[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 4975 Reported in House (RH)]


                                                 Union Calendar No. 244
109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4975

             [Report No. 109-439, Parts I, II, III, and IV]

 To provide greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2006

Mr. Dreier (for himself, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Pryce 
   of Ohio, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Putnam, Mr. 
  Ehlers, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, and Mr. Hastings of Washington) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
       the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House 
  Administration, Rules, Government Reform, and Standards of Official 
Conduct, 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

                             April 25, 2006

  Additional sponsors: Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mrs. 
                         Schmidt, and Mr. Issa

                             April 25, 2006

     Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                             April 25, 2006

          Reported from the Committee on House Administration

                             April 25, 2006

          Reported from the Committee on Rules with amendments
 [Omit the part struck through in brackets and insert the part printed 
                           in boldface roman]

                             April 25, 2006

    Reported from the Committee on Government Reform with amendments
   [Omit the part struck through in parentheses and insert the part 
                      printed in boldface italic]

                             April 25, 2006

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct discharged; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Lobbying 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows:</DELETED>

<DELETED>Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
            <DELETED>TITLE I--ENHANCING LOBBYING DISCLOSURE

<DELETED>Sec. 101. Quarterly filing of lobbying disclosure reports.
<DELETED>Sec. 102. Electronic filing of lobbying registrations and 
                            disclosure reports.
<DELETED>Sec. 103. Public database of lobbying disclosure information.
<DELETED>Sec. 104. Disclosure by registered lobbyists of past executive 
                            branch and congressional employment.
<DELETED>Sec. 105. Disclosure of lobbyist contributions and gifts.
<DELETED>Sec. 106. Increased penalty for failure to comply with 
                            lobbying disclosure requirements.
             <DELETED>TITLE II--SLOWING THE REVOLVING DOOR

<DELETED>Sec. 201. Notification of post-employment restrictions.
<DELETED>Sec. 202. Disclosure by Members of the House of 
                            Representatives of employment negotiations.
<DELETED>Sec. 203. Wrongfully influencing, on a partisan basis, an 
                            entity's employment decisions or practices.
  <DELETED>TITLE III--SUSPENSION OF PRIVATELY-FUNDED TRAVEL; CURBING 
                             LOBBYIST GIFTS

<DELETED>Sec. 301. Suspension of privately-funded travel.
<DELETED>Sec. 302. Recommendations on gifts and travel.
<DELETED>Sec. 303. Prohibiting registered lobbyists on corporate 
                            flights.
<DELETED>Sec. 304. Valuation of tickets to sporting and entertainment 
                            events.
        <DELETED>TITLE IV--OVERSIGHT OF LOBBYING AND ENFORCEMENT

<DELETED>Sec. 401. Audits of lobbying reports by House Inspector 
                            General.
<DELETED>Sec. 402. House Inspector General review and annual reports.
                <DELETED>TITLE V--INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

<DELETED>Sec. 501. Earmarking reform.
</DELETED>[<DELETED>Sec. 502. Frequent and comprehensive ethics 
                            training.</DELETED>]
Sec. 502. Mandatory ethics training for House employees.
<DELETED>Sec. 503. Biennial publication of ethics manual.
         <DELETED>TITLE VI--REFORM OF SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS

<DELETED>Sec. 601. Short title.
<DELETED>Sec. 602. Treatment of section 527 organizations.
<DELETED>Sec. 603. Rules for allocation of expenses between Federal and 
                            non-Federal activities.
<DELETED>Sec. 604. Repeal of limit on amount of party expenditures on 
                            behalf of candidates in general elections.
<DELETED>Sec. 605. Construction.
<DELETED>Sec. 606. Judicial review.
<DELETED>Sec. 607. Severability.
         <DELETED>TITLE VII--FORFEITURE OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS

</DELETED><star><DELETED>Sec. 701. Loss of pensions accrued during 
                            service as a Member of Congress for abusing 
                            the public trust.</DELETED><greek-g>
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Conviction of certain offenses.
Sec. 703. Absence from the United States to avoid prosecution.
Sec. 704. Refund of contributions and deposits.
Sec. 705. Restoration of annuity or retired pay.

       <DELETED>TITLE I--ENHANCING LOBBYING DISCLOSURE</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 101. QUARTERLY FILING OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE 
              REPORTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Quarterly Filing Required.--Section 5 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (in this title referred to as the ``Act'') (2 
U.S.C. 1604) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the heading, by striking 
                ``Semiannual'' and inserting ``Quarterly'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``45'' and inserting 
                ``20'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by striking ``the semiannual period'' 
                and all that follows through ``July of each year'' and 
                insert ``the quarterly period beginning on the first 
                day of January, April, July, and October of each 
                year''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) by striking ``such semiannual period'' 
                and insert ``such quarterly period''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (b)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                by striking ``semiannual report'' and inserting 
                ``quarterly report'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                ``semiannual filing period'' and inserting ``quarterly 
                period'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking 
                ``semiannual period'' and inserting ``quarterly 
                period''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) in paragraph (4), by striking 
                ``semiannual filing period'' and inserting ``quarterly 
                period''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendments.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Definition.--Section 3(10) of the Act (2 
        U.S.C. 1602) is amended by striking ``six month period'' and 
        inserting ``3-month period''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Registration.--Section 4 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 
        1603) is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking 
                ``semiannual period'' and inserting ``quarterly 
                period''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking 
                ``semiannual period'' and inserting ``quarterly 
                period''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Enforcement.--Section 6(6) of the Act (2 
        U.S.C. 1605(6)) is amended by striking ``semiannual period'' 
        and inserting ``quarterly period''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Estimates.--Section 15 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 
        1610) is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 
                ``semiannual period'' and inserting ``quarterly 
                period''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 
                ``semiannual period'' and inserting ``quarterly 
                period''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Dollar amounts.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Registration.--Section 4 of the Act (2 
                U.S.C. 1603) is amended--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(i), by 
                        striking ``$5,000'' and inserting 
                        ``$2,500'';</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii), 
                        by striking ``$20,000'' and inserting 
                        ``$10,000'';</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by 
                        striking ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$5,000''; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) in subsection (b)(4), by 
                        striking ``$10,000'' and inserting 
                        ``$5,000''.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Reports.--Section 5 of the Act (2 
                U.S.C. 1604) is amended--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) in subsection (c)(1), by 
                        striking ``$10,000'' and ``$20,000'' and 
                        inserting ``$5,000'' and ``$10,000'', 
                        respectively; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) in subsection (c)(2), by 
                        striking ``$10,000'' both places such term 
                        appears and inserting ``$5,000''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 102. ELECTRONIC FILING OF LOBBYING REGISTRATIONS AND 
              DISCLOSURE REPORTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Registrations.--Section 4 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1603) 
in amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
        (e); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Electronic Filing Required.--A registration required 
to be filed under this section on or after the date of enactment of the 
Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 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. The due date for a registration filed in electronic 
form shall be no later than the due date for a registration filed in 
any other form.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Reports.--Section 5 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1604) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Electronic Filing Required.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--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. The due date for a report filed in electronic 
        form shall be no later than the due date for a report filed in 
        any other form, except as provided in paragraph (2).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Extension of time to file in electronic 
        form.--The Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives may establish a later due date for the filing 
        of a report in electronic form by a registrant, if and only 
        if--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) on or before the original due date, 
                the registrant--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) timely files the report in 
                        every form required, other than electronic 
                        form; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) makes a request for such a 
                        later due date to the Secretary or the Clerk, 
                        as the case may be; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the request is supported by good 
                cause shown.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 103. PUBLIC DATABASE OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE 
              INFORMATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Database Required.--Section 6 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 
1605) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(9) 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--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) includes the information contained 
                in registrations and reports filed under this Act; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) is searchable and sortable, at a 
                minimum, by each of the categories of information 
                described in section 4(b) or 5(b).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Availability of Reports.--Section 6(4) of the Act is 
amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``and, in the 
case of a registration filed in electronic form pursuant to section 
4(d) or a report filed in electronic form pursuant to section 5(d), 
shall make such registration or report (as the case may be) available 
for public inspection over the Internet not more than 48 hours after 
the registration or report (as the case may be) is approved as received 
by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives (as the case may be)''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out paragraph 
(9) of section 6 of the Act, as added by subsection (a) of this 
section.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 104. DISCLOSURE BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS OF PAST EXECUTIVE 
              BRANCH AND CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 4(b)(6) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1603) is amended by 
striking ``2 years'' and inserting ``7 years''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 105. DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYIST CONTRIBUTIONS AND 
              GIFTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 5(b) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 
1604(b)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' after 
        the semicolon;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and 
        inserting a semicolon; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) for each registrant (and for any political 
        committee, as defined in 301(4) of the Federal Election 
        Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(4)), affiliated with such 
        registrant), and for each employee listed as a lobbyist by a 
        registrant under paragraph (2)(C), the name of each Federal 
        candidate or officeholder, and of each leadership PAC, 
        political party committee, or other political committee to whom 
        a contribution was made which is required to be reported to the 
        Federal Election Commission by the recipient, and the date and 
        amount of such contribution; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(7) the date, recipient, and amount of any gift 
        that under the Rules of the House of Representatives counts 
        towards the cumulative annual limit described in such rules and 
        is given by a registrant or employee listed as a lobbyist to a 
        covered legislative branch official.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 
1602) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(17) Gift.--The term `gift' means a gratuity, 
        favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, forbearance, 
        or other item having monetary value. The term includes gifts of 
        services, training, and meals whether provided in kind, by 
        purchase of a ticket, payment in advance, or reimbursement 
        after the expense has been incurred.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(18) Leadership PAC.--The term `leadership PAC' 
        means, with respect to an individual holding Federal office, an 
        unauthorized political committee (as defined in the Federal 
        Election Campaign Act of 1971) which is associated with such 
        individual.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 106. INCREASED PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH 
              LOBBYING DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 7 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1606) is amended by 
striking ``$50,000'' and inserting ``$100,000''.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>TITLE II--SLOWING THE REVOLVING DOOR</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 201. NOTIFICATION OF POST-EMPLOYMENT 
              RESTRICTIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(8) Notification of post-employment 
        restrictions.--After a Member of the House of Representatives 
        or an elected officer of the House of Representatives leaves 
        office, or after the termination of employment with the House 
        of Representatives of an employee of the House of 
        Representatives covered under paragraph (2), (3), or (4), the 
        Clerk of the House of Representatives, after consultation with 
        the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, shall inform 
        the Member, officer, or employee of the beginning and ending 
        date of the prohibitions that apply to the Member, officer, or 
        employee under this subsection, and also inform each office of 
        the House of Representatives with respect to which such 
        prohibitions apply of those dates.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 202. DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``14. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
shall file with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct a 
statement that he or she is negotiating compensation for prospective 
employment or has any arrangement concerning prospective employment if 
a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest may 
exist. Such statement shall be made within 5 days (other than 
Saturdays, Sundays, or public holidays) after commencing the 
negotiation for compensation or entering into the 
arrangement.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner should 
refrain from voting on any legislative measure pending before the House 
or any committee thereof if the negotiation described in subparagraph 
(a) may create a conflict of interest.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 203. WRONGFULLY INFLUENCING, ON A PARTISAN BASIS, AN 
              ENTITY'S EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS OR PRACTICES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Code of Official Conduct set forth in rule XXIII of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives (as amended by section 202) 
is further amended by redesignating clause 15 as clause 16 and by 
inserting after clause 14 the following new clause:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``15. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
or employee of the House may not, with the intent to influence on the 
basis of political party affiliation an employment decision or 
employment practice of any private or public entity (except for the 
Congress)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(a) take or withhold, or offer or threaten to 
        take or withhold, an official act; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(b) influence, or offer or threaten to 
        influence, the official act of another.''.</DELETED>

