striking <quote>semiannual period</quote> and inserting <quote>quarterly period</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD6F85C560DA4480A9D6538E111949D72"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Dollar amounts</header>
<subparagraph id="HF87AD67854CD46719C147182FF275C1B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 4 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1603">2 U.S.C. 1603</external-xref>) is further amended—</text>
<clause id="H1C054400F57D4B09927D2427151E28D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3)(A)(i), by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,500</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H720CF9254EDB4BF1BAD743E473A7AE61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii), by striking <quote>$20,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HCE759F87DA31479B81049777A86949E0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking <quote>$10,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF90822335EFE4D10A215721D729CA9FF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4), by striking <quote>$10,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB4019644D2264D6FB39E5082520776D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 5 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1604">2 U.S.C. 1604</external-xref>) is further amended—</text>
<clause id="H74CE354A2C49452CA7ED5593459227E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1), by striking <quote>$10,000</quote> and <quote>$20,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000</quote> and <quote>$10,000</quote>, respectively; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H5155249B38324BFB9609642F146BDBC0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>$10,000</quote> both places such term appears and inserting <quote>$5,000</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H1DD857700D77400BB22C41D719E0C67D"><enum>205.</enum><header>Disclosure of grassroots activities by paid lobbyists</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1602">2 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA9C57B11D26249E2BB58C31FE97F349C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (8) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HDC6C6C77FC5841D595BBEAAAE5A57104"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Grassroots activities</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the term <quote>lobbying contact</quote> also includes a grassroots lobbying communication.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89FAD76474EC4B1784B9166FD7D00C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H86C5D355C4704961BB002C54FBD7DA78"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Grassroots lobbying communication</header><text>The term <quote>grassroots lobbying communication</quote> means an attempt to influence legislation or executive action through the use of mass communications (except mass communications through the Internet) directed to the general public and designed to encourage recipients to take specific action with respect to specific legislation or executive action, except that such term does not include any communications by an entity directed to its members, employees, officers, or shareholders. For purposes of this paragraph, a communication is designed to encourage a recipient if any of the following applies:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8B2A46AB8CB04138BE53007D3D00BD3E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The communication states that the recipient should contact a legislator, or should contact an officer or employee of an executive agency.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H55D548727F4D497EAFC9D82D8025D0F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The communication provides the address, phone number, and contact information of a legislator or of an officer or employee of an executive agency.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H72CD34B50E9F4DAF96309D6573278E46"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The communication provides a petition, tear-off postcard, or similar material for the recipient to send to a legislator or to an officer or employee of an executive agency.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2655943A3E684123BC009B9837B8D822"><enum>(D)</enum>
<clause id="HBD03862E892F4778B80442C9F518DEE7" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Subject to clause (ii), the communication specifically identifies an individual who—</text>
<subclause id="H35BDDDE9830B44ADB7C7000425C34F85" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is in a position to consider or vote on the legislation;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA862D1569EFD4339A4D5916493AFC3CF" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>represents the recipient in Congress; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9CB6A259FDFD458C9B091D00C613D338" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is an officer or employee of the executive agency to which the legislation or executive action relates.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H4F1C89A9229F4A4AB89720F643009527" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A communication described in clause (i) is a grassroots lobbying communication only if it is a communication that cannot meet the <quote>full and fair exposition</quote> test as nonpartisan analysis, study, or research.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H2FF797310D5F44EDAFB2B90117461EC6"><enum>206.</enum><header>Identification of officials with whom lobbying contacts are made</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1604">2 U.S.C. 1604</external-xref>) is further amended in subsection (b)(2)—</text>
<paragraph id="H04D2321ACBEF4083BD928100682BEC77"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A9F16A4909D44CC87535B37098200C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H9AD30D350AC342EA87123CDC1133007B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for each specific issue listed pursuant to subparagraph (A), a list identifying each covered executive branch official and each Member of Congress with whom a lobbyist employed by the registrant engaged in a lobbying contact with respect to that issue;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="HE7010C6EA87B47618EBB8648DF02FF10"><enum>207.</enum><header>Disclosure of lobbying activities by certain coalitions and associations</header>
<subsection id="H7A125B8113F946F5BACA75D95FE9A1B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1602">2 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HB70F6F9E680B4EA89DCED66D41127614"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Client</header>
<subparagraph id="H9073F13B02A1413C8FC9D5A02711DEC5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <quote>client</quote> means any person or entity that employs or retains another person for financial or other compensation to conduct lobbying activities on behalf of that person or entity. A person or entity whose employees act as lobbyists on its own behalf is both a client and an employer of such employees.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H362D0848BA254D0486A1A3360072A405"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of coalitions and associations</header>
<clause id="H93391B5F1704441F84418DF8AD9334BF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), in the case of a coalition or association that employs or retains other persons to conduct lobbying activities, each of the individual members of the coalition or association (and not the coalition or association) is the client. For purposes of section 4(a)(3), the preceding sentence shall not apply, and only the coalition or association shall be treated as the client.</text></clause>
