109 HR 2412 IH: Special Interest Lobbying and Ethics Accountability Act of 2005 U.S. House of Representatives 2005-05-17 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2412 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 17, 2005 Mr. Meehan (for himself, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Baird, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Berry, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Butterfield, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Case, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Filner, Mr. Ford, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Harman, Mr. Holt, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kind, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Markey, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McCarthy, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Menendez, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Ross, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Watson, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Evans) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Standards of Official Conduct and Rules, 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 A BILL To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to ethics and lobbying.

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(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Special Interest Lobbying and Ethics Accountability Act of 2005. (b)

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The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents Title I—Enhancing lobbying disclosure Sec. 101. Quarterly filing of lobbying disclosure reports Sec. 102. Electronic filing of lobbying disclosure reports Sec. 103. Public database of lobbying disclosure information Sec. 104. Identification of officials with whom lobbying contacts are made Sec. 105. Disclosure by registered lobbyists of all past executive and congressional employment Sec. 106. Disclosure of grassroots activities by paid lobbyists Sec. 107. Disclosure of lobbying activities by certain coalitions and associations Title II—Slowing the revolving door Sec. 201. Extension from 1 to 2 years of ban on attempting to influence by senior executive personnel, former Members of Congress, and officers and employees of the legislative branch Sec. 202. Reform of waiver process for acts affecting a personal financial interest Sec. 203. Public disclosure by Members of Congress of employment negotiations Sec. 204. Wrongfully influencing, on a partisan basis, an entity’s employment decisions or practices Sec. 205. Amendment to Code of Official Conduct to prohibit favoritism Title III—Curbing excesses in privately funded travel Sec. 301. Required certification that congressional travel meets certain conditions Sec. 302. False certification in connection with congressional travel Sec. 303. Increased disclosure of travel by Members Sec. 304. Guidelines respecting travel expenses Title IV—Strengthening enforcement and oversight of ethics and lobbying Sec. 401. Comptroller General review and semiannual report on activities carried out by Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate under Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 Sec. 402. Increased penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements Sec. 403. Hearings, recommendations, and report regarding activities of lobbyists Sec. 404. Ethics task force