  <DELETED>TITLE III--SUSPENSION OF PRIVATELY-FUNDED TRAVEL; CURBING 
                        LOBBYIST GIFTS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 301. SUSPENSION OF PRIVATELY-FUNDED TRAVEL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Notwithstanding clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, no Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House may accept a gift of travel 
(including any transportation, lodging, and meals during such travel) 
from any private source.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 302. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF 
              OFFICIAL CONDUCT ON GIFTS AND TRAVEL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Not later than December 15, 2006, the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct shall report its recommendations on 
changes to rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the 
Committee on Rules. In developing such recommendations, the Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct shall consider the 
following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The ability of the current provisions of rule 
        XXV to protect the House, its Members, officers, and employees, 
        from the appearance of impropriety.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) With respect to the allowance for privately-
        funded travel contained in clause 5(b) of rule XXV--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the degree to which privately-funded 
                travel meets the representational needs of the House, 
                its Members, officers, and employees;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) whether certain entities should or 
                should not be permitted to fund the travel of the 
                Members, officers, and employees of the House, what 
                sources of funding may be permissible, and what other 
                individuals may participate in that travel; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) the adequacy of the current system of 
                approval and disclosure of such travel.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) With respect to the exceptions to the 
        limitation on the acceptance of gifts contained in clause 
        5(a)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the degree to which those exceptions 
                meet the representational and personal needs of the 
                House, its Members, officers, and employees;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the clarity of the limitation and its 
                exceptions; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) the suitability of the current dollar 
                limitations contained in clause 5(a)(1)(B) of such 
                rule, including whether such limitations should be 
                lowered.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 303. PROHIBITING REGISTERED LOBBYISTS ON CORPORATE 
              FLIGHTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 is amended by 
inserting after section 5 the following new section:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 5A. PROHIBITING REGISTERED LOBBYISTS ON CORPORATE 
              FLIGHTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``If a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress or an officer or employee of the House of 
Representatives is a passenger or crew member on a flight of an 
aircraft not licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration to operate 
for compensation or hire that is owned or operated by a person who is 
the client of a lobbyist or a lobbying firm, then such lobbyist may not 
be a passenger or crew member on that flight.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 304. VALUATION OF TICKETS TO SPORTING AND ENTERTAINMENT 
              EVENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Clause 5(a)(2)(A) of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) inserting ``(i)'' after ``(A)''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(ii) A gift of a ticket to a sporting or entertainment 
event shall be valued at the face value of the ticket, provided that in 
the case of a ticket without a face value, the ticket shall be valued 
at the highest cost of a ticket with a face value for the 
event.''.</DELETED>

   <DELETED>TITLE IV--OVERSIGHT OF LOBBYING AND ENFORCEMENT</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 401. AUDITS OF LOBBYING REPORTS BY HOUSE INSPECTOR 
              GENERAL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Access to Lobbying Reports.--The Office of Inspector 
General of the House of Representatives shall have access to all 
lobbyists' disclosure information received by the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 and shall 
conduct random audits of lobbyists' disclosure information as necessary 
to ensure compliance with that Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Referral Authority.--The Office of the Inspector 
General of the House of Representatives may refer potential violations 
by lobbyists of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to the Department 
of Justice for disciplinary action.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 402. HOUSE INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW AND ANNUAL 
              REPORTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Ongoing Review Required.--The Inspector General of the 
House of Representatives shall review on an ongoing basis the 
activities carried out by the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
under section 6 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605). 
The review shall emphasize--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the effectiveness of those activities in 
        securing the compliance by lobbyists with the requirements of 
        that Act; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) whether the Clerk has the resources and 
        authorities needed for effective oversight and enforcement of 
        that Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Annual Reports.--Not later than December 31 of each 
year, the Inspector General of the House of Representatives shall 
submit to the House of Representatives a report on the review required 
by subsection (a). The report shall include the Inspector General's 
assessment of the matters required to be emphasized by that subsection 
and any recommendations of the Inspector General to--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) improve the compliance by lobbyists with the 
        requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) provide the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives with the resources and authorities needed for 
        effective oversight and enforcement of that Act.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>TITLE V--INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 501. EARMARKING REFORM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In the House of Representatives, it shall not be in 
order to consider--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) a general appropriation bill reported by the 
        Committee on Appropriations unless the report includes a list 
        of earmarks in the bill or in the report (and the name of any 
        Member who submitted a request to the Committee on 
        Appropriations for an earmark included in such list); 
        or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) a conference report to accompany a general 
        appropriation bill unless the joint explanatory statement 
        prepared by the managers on the part of the House and the 
        managers on the part of the Senate includes a list of earmarks 
        in the conference report or joint statement (and the name of 
        any Member who submitted a request to the Committee on 
        Appropriations for an earmark included in such list) that 
        were--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) not committed to the conference 
                committee by either House;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) not in the report specified in 
                paragraph (1); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) not in a report of a committee of the 
                Senate on a companion measure.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) In the House of Representatives, it shall not be in 
order to consider a rule or order that waives the application of 
subsection (a)(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c)(1) A point of order raised under subsection (a) may be 
based only on the failure of a report of the Committee on 
Appropriations or joint statement, as the case may be, to include the 
list required by subsection (a).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) As disposition of a point of order under this section, 
the Chair shall put the question of consideration with respect to the 
proposition that is the subject of the point of order.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (3) The question of consideration under this subsection 
shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Member initiating the point of 
order and for 10 minutes by an opponent, but shall otherwise be decided 
without intervening motion except one that the House adjourn.</DELETED>
    [<DELETED>(d)(1) For purposes of this section, the term ``earmark'' 
means a provision in a bill, joint resolution, or conference report, or 
language in an accompanying committee report or joint statement of 
managers, providing a specific amount of discretionary budget authority 
to a non-Federal entity, if such entity is identified by name.
</DELETED>    [<DELETED>(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), government-
sponsored enterprises, Federal facilities, and Federal lands shall be 
considered Federal entities.
</DELETED>    [<DELETED>(3) For purposes of subsection (a), to the 
extent that the non-Federal entity is a unit of State or local 
government, an Indian tribe, or a foreign government, the provision or 
language shall not be considered an earmark unless the provision or 
language also specifies the specific purpose for which the designated 
budget authority is to be expended.</DELETED>]
    (d)(1) For the purpose of this section, the term ``earmark'' means 
a provision in a bill, joint resolution or conference report, or 
language in an accompanying committee report or joint statement of 
managers, providing or recommending a specific amount of discretionary 
budget authority to a non-Federal entity, if such entity is 
specifically identified in the report or bill; or if the discretionary 
budget authority is allocated outside of the normal formula-driven or 
competitive bidding process and is targeted or directed to an 
identifiable person, specific State, or Congressional district.
    (2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), government-sponsored 
enterprises, Federal facilities, and Federal lands shall be considered 
Federal entities.
    (3) For the purpose of paragraph (1), to the extent that the non-
Federal entity is a State or territory, an Indian tribe, a foreign 
government or an intergovernmental international organization, the 
provision or language shall not be considered an earmark unless the 
provision or language also specifies the specific purpose for which the 
designated budget authority is to be expended.

[<DELETED>SEC. 502. FREQUENT AND COMPREHENSIVE ETHICS TRAINING.

</DELETED>    [<DELETED>(a) Ethics Training.--
        </DELETED>    [<DELETED>(1) In general.--The Committee on 
        Standards of Official Conduct shall provide ethics training 
        once per Congress to each employee of the House of 
        Representatives, including training on the Code of Official 
        Conduct, related rules of the House of Representatives, and 
        applicable provisions of law.
        </DELETED>    [<DELETED>(2) New employees.--A new employee of 
        the House of Representatives shall receive training under this 
        section not later than 30 days after beginning service to the 
        House.
        </DELETED>    [<DELETED>(3) Members.--While the House of 
        Representatives recognizes that adding qualifications to 
        service as a Member may be unconstitutional, it encourages 
        Members to participate in ethics training.
</DELETED>    [<DELETED>(b) Certification.--Within 30 days of 
completing required ethics training, each employee of the House of 
Representatives shall file a certification with the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct that the employee has completed such 
training and is familiar with the contents of any pertinent 
publications that are so designated by the committee.</DELETED>]

SEC. 502. MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING FOR HOUSE EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Mandatory Ethics Training for House Employees.--
            (1) Chief administrative officer.--Clause 4 of rule II of 
        the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
        inserting the following new paragraph at the end:
    ``(d) The Chief Administrative Officer may not pay any compensation 
to any employee of the House with respect to any pay period during 
which the employee, as determined by the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct, is not in compliance with the applicable requirements 
of regulations promulgated pursuant to clause 3(r) of Rule XI. ''.
            (2) Mandatory ethics training program.--Clause 3 of rule XI 
        of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
    ``(r) The committee shall establish a program of regular ethics 
training for employees of the House and promulgate regulations 
providing for the following:
            ``(1)(A) Except as otherwise provided, all employees of the 
        House are required to complete ethics training offered by the 
        committee at least once during each congress. Any employee who 
        is hired after the date of adoption of such rules is required 
        to complete such training within 30 days of being hired.
            ``(B) Any employee of the House who works in a Member's 
        district office shall not be required to complete such ethics 
        training until 30 days after the district office has received a 
        notice from the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct that 
        the required ethics training program is available on the 
        Internet.
            ``(2) After any employee of the House completes such ethics 
        training, that employee shall file a written certification with 
        the committee that he is familiar with the contents of any 
        pertinent publications that are so designated by the committee 
        and has completed the required ethics training.
            ``(3) As used in this paragraph, the term `employee of the 
        House' refers to any individual whose compensation is disbursed 
        by the Chief Administrative Officer, including any staff 
        assigned to a Member's personal office, any staff of a 
        committee or leadership office, or any employee of the Office 
        of the Clerk, of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
        Officer, or of the Sergeant-at-Arms, but does not include a 
        Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.''.
    (b) Ethics Training for Members, Delegates and the Resident 
Commissioner.--Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by inserting the following new paragraph at 
the end:
    ``(s) The committee shall establish a program of regular ethics 
training for Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner similar 
to the program established in paragraph (r), and encourage 
participation in such program.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 503. BIENNIAL PUBLICATION OF ETHICS MANUAL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Within 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act 
and during each Congress thereafter, the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct shall publish an up-to-date ethics manual for Members, 
officers, and employees of the House of Representatives and make such 
manual available to all such individuals. The committee has a duty to 
keep all Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and 
employees of the House of Representatives apprised of current rulings 
or advisory opinions when potentially constituting changes to or 
interpretations of existing policies.</DELETED>