<clause id="HD021FCAD525849A1891DBF1E08F8099"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception for certain tax-exempt associations</header><text>In case of an association—</text>
<subclause id="HE53F8AE52E6445918B66E9E65900CCAA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>which is described in paragraph (3) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code, or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HDF597183DDD04239BCFADB2BA099C983"><enum>(II)</enum><text>which is described in any other paragraph of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code and which has substantial exempt activities other than lobbying with respect to the specific issue for which it engaged the person filing the registration statement under section 4,</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">the association (and not its members) shall be treated as the client.</continuation-text></clause>
<clause id="H75853C8F538241C5A47F96F3813F7B11"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Exception for certain members</header>
<subclause id="H931D36F4168E4D5500DD8F5D31C4AE2D"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Information on a member of a coalition or association need not be included in any registration under section 4 if the amount reasonably expected to be contributed by such member toward the activities of the coalition or association of influencing legislation is less than $500 per any quarterly period.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA7647B380E3E4EADA634856C86013DDD"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Subclause (I) shall not apply with respect to any member who unexpectedly makes aggregate contributions of more than $500 in any quarterly period, and the date the aggregate of such contributions first exceeds $500 in such period shall be treated as the date of first employment or retention to make a lobbying contact for purposes of section 4.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HAB3DAE03B7914D42BCE5209D7457B744"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Look-through rules</header><text>In the case of a coalition or association which is treated as a client under the first sentence of clause (i)—</text>
<subclause id="H883452290EE74D9F87737B8C2D5C71C9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such coalition or association shall be treated as employing or retaining other persons to conduct lobbying activities for purposes of determining whether any individual member thereof is treated as a client under clause (i), and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0B0C0B073B694E5697B7017B8169E216"><enum>(II)</enum><text>information on such coalition or association need not be included in any registration under section 4 of the coalition or association with respect to which it is treated as a client under clause (i).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H571AFE0A80CA4D74BFB3720010F32C15"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<paragraph id="H6BCCF661B14840C1A042CB003872A5DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H72F319CC256A44EE9E99007182E3753F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coalitions and associations listed on registration statements filed under section 4 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE3D4A936AE734AD70034DAFE6B6F4E62"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coalitions and associations for whom any lobbying contact is made after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H189731F21CF84261A04EAB975DC892AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>In the case of any coalition or association to which the amendments made by this Act apply by reason of paragraph (1)(B), the person required by such section 4 to file a registration statement with respect to such coalition or association shall file a new registration statement within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HFD40724977FA4D4492520067528155F2"><enum>208.</enum><header>Reform of waiver process for acts affecting a personal financial interest</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/208">Section 208</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFAB80EC6DD994ACCA86DB8BA6EAB313B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAFB2F03A537A441792BF59061C65913E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>the Government official responsible for appointment to his or her position</quote> the following: <quote>and the Office of Government Ethics</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H18E2582952914B0EB0BEE55E92CB8E00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a written determination made by such official</quote> and inserting <quote>a written determination made by the Office of Government Ethics, after consultation with such official,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9721CE6074A4BA9819F54A02576AA38"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(3), by striking <quote>the official responsible for the employee’s appointment, after review of</quote> and inserting <quote>the Office of Government Ethics, after consultation with the official responsible for the employee’s appointment and after review of</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE66915A197CD43078CA44850AF3E2198"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC46B706171E44CA7BF488246E5A063CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Upon request</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Ethics in Government Act of 1978.</quote> and inserting <quote>In each case in which the Office of Government Ethics makes a determination granting an exemption under subsection (b)(1) or (b)(3) to a person, the Office shall, not later than 3 business days after making such determination, make available to the public pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 105 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, and publish in the Federal Register, such determination and the materials submitted by such person in requesting such exemption.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H05E1311DC73644E1B5CC5F8CA0018036"><enum>(B)</enum><text>strike <quote>the agency may withhold</quote> and insert <quote>the Office of Government Ethics may withhold</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H9B1B523CA1494DBDABB770078CE43284"><enum>209.</enum><header>Public Disclosure by Members of Congress of Employment Negotiations</header>
<subsection id="H93D7C422D8DD4E11B06B713B11A33FE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>House of Representatives</header><text>The Code of Official Conduct set forth in rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating clause 14 as clause 15 and by inserting after clause 13 the following new clause:</text>
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<paragraph id="H22E52B34066944C38668430877FC9DF5"><enum>14. </enum><text>A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall publicly disclose the fact that he or she is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning prospective employment if a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest may exist.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H964D0F62E4D3437DA1B0C234A45FE631"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Senate</header><text>[Text to be supplied by the Senate].</text></subsection></section>