    <DELETED>TITLE VI--REFORM OF SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This title may be cited as the ``527 Reform Act of 
2006''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 602. TREATMENT OF SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Definition of Political Committee.--Section 301(4) of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(4)) is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking the period at the end of 
        subparagraph (C) and inserting ``; or''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) any applicable 527 
                organization.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Definition of Applicable 527 Organization.--Section 
301 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(27) Applicable 527 organization.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of 
                paragraph (4)(D), the term `applicable 527 
                organization' means a committee, club, association, or 
                group of persons that--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) has given notice to the 
                        Secretary of the Treasury under section 527(i) 
                        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that it is 
                        to be treated as an organization described in 
                        section 527 of such Code; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) is not described in 
                        subparagraph (B).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Excepted organizations.--A 
                committee, club, association, or other group of persons 
                described in this subparagraph is--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) an organization described in 
                        section 527(i)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code 
                        of 1986;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) an organization which is a 
                        committee, club, association or other group of 
                        persons that is organized, operated, and makes 
                        disbursements exclusively for paying expenses 
                        described in the last sentence of section 
                        527(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
                        or expenses of a newsletter fund described in 
                        section 527(g) of such Code;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) an organization which is a 
                        committee, club, association, or other group 
                        that consists solely of candidates for State or 
                        local office, individuals holding State or 
                        local office, or any combination of either, but 
                        only if the organization refers only to one or 
                        more non-Federal candidates or applicable State 
                        or local issues in all of its voter drive 
                        activities and does not refer to a Federal 
                        candidate or a political party in any of its 
                        voter drive activities; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) an organization described 
                        in subparagraph (C).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Applicable organization.--For 
                purposes of subparagraph (B)(iv), an organization 
                described in this subparagraph is a committee, club, 
                association, or other group of persons whose election 
                or nomination activities relate exclusively to--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) elections where no candidate 
                        for Federal office appears on the ballot; 
                        or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) one or more of the 
                        following purposes:</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) Influencing the 
                                selection, nomination, election, or 
                                appointment of one or more candidates 
                                to non-Federal offices.</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) Influencing one or 
                                more applicable State or local 
                                issues.</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(III) Influencing the 
                                selection, appointment, nomination, or 
                                confirmation of one or more individuals 
                                to non-elected offices.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) Exclusivity test.--A committee, 
                club, association, or other group of persons shall not 
                be treated as meeting the exclusivity requirement of 
                subparagraph (C) if it makes disbursements aggregating 
                more than $1,000 for any of the following:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) A public communication that 
                        promotes, supports, attacks, or opposes a 
                        clearly identified candidate for Federal office 
                        during the 1-year period ending on the date of 
                        the general election for the office sought by 
                        the clearly identified candidate (or, if a 
                        runoff election is held with respect to such 
                        general election, on the date of the runoff 
                        election).</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) Any voter drive activity 
                        during a calendar year, except that no 
                        disbursements for any voter drive activity 
                        shall be taken into account under this 
                        subparagraph if the committee, club, 
                        association, or other group of persons during 
                        such calendar year--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) makes disbursements 
                                for voter drive activities with respect 
                                to elections in only 1 State and 
                                complies with all applicable election 
                                laws of that State, including laws 
                                related to registration and reporting 
                                requirements and contribution 
                                limitations;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) refers to one or 
                                more non-Federal candidates or 
                                applicable State or local issues in all 
                                of its voter drive activities and does 
                                not refer to any Federal candidate or 
                                any political party in any of its voter 
                                drive activities;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(III) does not have a 
                                candidate for Federal office, an 
                                individual who holds any Federal 
                                office, a national political party, or 
                                an agent of any of the foregoing, 
                                control or materially participate in 
                                the direction of the organization, 
                                solicit contributions to the 
                                organization (other than funds which 
                                are described under clauses (i) and 
                                (ii) of section 323(e)(1)(B)), or 
                                direct disbursements, in whole or in 
                                part, by the organization; 
                                and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(IV) makes no 
                                contributions to Federal 
                                candidates.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) Certain references to federal 
                candidates not taken into account.--For purposes of 
                subparagraphs (B)(iii) and (D)(ii)(II), a voter drive 
                activity shall not be treated as referring to a clearly 
                identified Federal candidate if the only reference to 
                the candidate in the activity is--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) a reference in connection 
                        with an election for a non-Federal office in 
                        which such Federal candidate is also a 
                        candidate for such non-Federal office; 
                        or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) a reference to the fact 
                        that the candidate has endorsed a non-Federal 
                        candidate or has taken a position on an 
                        applicable State or local issue, including a 
                        reference that constitutes the endorsement or 
                        position itself.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) Certain references to political 
                parties not taken into account.--For purposes of 
                subparagraphs (B)(iii) and (D)(ii)(II), a voter drive 
                activity shall not be treated as referring to a 
                political party if the only reference to the party in 
                the activity is--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) a reference for the purpose 
                        of identifying a non-Federal 
                        candidate;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) a reference for the purpose 
                        of identifying the entity making the public 
                        communication or carrying out the voter drive 
                        activity; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) a reference in a manner or 
                        context that does not reflect support for or 
                        opposition to a Federal candidate or candidates 
                        and does reflect support for or opposition to a 
                        State or local candidate or candidates or an 
                        applicable State or local issue.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(G) Applicable state or local issue.--
                For purposes of this paragraph, the term `applicable 
                State or local issue' means any State or local ballot 
                initiative, State or local referendum, State or local 
                constitutional amendment, State or local bond issue, or 
                other State or local ballot issue.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Definition of Voter Drive Activity.--Section 301 of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 431), as amended by subsection (b), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(28) Voter drive activity.--The term `voter 
        drive activity' means any of the following activities conducted 
        in connection with an election in which a candidate for Federal 
        office appears on the ballot (regardless of whether a candidate 
        for State or local office also appears on the 
        ballot):</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Voter registration 
                activity.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Voter identification.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Get-out-the-vote activity.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) Generic campaign activity.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) Any public communication related to 
                activities described in subparagraphs (A) through 
                (D).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>Such term shall not include any activity described in 
        subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 316(b)(2).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Regulations.--The Federal Election Commission shall 
promulgate regulations to implement this section not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date which is 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 603. RULES FOR ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES BETWEEN FEDERAL AND 
              NON-FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Title III of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 325. ALLOCATION AND FUNDING RULES FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES 
              RELATING TO FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--In the case of any disbursements by any 
political committee that is a separate segregated fund or nonconnected 
committee for which allocation rules are provided under subsection 
(b)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) the disbursements shall be allocated between 
        Federal and non-Federal accounts in accordance with this 
        section and regulations prescribed by the Commission; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) in the case of disbursements allocated to 
        non-Federal accounts, may be paid only from a qualified non-
        Federal account.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Costs to Be Allocated and Allocation Rules.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Disbursements by any separate 
        segregated fund or nonconnected committee, other than an 
        organization described in section 323(b)(1), for any of the 
        following categories of activity shall be allocated as 
        follows:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) 100 percent of the expenses for 
                public communications or voter drive activities that 
                refer to one or more clearly identified Federal 
                candidates, but do not refer to any clearly identified 
                non-Federal candidates, shall be paid with funds from a 
                Federal account, without regard to whether the 
                communication refers to a political party.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) At least 50 percent, or a greater 
                percentage if the Commission so determines by 
                regulation, of the expenses for public communications 
                and voter drive activities that refer to one or more 
                clearly identified candidates for Federal office and 
                one or more clearly identified non-Federal candidates 
                shall be paid with funds from a Federal account, 
                without regard to whether the communication refers to a 
                political party.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) At least 50 percent, or a greater 
                percentage if the Commission so determines by 
                regulation, of the expenses for public communications 
                or voter drive activities that refer to a political 
                party, but do not refer to any clearly identified 
                Federal or non-Federal candidate, shall be paid with 
                funds from a Federal account, except that this 
                paragraph shall not apply to communications or 
                activities that relate exclusively to elections where 
                no candidate for Federal office appears on the 
                ballot.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) At least 50 percent, or a greater 
                percentage if the Commission so determines by 
                regulation, of the expenses for public communications 
                or voter drive activities that refer to a political 
                party and refer to one or more clearly identified non-
                Federal candidates, but do not refer to any clearly 
                identified Federal candidates, shall be paid with funds 
                from a Federal account, except that this paragraph 
                shall not apply to communications or activities that 
                relate exclusively to elections where no candidate for 
                Federal office appears on the ballot.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) Unless otherwise determined by the 
                Commission in its regulations, at least 50 percent of 
                any administrative expenses, including rent, utilities, 
                office supplies, and salaries not attributable to a 
                clearly identified candidate, shall be paid with funds 
                from a Federal account, except that for a separate 
                segregated fund such expenses may be paid instead by 
                its connected organization.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) At least 50 percent, or a greater 
                percentage if the Commission so determines by 
                regulation, of the direct costs of a fundraising 
                program or event, including disbursements for 
                solicitation of funds and for planning and 
                administration of actual fundraising events, where 
                Federal and non-Federal funds are collected through 
                such program or event shall be paid with funds from a 
                Federal account, except that for a separate segregated 
                fund such costs may be paid instead by its connected 
                organization. This paragraph shall not apply to any 
                fundraising solicitations or any other activity that 
                constitutes a public communication.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Certain references to federal candidates not 
        taken into account.--For purposes of paragraph (1), a public 
        communication or voter drive activity shall not be treated as 
        referring to a clearly identified Federal candidate if the only 
        reference to the candidate in the communication or activity 
        is--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) a reference in connection with an 
                election for a non-Federal office in which such Federal 
                candidate is also a candidate for such non-Federal 
                office; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) a reference to the fact that the 
                candidate has endorsed a non-Federal candidate or has 
                taken a position on an applicable State or local issue 
                (as defined in section 301(27)(G)), including a 
                reference that constitutes the endorsement or position 
                itself.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Certain references to political parties not 
        taken into account.--For purposes of paragraph (1), a public 
        communication or voter drive activity shall not be treated as 
        referring to a political party if the only reference to the 
        party in the communication or activity is--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) a reference for the purpose of 
                identifying a non-Federal candidate;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) a reference for the purpose of 
                identifying the entity making the public communication 
                or carrying out the voter drive activity; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) a reference in a manner or context 
                that does not reflect support for or opposition to a 
                Federal candidate or candidates and does reflect 
                support for or opposition to a State or local candidate 
                or candidates or an applicable State or local 
                issue.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Qualified Non-Federal Account.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, 
        the term `qualified non-Federal account' means an account which 
        consists solely of amounts--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) that, subject to the limitations of 
                paragraphs (2) and (3), are raised by the separate 
                segregated fund or nonconnected committee only from 
                individuals, and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) with respect to which all 
                requirements of Federal, State, or local law (including 
                any law relating to contribution limits) are 
                met.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Limitation on individual donations.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--A separate segregated 
                fund or nonconnected committee may not accept more than 
                $25,000 in funds for its qualified non-Federal account 
                from any one individual in any calendar year.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Affiliation.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, all qualified non-Federal accounts of 
                separate segregated funds or nonconnected committees 
                which are directly or indirectly established, financed, 
                maintained, or controlled by the same person or persons 
                shall be treated as one account.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Fundraising limitation.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--No donation to a 
                qualified non-Federal account may be solicited, 
                received, directed, transferred, or spent by or in the 
                name of any person described in subsection (a) or (e) 
                of section 323.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Funds not treated as subject to 
                act.--Except as provided in subsection (a)(2) and this 
                subsection, any funds raised for a qualified non-
                Federal account in accordance with the requirements of 
                this section shall not be considered funds subject to 
                the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting 
                requirements of this Act for any purpose (including for 
                purposes of subsection (a) or (e) of section 323 or 
                subsection (d)(1) of this section).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Definitions.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Federal account.--The term `Federal account' 
        means an account which consists solely of contributions subject 
        to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of 
        this Act. Nothing in this section or in section 
        323(b)(2)(B)(iii) shall be construed to infer that a limit 
        other than the limit under section 315(a)(1)(C) applies to 
        contributions to the account.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Nonconnected committee.--The term 
        `nonconnected committee' shall not include a political 
        committee of a political party.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Voter drive activity.--The term `voter drive 
        activity' has the meaning given such term in section 
        301(28).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Reporting Requirements.--Section 304(e) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(e)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
        paragraphs (4) and (5); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
        new paragraph:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Receipts and disbursements from qualified 
        non-federal accounts.--In addition to any other reporting 
        requirement applicable under this Act, a political committee to 
        which section 325(a) applies shall report all receipts and 
        disbursements from a qualified non-Federal account (as defined 
        in section 325(c)).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Regulations.--The Federal Election Commission shall 
promulgate regulations to implement the amendments made by this section 
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date which is 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 604. REPEAL OF LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF PARTY EXPENDITURES ON 
              BEHALF OF CANDIDATES IN GENERAL ELECTIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Repeal of Limit.--Section 315(d) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``(1) Notwithstanding any 
                other provision of law with respect to limitations on 
                expenditures or limitations on contributions, the 
                national committee'' and inserting ``Notwithstanding 
                any other provision of law with respect to limitations 
                on amounts of expenditures or contributions, a national 
                committee'',</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``the general'' and 
                inserting ``any'', and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by striking ``Federal office, subject 
                to the limitations contained in paragraphs (2), (3), 
                and (4) of this subsection'' and inserting ``Federal 
                office in any amount''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and 
        (4).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendments.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Indexing.--Section 315(c) of such Act (2 
        U.S.C. 441a(c)) is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking 
                ``(d),''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking 
                ``subsections (b) and (d)'' and inserting ``subsection 
                (b)''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Increase in limits for senate candidates 
        facing wealthy opponents.--Section 315(i) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
        441a(i)(1)) is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1)(C)(iii)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by adding ``and'' at the end 
                        of subclause (I),</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) in subclause (II), by 
                        striking ``; and'' and inserting a period, 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) by striking subclause 
                        (III);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (2)(A) in the matter 
                preceding clause (i), by striking ``, and a party 
                committee shall not make any expenditure,'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking 
                ``and party expenditures previously made''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``and 
                a party shall not make any expenditure''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Increase in limits for house candidates facing 
        wealthy opponents.--Section 315A(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
        441a--1(a)) is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by adding ``and'' at the end 
                        of subparagraph (A),</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) in subparagraph (B), by 
                        striking ``; and'' and inserting a period, 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) by striking subparagraph 
                        (C);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (3)(A) in the matter 
                preceding clause (i), by striking ``, and a party 
                committee shall not make any expenditure,'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking 
                ``and party expenditures previously made''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``and 
                a party shall not make any expenditure''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect January 1, 2006.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 605. CONSTRUCTION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    No provision of this title, or amendment made by this 
title, shall be construed--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) as approving, ratifying, or endorsing a 
        regulation promulgated by the Federal Election 
        Commission;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) as establishing, modifying, or otherwise 
        affecting the definition of political organization for purposes 
        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) as affecting the determination of whether a 
        group organized under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986 is a political committee under section 301(4) of 
        the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 606. JUDICIAL REVIEW.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Special Rules for Actions Brought on Constitutional 
Grounds.--If any action is brought for declaratory or injunctive relief 
to challenge the constitutionality of any provision of this title or 
any amendment made by this title, the following rules shall 
apply:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The action shall be filed in the United States 
        District Court for the District of Columbia and shall be heard 
        by a 3-judge court convened pursuant to section 2284 of title 
        28, United States Code.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered 
        promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the 
        Secretary of the Senate.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) A final decision in the action shall be 
        reviewable only by appeal directly to the Supreme Court of the 
        United States. Such appeal shall be taken by the filing of a 
        notice of appeal within 10 days, and the filing of a 
        jurisdictional statement within 30 days, of the entry of the 
        final decision.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) It shall be the duty of the United States 
        District Court for the District of Columbia and the Supreme 
        Court of the United States to advance on the docket and to 
        expedite to the greatest possible extent the disposition of the 
        action and appeal.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Intervention by Members of Congress.--In any action in 
which the constitutionality of any provision of this title or any 
amendment made by this title is raised (including but not limited to an 
action described in subsection (a)), any Member of the House of 
Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to 
Congress) or Senate shall have the right to intervene either in support 
of or opposition to the position of a party to the case regarding the 
constitutionality of the provision or amendment. To avoid duplication 
of efforts and reduce the burdens placed on the parties to the action, 
the court in any such action may make such orders as it considers 
necessary, including orders to require intervenors taking similar 
positions to file joint papers or to be represented by a single 
attorney at oral argument.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Challenge by Members of Congress.--Any Member of 
Congress may bring an action, subject to the special rules described in 
subsection (a), for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge the 
constitutionality of any provision of this title or any amendment made 
by this title.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Applicability.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Initial claims.--With respect to any action 
        initially filed on or before December 31, 2008, the provisions 
        of subsection (a) shall apply with respect to each action 
        described in such subsection.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Subsequent actions.--With respect to any 
        action initially filed after December 31, 2008, the provisions 
        of subsection (a) shall not apply to any action described in 
        such subsection unless the person filing such action elects 
        such provisions to apply to the action.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 607. SEVERABILITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    If any provision of this title or any amendment made by 
this title, or the application of a provision or amendment to any 
person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 
of this title and the amendments made by this title, and the 
application of the provisions and amendments to any person or 
circumstance, shall not be affected by the holding.</DELETED>

         (<DELETED>TITLE VII--FORFEITURE OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS

</DELETED>(<DELETED>SEC. 701. LOSS OF PENSIONS ACCRUED DURING SERVICE 
              AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FOR ABUSING THE PUBLIC TRUST.

</DELETED>    (<DELETED>(a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 
8332 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
</DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(o)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this subchapter, the service of an individual finally convicted of an 
offense described in paragraph (2) shall not be taken into account for 
purposes of this subchapter, except that this sentence applies only to 
service rendered as a Member (irrespective of when rendered). Any such 
individual (or other person determined under section 8342(c), if 
applicable) shall be entitled to be paid so much of such individual's 
lump-sum credit as is attributable to service to which the preceding 
sentence applies.
</DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(2)(A) An offense described in this paragraph 
is any offense described in subparagraph (B) for which the following 
apply:
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(i) Every act or omission of the 
        individual (referred to in paragraph (1)) that is needed to 
        satisfy the elements of the offense occurs while the individual 
        is a Member.
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(ii) Every act or omission of the 
        individual that is needed to satisfy the elements of the 
        offense directly relates to the performance of the individual's 
        official duties as a Member.
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(iii) The offense is committed after 
        the date of enactment of this subsection.
</DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(B) An offense described in this subparagraph 
is only the following, and only to the extent that the offense is a 
felony under title 18:
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(i) An offense under section 201 of 
        title 18 (bribery of public officials and witnesses).
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(ii) An offense under section 219 of 
        title 18 (officers and employees acting as agents of foreign 
        principals).
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(iii) An offense under section 371 of 
        title 18 (conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United 
        States) to the extent of any conspiracy to commit an act which 
        constitutes an offense under clause (i) or (ii).
</DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(3) An individual convicted of an offense 
described in paragraph (2) shall not, after the date of the final 
conviction, be eligible to participate in the retirement system under 
this subchapter or chapter 84 while serving as a Member.
</DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(4) The Office of Personnel Management shall 
prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this subsection. Such 
regulations shall include--
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(A) provisions under which interest 
        on any lump-sum payment under the second sentence of paragraph 
        (1) shall be limited in a manner similar to that specified in 
        the last sentence of section 8316(b); and
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(B) provisions under which the Office 
        may provide for--
                </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(i) the payment, to the 
                spouse or children of any individual referred to in the 
                first sentence of paragraph (1), of any amounts which 
                (but for this clause) would otherwise have been 
                nonpayable by reason of such first sentence, but only 
                to the extent that the application of this clause is 
                considered necessary given the totality of the 
                circumstances; and
                </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(ii) an appropriate 
                adjustment in the amount of any lump-sum payment under 
                the second sentence of paragraph (1) to reflect the 
                application of clause (i).
</DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(5) For purposes of this subsection--
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(A) the term `Member' has the meaning 
        given such term by section 2106, notwithstanding section 
        8331(2); and
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(B) the term `child' has the meaning 
        given such term by section 8341.''.
</DELETED>    (<DELETED>(b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--
Section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
</DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this chapter, the service of an individual finally convicted of an 
offense described in paragraph (2) shall not be taken into account for 
purposes of this chapter, except that this sentence applies only to 
service rendered as a Member (irrespective of when rendered). Any such 
individual (or other person determined under section 8424(d), if 
applicable) shall be entitled to be paid so much of such individual's 
lump-sum credit as is attributable to service to which the preceding 
sentence applies.
</DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(2) An offense described in this paragraph is 
any offense described in section 8332(o)(2)(B) for which the following 
apply:
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(A) Every act or omission of the 
        individual (referred to in paragraph (1)) that is needed to 
        satisfy the elements of the offense occurs while the individual 
        is a Member.
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(B) Every act or omission of the 
        individual that is needed to satisfy the elements of the 
        offense directly relates to the performance of the individual's 
        official duties as a Member.
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(C) The offense is committed after 
        the date of enactment of this subsection.
</DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(3) An individual finally convicted of an 
offense described in paragraph (2) shall not, after the date of the 
conviction, be eligible to participate in the retirement system under 
this chapter while serving as a Member.
</DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(4) The Office of Personnel Management shall 
prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this subsection. Such 
regulations shall include--
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(A) provisions under which interest 
        on any lump-sum payment under the second sentence of paragraph 
        (1) shall be limited in a manner similar to that specified in 
        the last sentence of section 8316(b); and
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(B) provisions under which the Office 
        may provide for--
                </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(i) the payment, to the 
                spouse or children of any individual referred to in the 
                first sentence of paragraph (1), of any amounts which 
                (but for this clause) would otherwise have been 
                nonpayable by reason of such first sentence, but only 
                to the extent that the application of this clause is 
                considered necessary given the totality of the 
                circumstances; and
                </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(ii) an appropriate 
                adjustment in the amount of any lump-sum payment under 
                the second sentence of paragraph (1) to reflect the 
                application of clause (i).
</DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(5) For purposes of this subsection--
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(A) the term `Member' has the meaning 
        given such term by section 2106, notwithstanding section 
        8401(20); and
        </DELETED>    (<DELETED>``(B) the term `child' has the meaning 
        given such term by section 8341.''.</DELETED>)

              TITLE VII--FORFEITURE OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS

SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Federal Pension Forfeiture Act''.

SEC. 702. CONVICTION OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 8312 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended in subsection (a)--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or'';
            (3) by adding after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) was convicted of an offense named by subsection (d), 
        to the extent provided by that subsection.'';
            (4) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (5) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (6) by adding after subparagraph (B) the following new 
        subparagraph:
            ``(C) with respect to the offenses named by subsection (d), 
        to the period after the date of the conviction.''.
    (b) Offenses Covered.--Such section is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(d)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following are the offenses 
to which subsection (a)(3) applies:
            ``(A) In title 18--
                    ``(i) section 201 (bribery of public officials and 
                witnesses);
                    ``(ii) section 219 (officers and employees acting 
                as agents of foreign principals);
                    ``(iii) section 371 (conspiracy to commit offense 
                or to defraud United States), to the extent of any 
                conspiracy to commit an act which constitutes an 
                offense within the purview of such section 201; or
                    ``(iv) section 641 (public money, property or 
                records).
            ``(B) Perjury committed under the statutes of the United 
        States in falsely denying the commission of an act which 
        constitutes an offense within the purview of a statute named by 
        subparagraph (A).
            ``(C) Subornation of perjury committed in connection with 
        the false denial of another individual as specified by 
        subparagraph (B).
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) applies only if--
            ``(A) the offense is committed while the individual is a 
        Member of Congress, a Congressional employee, or a political 
        appointee;
            ``(B) the offense is committed after the date of the 
        enactment of the Federal Pension Forfeiture Act; and
            ``(C) the offense is punishable by imprisonment for more 
        than one year.
    ``(3) In this subsection, the term `political appointee' means an 
individual--
            ``(A) who is paid at the rate for one of the levels of the 
        Executive Schedule, as provided under sections 5312 through 
        5315 or under any other provision of law;
            ``(B) who is a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive 
        Service, as defined in section 3132(a)(7); or
            ``(C) whose position is excepted from the competitive 
        service because of its confidential, policy-determining, 
        policy-making, or policy-advocating character.''.

SEC. 703. ABSENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES TO AVOID PROSECUTION.

    Section 8313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended in 
subsection (a)(1)--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end and 
        inserting ``or'' ; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(C) after the date of the enactment of the 
                Federal Pension Forfeiture Act, for an offense named by 
                section 8312(d) of this title; and''.

SEC. 704. REFUND OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEPOSITS.

    Section 8316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended in 
subsection (b)--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) if the individual was convicted of an offense named 
        by section 8312(d), for the period after the conviction.''.

SEC. 705. RESTORATION OF ANNUITY OR RETIRED PAY.

    Section 8318(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``section 8314 or 8315'' and inserting ``section 8312(a)(3), 
8313(a)(1)(C), 8314, or 8315''.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Lobbying 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--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 registrations and disclosure 
                            reports.
Sec. 103. Public database of lobbying disclosure information.
Sec. 104. Disclosure by registered lobbyists of past executive branch 
                            and congressional employment.
Sec. 105. Disclosure of lobbyist contributions and gifts.
Sec. 106. Increased penalty for failure to comply with lobbying 
                            disclosure requirements.
Sec. 107. Requiring lobbyists to file reports on solicitations and 
                            transfers of contributions for candidates.
Sec. 108. GAO study of employment contracts of lobbyists.

                  TITLE II--SLOWING THE REVOLVING DOOR

Sec. 201. Notification of post-employment restrictions.
Sec. 202. Disclosure by Members of the House of Representatives of 
                            employment negotiations.
Sec. 203. Wrongfully influencing, on a partisan basis, an entity's 
                            employment decisions or practices.

  TITLE III--SUSPENSION OF PRIVATELY-FUNDED TRAVEL; CURBING LOBBYIST 
                                 GIFTS

Sec. 301. Suspension of privately-funded travel.
Sec. 302. Recommendations on gifts and travel.
Sec. 303. Prohibiting registered lobbyists on corporate flights.
Sec. 304. Valuation of tickets to sporting and entertainment events.

            TITLE IV--OVERSIGHT OF LOBBYING AND ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 401. Audits of lobbying reports by House Inspector General.
Sec. 402. House Inspector General review and annual reports.

                     TITLE V--INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

Sec. 501. Earmarking reform.
Sec. 502. Frequent and comprehensive ethics training.
Sec. 503. Biennial publication of ethics manual.

             TITLE VI--REFORM OF SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS

Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Treatment of section 527 organizations.
Sec. 603. Rules for allocation of expenses between Federal and non-
                            Federal activities.
Sec. 604. Repeal of limit on amount of party expenditures on behalf of 
                            candidates in general elections.
Sec. 605. Construction.
Sec. 606. Judicial review.
Sec. 607. Severability.

              TITLE VII--FORFEITURE OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS

Sec. 701. Loss of pensions accrued during service as a Member of 
                            Congress for abusing the public trust.

                 TITLE I--ENHANCING LOBBYING DISCLOSURE

SEC. 101. QUARTERLY FILING OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE REPORTS.

    (a) Quarterly Filing Required.--Section 5 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (in this title referred to as the ``Act'') (2 
U.S.C. 1604) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Semiannual'' and 
                inserting ``Quarterly'';
                    (B) by striking ``45'' and inserting ``20'';
                    (C) by striking ``the semiannual period'' and all 
                that follows through ``July of each year'' and insert 
                ``the quarterly period beginning on the first day of 
                January, April, July, and October of each year''; and
                    (D) by striking ``such semiannual period'' and 
                insert ``such quarterly period''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``semiannual report'' and inserting 
                ``quarterly report'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``semiannual 
                filing period'' and inserting ``quarterly period'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``semiannual 
                period'' and inserting ``quarterly period''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ``semiannual 
                filing period'' and inserting ``quarterly period''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Definition.--Section 3(10) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 
        1602(10)) is amended by striking ``six month period'' and 
        inserting ``3-month period''.
            (2) Registration.--Section 4 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1603) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking 
                ``semiannual period'' and inserting ``quarterly 
                period''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking 
                ``semiannual period'' and inserting ``quarterly 
                period''.
            (3) Enforcement.--Section 6(6) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 
        1605(6)) is amended by striking ``semiannual period'' and 
        inserting ``quarterly period''.
            (4) Estimates.--Section 15 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1610) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``semiannual 
                period'' and inserting ``quarterly period''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``semiannual 
                period'' and inserting ``quarterly period''.
            (5) Dollar amounts.--
                    (A) Registration.--Section 4 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 
                1603) is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(i), by striking 
                        ``$5,000'' and inserting ``$2,500'';
                            (ii) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii), by 
                        striking ``$20,000'' and inserting ``$10,000'';
                            (iii) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking 
                        ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$5,000''; and
                            (iv) in subsection (b)(4), by striking 
                        ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$5,000''.
                    (B) Reports.--Section 5(c) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 
                1604(c)) is amended--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                        ``$10,000'' and ``$20,000'' and inserting 
                        ``$5,000'' and ``$1,000'', respectively; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``$10,000'' both places such term appears and 
                        inserting ``$5,000''.

SEC. 102. ELECTRONIC FILING OF LOBBYING REGISTRATIONS AND DISCLOSURE 
              REPORTS.

    (a) Registrations.--Section 4 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1603) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Electronic Filing Required.--A registration required to be 
filed under this section on or after the date of enactment of the 
Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 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. The due date for a registration filed in electronic 
form shall be no later than the due date for a registration filed in 
any other form.''.
    (b) Reports.--Section 5 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1604) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Electronic Filing Required.--
            ``(1) In general.--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. The due date for 
        a report filed in electronic form shall be no later than the 
        due date for a report filed in any other form, except as 
        provided in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Extension of time to file in electronic form.--The 
        Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives may establish a later due date for the filing 
        of a report in electronic form by a registrant, if and only 
        if--
                    ``(A) on or before the original due date, the 
                registrant--
                            ``(i) timely files the report in every form 
                        required, other than electronic form; and
                            ``(ii) makes a request for such a later due 
                        date to the Secretary or the Clerk, as the case 
                        may be; and
                    ``(B) the request is supported by good cause 
                shown.''.

SEC. 103. PUBLIC DATABASE OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE INFORMATION.

    (a) Database Required.--Section 6 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1605) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) 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--
                    ``(A) includes the information contained in 
                registrations and reports filed under this Act;
                    ``(B) 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 (2 U.S.C. 434); 
                and
                    ``(C) is searchable and sortable, at a minimum, by 
                each of the categories of information described in 
                sections 4(b) and 5(b).''.
    (b) Availability of Reports.--Section 6(4) of the Act is amended by 
inserting before the semicolon the following: ``and, in the case of a 
registration filed in electronic form pursuant to section 4(d) or a 
report filed in electronic form pursuant to section 5(d), shall make 
such registration or report (as the case may be) available for public 
inspection over the Internet not more than 48 hours after the 
registration or report (as the case may be) is approved as received by 
the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives (as the case may be)''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out paragraph (9) 
of section 6 of the Act, as added by subsection (a) of this section.

SEC. 104. DISCLOSURE BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS OF PAST EXECUTIVE BRANCH 
              AND CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT.

    Section 4(b)(6) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1603(b)(6)) is amended by 
striking ``2 years'' and inserting ``7 years''.

SEC. 105. DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYIST CONTRIBUTIONS AND GIFTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5(b) of the Act (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 and inserting 
        a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) for each registrant (and for any political committee, 
        as defined in 301(4) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
        1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(4)), affiliated with the registrant), and 
        for each employee listed as a lobbyist by the registrant under 
        paragraph (2)(C)--
                    ``(A) the name of each Federal candidate or 
                officeholder, and of each leadership PAC, political 
                party committee, or other political committee to whom a 
                contribution was made which is required to be reported 
                to the Federal Election Commission by the recipient, 
                and the date and amount of such contribution; and
                    ``(B) the name of each Federal candidate or 
                officeholder, leadership PAC of such candidate or 
                officeholder, or political party committee for whom a 
                fundraising event was hosted or cohosted (as stated on 
                the official invitation) by the registrant and each 
                employee listed by the registrant as a lobbyist, the 
                date and location of the event, and the total amount 
                raised by the event;
            ``(6) the date, recipient, and amount of any gift that 
        under the Rules of the House of Representatives counts towards 
        the cumulative annual limit described in such rules and is 
        given to a covered legislative branch official by the 
        registrant or an employee listed as a lobbyist by the 
        registrant under paragraph (2)(C);
            ``(7) the date, recipient, and amount of funds contributed 
        by the registrant or an employee listed as a lobbyist by the 
        registrant under paragraph (2)(C)--
                    ``(A) to pay the costs of an event the purpose of 
                which is (as stated by the registrant or employee, or 
                in official materials describing the event) to honor or 
                recognize a covered legislative branch official or 
                covered executive branch official;
                    ``(B) to, or on behalf of, an entity that is named 
                for a covered legislative branch official or covered 
                executive branch official, or to a person or entity in 
                recognition of such official;
                    ``(C) to an entity established, financed, 
                maintained, or controlled by a covered legislative 
                branch official or covered executive branch official, 
                or an entity designated by such official; or
                    ``(D) to pay the costs of a meeting, retreat, 
                conference, or substantially similar event held by, or 
                for the benefit of, 1 or more covered legislative 
                branch officials or covered executive branch officials;
        except that this paragraph shall not apply to any payment or 
        reimbursement made from funds required to be reported under 
        section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
        U.S.C. 434); and
            ``(8) the name of each Member of Congress, and each 
        employee of a Member of Congress, with whom any lobbying 
        contact has been made on behalf of the client by the registrant 
        or an employee listed as a lobbyist by the registrant under 
        paragraph (2)(C).''.
    (b) Factors to be Considered to Determine Relationship Between 
Officials and Other Entities.--Section 5 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1604), as 
amended by section 102(b) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Factors to Determine Relationship Between Officials and Other 
Entities.--
            ``(1) In general.--In determining under subsection 
        (b)(7)(C) whether a covered legislative branch official or 
        covered executive branch official directly or indirectly 
        established, finances, maintains, or controls an entity, the 
        factors described in paragraph (2) shall be examined in the 
        context of the overall relationship between that covered 
        official and the entity to determine whether the presence of 
        any such factor or factors is evidence that the covered 
        official directly or indirectly established, finances, 
        maintains, or controls the entity.
            ``(2) Factors.--The factors referred to in paragraph (1) 
        include, but are not limited to, the following:
                    ``(A) Whether the covered official, directly or 
                through its agent, owns a controlling interest in the 
                voting stock or securities of the entity.
                    ``(B) Whether the covered official, directly or 
                through its agent, has the authority or ability to 
                direct or participate in the governance of the entity 
                through provisions of constitutions, bylaws, contracts, 
                or other rules, or through formal or informal practices 
                or procedures.
                    ``(C) Whether the covered official, directly or 
                through its agent, has the authority or ability to 
                hire, appoint, demote, or otherwise control the 
                officers or other decisionmaking employees or members 
                of the entity.
                    ``(D) Whether the covered official has a common or 
                overlapping membership with the entity that indicates a 
                formal or ongoing relationship between the covered 
                official and the entity.
                    ``(E) Whether the covered official has common or 
                overlapping officers or employees with the entity that 
                indicates a formal or ongoing relationship between the 
                covered official and the entity.
                    ``(F) Whether the covered official has any members, 
                officers, or employees who were members, officers, or 
                employees of the entity that indicates a formal or 
                ongoing relationship between the covered official and 
                the entity, or that indicates the creation of a 
                successor entity.
                    ``(G) Whether the covered official, directly or 
                through its agent, provides funds or goods in a 
                significant amount or on an ongoing basis to the 
                entity, such as through direct or indirect payments for 
                administrative, fundraising, or other costs.
                    ``(H) Whether the covered official, directly or 
                through its agent, causes or arranges for funds in a 
                significant amount or on an ongoing basis to be 
                provided to the entity.
                    ``(I) Whether the covered official, directly or 
                through its agent, had an active or significant role in 
                the formation of the entity.
                    ``(J) Whether the covered official and the entity 
                have similar patterns of receipts or disbursements that 
                indicate a formal or ongoing relationship between the 
                covered official and the entity.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1602) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(17) Gift.--The term `gift' means a gratuity, favor, 
        discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, forbearance, or 
        other item having monetary value. The term includes gifts of 
        services, training, and meals, whether provided in kind, by 
        purchase of a ticket, payment in advance, or reimbursement 
        after the expense has been incurred.
            ``(18) Leadership pac.--The term `leadership PAC' means an 
        unauthorized political committee that is established, financed, 
        maintained, and controlled by an individual who is a Federal 
        officeholder or a candidate for Federal office.''.
    (d) Notification of Members.--Section 6(2) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 
1605(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``review'' and inserting ``(A) review'';
            (2) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon at the end; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) if a report states (under section 5(b)(8) or 
        otherwise) that a Member of Congress, or an employee of a 
        Member of Congress, was the subject of a lobbying contact, 
        immediately inform that Member or employee (as the case may be) 
        of that report;''.

SEC. 106. INCREASED PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH LOBBYING 
              DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 7 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1606) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Whoever'' and inserting ``(a) Civil 
        Penalty.--Whoever'';
            (2) by striking ``$50,000'' and inserting ``$100,000''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Criminal Penalty.--
            ``(1) In general.--Whoever knowingly and willfully fails to 
        comply with any provision of this Act shall be imprisoned not 
        more than 3 years, or fined under title 18, United States Code, 
        or both.
            ``(2) Corruptly.--Whoever knowingly, willfully, and 
        corruptly fails to comply with any provision of this Act shall 
        be imprisoned not more than 5 years, or fined under title 18, 
        United States Code, or both.''.

SEC. 107. REQUIRING LOBBYISTS TO FILE REPORTS ON SOLICITATIONS AND 
              TRANSFERS OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CANDIDATES.

    (a) Reports Required.--Section 5 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1604), as 
amended by sections 102(b) and 105(b), is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Reports of Solicitations and Transfers of Contributions in 
Federal Elections.--
            ``(1) Reports of solicitations and transfers required.--Any 
        lobbyist registered under section 4 who solicits a contribution 
        for or on behalf of a candidate or political committee from any 
        other person and transmits the contribution to the candidate or 
        political committee, or who transfers any contribution made by 
        any other person to a candidate or political committee, shall 
        file a report with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of 
        the House of Representatives containing--
                    ``(A) the name, address, business telephone number, 
                and principal place of business of the lobbyist, and a 
                general description of the lobbyist's business or 
                activities;
                    ``(B) the name of the person from whom the lobbyist 
                solicited the contribution or from whom the lobbyist 
                transferred the contribution; and
                    ``(C) the identity of the candidate or political 
                committee on whose behalf the contribution was 
                solicited and transmitted or transferred (and, in the 
                case of a political committee which is an authorized 
                committee of a candidate, the identity of the 
                candidate).
            ``(2) Reports of service as officer of political 
        committee.--Any lobbyist registered under section 4 who serves 
        as the treasurer of an authorized committee of a candidate for 
        election for Federal office or as the treasurer or chair of any 
        other political committee, shall file a report with the 
        Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives containing the position held by the lobbyist 
        and the identity of the candidate and committee involved.
            ``(3) Timing of reports.--Reports required to be filed 
        under this subsection shall be filed for the same time periods 
        required for political committees under section 304(a)(4)(B) of 
        the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, except that a report 
        is not required to be filed under this subsection with respect 
        to any month during which the lobbyist did not solicit and 
        transmit or transfer a contribution described in paragraph (1) 
        or serve in a position described in paragraph (2).
            ``(4) Exception for lobbyists as candidates.--In the case 
        of a lobbyist who is a candidate for election for Federal 
        office, paragraph (1) shall not apply to a contribution made to 
        the lobbyist or to an authorized committee of the lobbyist.
            ``(5) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms 
        `authorized committee', `candidate', `election', and `political 
        committee' have the meanings given those terms in section 301 
        of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to solicitations or transfers made on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 108. GAO STUDY OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS OF LOBBYISTS.

    The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study 
of employment contracts of lobbyists in order to determine the extent 
of contingent fee agreements, and shall report the findings of the 
study to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives.

                  TITLE II--SLOWING THE REVOLVING DOOR

SEC. 201. NOTIFICATION OF POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS.

    Section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) Notification of post-employment restrictions.--After 
        a Member of the House of Representatives or an elected officer 
        of the House of Representatives leaves office, or after the 
        termination of employment with the House of Representatives of 
        an employee of the House of Representatives covered under 
        paragraph (2), (3), or (4), the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives, after consultation with the Committee on 
        Standards of Official Conduct, shall inform the Member, 
        officer, or employee of the beginning and ending date of the 
        prohibitions that apply to the Member, officer, or employee 
        under this subsection, and also inform each office of the House 
        of Representatives with respect to which such prohibitions 
        apply of those dates.''.

SEC. 202. DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF 
              EMPLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONS.

    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:
    ``14. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall file 
with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct a statement that he 
or she is negotiating compensation for prospective employment or has 
any arrangement concerning prospective employment if a conflict of 
interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest may exist. Such 
statement shall be made within 5 days (other than Saturdays, Sundays, 
or public holidays) after commencing the negotiation for compensation 
or entering into the arrangement.
    ``(b) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner should refrain 
from voting on any legislative measure pending before the House or any 
committee thereof if the negotiation described in subparagraph (a) may 
create a conflict of interest.''.

SEC. 203. WRONGFULLY INFLUENCING, ON A PARTISAN BASIS, AN ENTITY'S 
              EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS OR PRACTICES.

    The Code of Official Conduct set forth in rule XXIII of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives (as amended by section 202) is further 
amended by redesignating clause 15 as clause 16 and by inserting after 
clause 14 the following new clause:
    ``15. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
employee of the House may not, with the intent to influence on the 
basis of political party affiliation an employment decision or 
employment practice of any private or public entity (except for the 
Congress)--
            ``(a) take or withhold, or offer or threaten to take or 
        withhold, an official act; or
            ``(b) influence, or offer or threaten to influence, the 
        official act of another.''.

  TITLE III--SUSPENSION OF PRIVATELY-FUNDED TRAVEL; CURBING LOBBYIST 
                                 GIFTS

SEC. 301. SUSPENSION OF PRIVATELY-FUNDED TRAVEL.

    Notwithstanding clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, no Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
or employee of the House may accept a gift of travel (including any 
transportation, lodging, and meals during such travel) from any private 
source.

SEC. 302. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL 
              CONDUCT ON GIFTS AND TRAVEL.

    Not later than December 15, 2006, the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct shall report its recommendations on changes to rule 
XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the Committee on 
Rules. In developing such recommendations, the Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct shall consider the following:
            (1) The ability of the current provisions of rule XXV to 
        protect the House, its Members, officers, and employees, from 
        the appearance of impropriety.
            (2) With respect to the allowance for privately-funded 
        travel contained in clause 5(b) of rule XXV--
                    (A) the degree to which privately-funded travel 
                meets the representational needs of the House, its 
                Members, officers, and employees;
                    (B) whether certain entities should or should not 
                be permitted to fund the travel of the Members, 
                officers, and employees of the House, what sources of 
                funding may be permissible, and what other individuals 
                may participate in that travel; and
                    (C) the adequacy of the current system of approval 
                and disclosure of such travel.
            (3) With respect to the exceptions to the limitation on the 
        acceptance of gifts contained in clause 5(a)--
                    (A) the degree to which those exceptions meet the 
                representational and personal needs of the House, its 
                Members, officers, and employees;
                    (B) the clarity of the limitation and its 
                exceptions; and
                    (C) the suitability of the current dollar 
                limitations contained in clause 5(a)(1)(B) of such 
                rule, including whether such limitations should be 
                lowered.

SEC. 303. PROHIBITING REGISTERED LOBBYISTS ON CORPORATE FLIGHTS.

    The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 is amended by inserting after 
section 5 the following new section:

``SEC. 5A. PROHIBITING REGISTERED LOBBYISTS ON CORPORATE FLIGHTS.

    ``If a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress, or an officer or employee of the House of 
Representatives, is a passenger or crew member on a flight of an 
aircraft that is not licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration to 
operate for compensation or hire and that is owned or operated by a 
person who is the client of a lobbyist or a lobbying firm, then such 
lobbyist may not be a passenger or crew member on that flight.''.

SEC. 304. VALUATION OF TICKETS TO SPORTING AND ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS.

    Clause 5(a)(2)(A) of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by--
            (1) inserting ``(i)'' after ``(A)''; and
            (2) adding at the end the following:
    ``(ii) A gift of a ticket to a sporting or entertainment event 
shall be valued at the face value of the ticket, provided that in the 
case of a ticket without a face value, the ticket shall be valued at 
the highest cost of a ticket with a face value for the event.''.

            TITLE IV--OVERSIGHT OF LOBBYING AND ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 401. AUDITS OF LOBBYING REPORTS BY HOUSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

    (a) Access to Lobbying Reports.--The Office of Inspector General of 
the House of Representatives shall have access to all lobbyists' 
disclosure information received by the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 and shall 
conduct random audits of lobbyists' disclosure information as necessary 
to ensure compliance with that Act.
    (b) Referral Authority.--The Office of the Inspector General of the 
House of Representatives may refer potential violations by lobbyists of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to the Department of Justice for 
disciplinary action.

SEC. 402. HOUSE INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW AND ANNUAL REPORTS.

    (a) Ongoing Review Required.--The Inspector General of the House of 
Representatives shall review on an ongoing basis the activities carried 
out by the Clerk of the House of Representatives under section 6 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605). The review shall 
emphasize--
            (1) the effectiveness of those activities in securing the 
        compliance by lobbyists with the requirements of that Act; and
            (2) whether the Clerk has the resources and authorities 
        needed for effective oversight and enforcement of that Act.
    (b) Annual Reports.--Not later than December 31 of each year, the 
Inspector General of the House of Representatives shall submit to the 
House of Representatives a report on the review required by subsection 
(a). The report shall include the Inspector General's assessment of the 
matters required to be emphasized by that subsection and any 
recommendations of the Inspector General to--
            (1) improve the compliance by lobbyists with the 
        requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; and
            (2) provide the Clerk of the House of Representatives with 
        the resources and authorities needed for effective oversight 
        and enforcement of that Act.

                     TITLE V--INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

SEC. 501. EARMARKING REFORM.

    (a) In the House of Representatives, it shall not be in order to 
consider--
            (1) a general appropriation bill reported by the Committee 
        on Appropriations unless the report includes a list of earmarks 
        in the bill or in the report (and the name of any Member who 
        submitted a request to the Committee on Appropriations for an 
        earmark included in such list); or
            (2) a conference report to accompany a general 
        appropriation bill unless the joint explanatory statement 
        prepared by the managers on the part of the House and the 
        managers on the part of the Senate includes a list of earmarks 
        in the conference report or joint statement (and the name of 
        any Member who submitted a request to the Committee on 
        Appropriations for an earmark included in such list) that 
        were--
                    (A) not committed to the conference committee by 
                either House;
                    (B) not in the report specified in paragraph (1); 
                and
                    (C) not in a report of a committee of the Senate on 
                a companion measure.
    (b) In the House of Representatives, it shall not be in order to 
consider a rule or order that waives the application of subsection 
(a)(2).
    (c)(1) A point of order raised under subsection (a) may be based 
only on the failure of a report of the Committee on Appropriations or 
joint statement, as the case may be, to include the list required by 
subsection (a).
    (2) As disposition of a point of order under this section, the 
Chair shall put the question of consideration with respect to the 
proposition that is the subject of the point of order.
    (3) The question of consideration under this subsection shall be 
debatable for 10 minutes by the Member initiating the point of order 
and for 10 minutes by an opponent, but shall otherwise be decided 
without intervening motion except one that the House adjourn.
    (d)(1) For purposes of this section, the term ``earmark'' means a 
provision in a bill, joint resolution, or conference report, or 
language in an accompanying committee report or joint statement of 
managers, providing a specific amount of discretionary budget authority 
to a non-Federal entity, if such entity is identified by name.
    (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), government-sponsored 
enterprises, Federal facilities, and Federal lands shall be considered 
Federal entities.
    (3) For purposes of subsection (a), to the extent that the non-
Federal entity is a unit of State or local government, an Indian tribe, 
or a foreign government, the provision or language shall not be 
considered an earmark unless the provision or language also specifies 
the specific purpose for which the designated budget authority is to be 
expended.

SEC. 502. FREQUENT AND COMPREHENSIVE ETHICS TRAINING.

    (a) Ethics Training.--
            (1) In general.--The Committee on Standards of Official 
        Conduct shall provide ethics training once per Congress to each 
        employee of the House of Representatives, including training on 
        the Code of Official Conduct, related rules of the House of 
        Representatives, and applicable provisions of law.
            (2) New employees.--A new employee of the House of 
        Representatives shall receive training under this section not 
        later than 30 days after beginning service to the House.
            (3) Members.--While the House of Representatives recognizes 
        that adding qualifications to service as a Member may be 
        unconstitutional, it encourages Members to participate in 
        ethics training.
    (b) Certification.--Within 30 days of completing required ethics 
training, each employee of the House of Representatives shall file a 
certification with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct that 
the employee has completed such training and is familiar with the 
contents of any pertinent publications that are so designated by the 
committee.

SEC. 503. BIENNIAL PUBLICATION OF ETHICS MANUAL.

    Within 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act and during 
each Congress thereafter, the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct shall publish an up-to-date ethics manual for Members, 
officers, and employees of the House of Representatives and make such 
manual available to all such individuals. The committee has a duty to 
keep all Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and 
employees of the House of Representatives apprised of current rulings 
or advisory opinions when potentially constituting changes to or 
interpretations of existing policies.

             TITLE VI--REFORM OF SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS

SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``527 Reform Act of 2006''.

SEC. 602. TREATMENT OF SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Definition of Political Committee.--Section 301(4) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) any applicable 527 organization.''.
    (b) Definition of Applicable 527 Organization.--Section 301 of such 
Act (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(27) Applicable 527 organization.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph 
                (4)(D), the term `applicable 527 organization' means a 
                committee, club, association, or group of persons 
                that--
                            ``(i) has given notice to the Secretary of 
                        the Treasury under section 527(i) of the 
                        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that it is to be 
                        treated as an organization described in section 
                        527 of such Code; and
                            ``(ii) is not described in subparagraph 
                        (B).
                    ``(B) Excepted organizations.--A committee, club, 
                association, or other group of persons described in 
                this subparagraph is--
                            ``(i) an organization described in section 
                        527(i)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                            ``(ii) an organization which is a 
                        committee, club, association or other group of 
                        persons that is organized, operated, and makes 
                        disbursements exclusively for paying expenses 
                        described in the last sentence of section 
                        527(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
                        or expenses of a newsletter fund described in 
                        section 527(g) of such Code;
                            ``(iii) an organization which is a 
                        committee, club, association, or other group 
                        that consists solely of candidates for State or 
                        local office, individuals holding State or 
                        local office, or any combination of either, but 
                        only if the organization refers only to one or 
                        more non-Federal candidates or applicable State 
                        or local issues in all of its voter drive 
                        activities and does not refer to a Federal 
                        candidate or a political party in any of its 
                        voter drive activities; or
                            ``(iv) an organization described in 
                        subparagraph (C).
                    ``(C) Applicable organization.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (B)(iv), an organization described in this 
                subparagraph is a committee, club, association, or 
                other group of persons whose election or nomination 
                activities relate exclusively to--
                            ``(i) elections where no candidate for 
                        Federal office appears on the ballot; or
                            ``(ii) one or more of the following 
                        purposes:
                                    ``(I) Influencing the selection, 
                                nomination, election, or appointment of 
                                one or more candidates to non-Federal 
                                offices.
                                    ``(II) Influencing one or more 
                                applicable State or local issues.
                                    ``(III) Influencing the selection, 
                                appointment, nomination, or 
                                confirmation of one or more individuals 
                                to non-elected offices.
                    ``(D) Exclusivity test.--A committee, club, 
                association, or other group of persons shall not be 
                treated as meeting the exclusivity requirement of 
                subparagraph (C) if it makes disbursements aggregating 
                more than $1,000 for any of the following:
                            ``(i) A public communication that promotes, 
                        supports, attacks, or opposes a clearly 
                        identified candidate for Federal office during 
                        the 1-year period ending on the date of the 
                        general election for the office sought by the 
                        clearly identified candidate (or, if a runoff 
                        election is held with respect to such general 
                        election, on the date of the runoff election).
                            ``(ii) Any voter drive activity during a 
                        calendar year, except that no disbursements for 
                        any voter drive activity shall be taken into 
                        account under this subparagraph if the 
                        committee, club, association, or other group of 
                        persons during such calendar year--
                                    ``(I) makes disbursements for voter 
                                drive activities with respect to 
                                elections in only 1 State and complies 
                                with all applicable election laws of 
                                that State, including laws related to 
                                registration and reporting requirements 
                                and contribution limitations;
                                    ``(II) refers to one or more non-
                                Federal candidates or applicable State 
                                or local issues in all of its voter 
                                drive activities and does not refer to 
                                any Federal candidate or any political 
                                party in any of its voter drive 
                                activities;
                                    ``(III) does not have a candidate 
                                for Federal office, an individual who 
                                holds any Federal office, a national 
                                political party, or an agent of any of 
                                the foregoing, control or materially 
                                participate in the direction of the 
                                organization, solicit contributions to 
                                the organization (other than funds 
                                which are described under clauses (i) 
                                and (ii) of section 323(e)(1)(B)), or 
                                direct disbursements, in whole or in 
                                part, by the organization; and
                                    ``(IV) makes no contributions to 
                                Federal candidates.
                    ``(E) Certain references to federal candidates not 
                taken into account.--For purposes of subparagraphs 
                (B)(iii) and (D)(ii)(II), a voter drive activity shall 
                not be treated as referring to a clearly identified 
                Federal candidate if the only reference to the 
                candidate in the activity is--
                            ``(i) a reference in connection with an 
                        election for a non-Federal office in which such 
                        Federal candidate is also a candidate for such 
                        non-Federal office; or
                            ``(ii) a reference to the fact that the 
                        candidate has endorsed a non-Federal candidate 
                        or has taken a position on an applicable State 
                        or local issue, including a reference that 
                        constitutes the endorsement or position itself.
                    ``(F) Certain references to political parties not 
                taken into account.--For purposes of subparagraphs 
                (B)(iii) and (D)(ii)(II), a voter drive activity shall 
                not be treated as referring to a political party if the 
                only reference to the party in the activity is--
                            ``(i) a reference for the purpose of 
                        identifying a non-Federal candidate;
                            ``(ii) a reference for the purpose of 
                        identifying the entity making the public 
                        communication or carrying out the voter drive 
                        activity; or
                            ``(iii) a reference in a manner or context 
                        that does not reflect support for or opposition 
                        to a Federal candidate or candidates and does 
                        reflect support for or opposition to a State or 
                        local candidate or candidates or an applicable 
                        State or local issue.
                    ``(G) Applicable state or local issue.--For 
                purposes of this paragraph, the term `applicable State 
                or local issue' means any State or local ballot 
                initiative, State or local referendum, State or local 
                constitutional amendment, State or local bond issue, or 
                other State or local ballot issue.''.
    (c) Definition of Voter Drive Activity.--Section 301 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 431), as amended by subsection (b), is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(28) Voter drive activity.--The term `voter drive 
        activity' means any of the following activities conducted in 
        connection with an election in which a candidate for Federal 
        office appears on the ballot (regardless of whether a candidate 
        for State or local office also appears on the ballot):
                    ``(A) Voter registration activity.
                    ``(B) Voter identification.
                    ``(C) Get-out-the-vote activity.
                    ``(D) Generic campaign activity.
                    ``(E) Any public communication related to 
                activities described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).
        Such term shall not include any activity described in 
        subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 316(b)(2).''.
    (d) Regulations.--The Federal Election Commission shall promulgate 
regulations to implement this section not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date which is 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 603. RULES FOR ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES BETWEEN FEDERAL AND NON-
              FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 325. ALLOCATION AND FUNDING RULES FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES RELATING 
              TO FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of any disbursements by any 
political committee that is a separate segregated fund or nonconnected 
committee for which allocation rules are provided under subsection 
(b)--
            ``(1) the disbursements shall be allocated between Federal 
        and non-Federal accounts in accordance with this section and 
        regulations prescribed by the Commission; and
            ``(2) in the case of disbursements allocated to non-Federal 
        accounts, may be paid only from a qualified non-Federal 
        account.
    ``(b) Costs to Be Allocated and Allocation Rules.--
            ``(1) In general.--Disbursements by any separate segregated 
        fund or nonconnected committee, other than an organization 
        described in section 323(b)(1), for any of the following 
        categories of activity shall be allocated as follows:
                    ``(A) 100 percent of the expenses for public 
                communications or voter drive activities that refer to 
                one or more clearly identified Federal candidates, but 
                do not refer to any clearly identified non-Federal 
                candidates, shall be paid with funds from a Federal 
                account, without regard to whether the communication 
                refers to a political party.
                    ``(B) At least 50 percent, or a greater percentage 
                if the Commission so determines by regulation, of the 
                expenses for public communications and voter drive 
                activities that refer to one or more clearly identified 
                candidates for Federal office and one or more clearly 
                identified non-Federal candidates shall be paid with 
                funds from a Federal account, without regard to whether 
                the communication refers to a political party.
                    ``(C) At least 50 percent, or a greater percentage 
                if the Commission so determines by regulation, of the 
                expenses for public communications or voter drive 
                activities that refer to a political party, but do not 
                refer to any clearly identified Federal or non-Federal 
                candidate, shall be paid with funds from a Federal 
                account, except that this paragraph shall not apply to 
                communications or activities that relate exclusively to 
                elections where no candidate for Federal office appears 
                on the ballot.
                    ``(D) At least 50 percent, or a greater percentage 
                if the Commission so determines by regulation, of the 
                expenses for public communications or voter drive 
                activities that refer to a political party and refer to 
                one or more clearly identified non-Federal candidates, 
                but do not refer to any clearly identified Federal 
                candidates, shall be paid with funds from a Federal 
                account, except that this paragraph shall not apply to 
                communications or activities that relate exclusively to 
                elections where no candidate for Federal office appears 
                on the ballot.
                    ``(E) Unless otherwise determined by the Commission 
                in its regulations, at least 50 percent of any 
                administrative expenses, including rent, utilities, 
                office supplies, and salaries not attributable to a 
                clearly identified candidate, shall be paid with funds 
                from a Federal account, except that for a separate 
                segregated fund such expenses may be paid instead by 
                its connected organization.
                    ``(F) At least 50 percent, or a greater percentage 
                if the Commission so determines by regulation, of the 
                direct costs of a fundraising program or event, 
                including disbursements for solicitation of funds and 
                for planning and administration of actual fundraising 
                events, where Federal and non-Federal funds are 
                collected through such program or event shall be paid 
                with funds from a Federal account, except that for a 
                separate segregated fund such costs may be paid instead 
                by its connected organization. This paragraph shall not 
                apply to any fundraising solicitations or any other 
                activity that constitutes a public communication.
            ``(2) Certain references to federal candidates not taken 
        into account.--For purposes of paragraph (1), a public 
        communication or voter drive activity shall not be treated as 
        referring to a clearly identified Federal candidate if the only 
        reference to the candidate in the communication or activity 
        is--
                    ``(A) a reference in connection with an election 
                for a non-Federal office in which such Federal 
                candidate is also a candidate for such non-Federal 
                office; or
                    ``(B) a reference to the fact that the candidate 
                has endorsed a non-Federal candidate or has taken a 
                position on an applicable State or local issue (as 
                defined in section 301(27)(G)), including a reference 
                that constitutes the endorsement or position itself.
            ``(3) Certain references to political parties not taken 
        into account.--For purposes of paragraph (1), a public 
        communication or voter drive activity shall not be treated as 
        referring to a political party if the only reference to the 
        party in the communication or activity is--
                    ``(A) a reference for the purpose of identifying a 
                non-Federal candidate;
                    ``(B) a reference for the purpose of identifying 
                the entity making the public communication or carrying 
                out the voter drive activity; or
                    ``(C) a reference in a manner or context that does 
                not reflect support for or opposition to a Federal 
                candidate or candidates and does reflect support for or 
                opposition to a State or local candidate or candidates 
                or an applicable State or local issue.
    ``(c) Qualified Non-Federal Account.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term 
        `qualified non-Federal account' means an account which consists 
        solely of amounts--
                    ``(A) that, subject to the limitations of 
                paragraphs (2) and (3), are raised by the separate 
                segregated fund or nonconnected committee only from 
                individuals, and
                    ``(B) with respect to which all requirements of 
                Federal, State, or local law (including any law 
                relating to contribution limits) are met.
            ``(2) Limitation on individual donations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A separate segregated fund or 
                nonconnected committee may not accept more than $25,000 
                in funds for its qualified non-Federal account from any 
                one individual in any calendar year.
                    ``(B) Affiliation.--For purposes of this paragraph, 
                all qualified non-Federal accounts of separate 
                segregated funds or nonconnected committees which are 
                directly or indirectly established, financed, 
                maintained, or controlled by the same person or persons 
                shall be treated as one account.
            ``(3) Fundraising limitation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--No donation to a qualified non-
                Federal account may be solicited, received, directed, 
                transferred, or spent by or in the name of any person 
                described in subsection (a) or (e) of section 323.
                    ``(B) Funds not treated as subject to act.--Except 
                as provided in subsection (a)(2) and this subsection, 
                any funds raised for a qualified non-Federal account in 
                accordance with the requirements of this section shall 
                not be considered funds subject to the limitations, 
                prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act 
                for any purpose (including for purposes of subsection 
                (a) or (e) of section 323 or subsection (d)(1) of this 
                section).
    ``(d) Definitions.--
            ``(1) Federal account.--The term `Federal account' means an 
        account which consists solely of contributions subject to the 
        limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this 
        Act. Nothing in this section or in section 323(b)(2)(B)(iii) 
        shall be construed to infer that a limit other than the limit 
        under section 315(a)(1)(C) applies to contributions to the 
        account.
            ``(2) Nonconnected committee.--The term `nonconnected 
        committee' shall not include a political committee of a 
        political party.
            ``(3) Voter drive activity.--The term `voter drive 
        activity' has the meaning given such term in section 
        301(28).''.
    (b) Reporting Requirements.--Section 304(e) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(e)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
        (4) and (5); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) Receipts and disbursements from qualified non-federal 
        accounts.--In addition to any other reporting requirement 
        applicable under this Act, a political committee to which 
        section 325(a) applies shall report all receipts and 
        disbursements from a qualified non-Federal account (as defined 
        in section 325(c)).''.
    (c) Regulations.--The Federal Election Commission shall promulgate 
regulations to implement the amendments made by this section not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date which is 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 604. REPEAL OF LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF PARTY EXPENDITURES ON BEHALF OF 
              CANDIDATES IN GENERAL ELECTIONS.

    (a) Repeal of Limit.--Section 315(d) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1) Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law with respect to limitations on 
                expenditures or limitations on contributions, the 
                national committee'' and inserting ``Notwithstanding 
                any other provision of law with respect to limitations 
                on amounts of expenditures or contributions, a national 
                committee'',
                    (B) by striking ``the general'' and inserting 
                ``any'', and
                    (C) by striking ``Federal office, subject to the 
                limitations contained in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) 
                of this subsection'' and inserting ``Federal office in 
                any amount''; and
            (2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Indexing.--Section 315(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
        441a(c)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ``(d),''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking 
                ``subsections (b) and (d)'' and inserting ``subsection 
                (b)''.
            (2) Increase in limits for senate candidates facing wealthy 
        opponents.--Section 315(i) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(i)(1)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(C)(iii)--
                            (i) by adding ``and'' at the end of 
                        subclause (I),
                            (ii) in subclause (II), by striking ``; 
                        and'' and inserting a period, and
                            (iii) by striking subclause (III);
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A) in the matter preceding 
                clause (i), by striking ``, and a party committee shall 
                not make any expenditure,'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking ``and 
                party expenditures previously made''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``and a party 
                shall not make any expenditure''.
            (3) Increase in limits for house candidates facing wealthy 
        opponents.--Section 315A(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a--1(a)) 
        is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by adding ``and'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (A),
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; 
                        and'' and inserting a period, and
                            (iii) by striking subparagraph (C);
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(A) in the matter preceding 
                clause (i), by striking ``, and a party committee shall 
                not make any expenditure,'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking ``and 
                party expenditures previously made''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``and a party 
                shall not make any expenditure''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect January 1, 2006.

SEC. 605. CONSTRUCTION.

    No provision of this title, or amendment made by this title, shall 
be construed--
            (1) as approving, ratifying, or endorsing a regulation 
        promulgated by the Federal Election Commission;
            (2) as establishing, modifying, or otherwise affecting the 
        definition of political organization for purposes of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
            (3) as affecting the determination of whether a group 
        organized under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986 is a political committee under section 301(4) of the 
        Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.

SEC. 606. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    (a) Special Rules for Actions Brought on Constitutional Grounds.--
If any action is brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to 
challenge the constitutionality of any provision of this title or any 
amendment made by this title, the following rules shall apply:
            (1) The action shall be filed in the United States District 
        Court for the District of Columbia and shall be heard by a 3-
        judge court convened pursuant to section 2284 of title 28, 
        United States Code.
            (2) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered promptly to 
        the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of 
        the Senate.
            (3) A final decision in the action shall be reviewable only 
        by appeal directly to the Supreme Court of the United States. 
        Such appeal shall be taken by the filing of a notice of appeal 
        within 10 days, and the filing of a jurisdictional statement 
        within 30 days, of the entry of the final decision.
            (4) It shall be the duty of the United States District 
        Court for the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the 
        United States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the 
        greatest possible extent the disposition of the action and 
        appeal.
    (b) Intervention by Members of Congress.--In any action in which 
the constitutionality of any provision of this title or any amendment 
made by this title is raised (including but not limited to an action 
described in subsection (a)), any Member of the House of 
Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to 
Congress) or Senate shall have the right to intervene either in support 
of or opposition to the position of a party to the case regarding the 
constitutionality of the provision or amendment. To avoid duplication 
of efforts and reduce the burdens placed on the parties to the action, 
the court in any such action may make such orders as it considers 
necessary, including orders to require intervenors taking similar 
positions to file joint papers or to be represented by a single 
attorney at oral argument.
    (c) Challenge by Members of Congress.--Any Member of Congress may 
bring an action, subject to the special rules described in subsection 
(a), for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge the 
constitutionality of any provision of this title or any amendment made 
by this title.
    (d) Applicability.--
            (1) Initial claims.--With respect to any action initially 
        filed on or before December 31, 2008, the provisions of 
        subsection (a) shall apply with respect to each action 
        described in such subsection.
            (2) Subsequent actions.--With respect to any action 
        initially filed after December 31, 2008, the provisions of 
        subsection (a) shall not apply to any action described in such 
        subsection unless the person filing such action elects such 
        provisions to apply to the action.

SEC. 607. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provision of this title or any amendment made by this title, 
or the application of a provision or amendment to any person or 
circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this 
title and the amendments made by this title, and the application of the 
provisions and amendments to any person or circumstance, shall not be 
affected by the holding.

              TITLE VII--FORFEITURE OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS

SEC. 701. LOSS OF PENSIONS ACCRUED DURING SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF 
              CONGRESS FOR ABUSING THE PUBLIC TRUST.

    (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8332 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, 
the service of an individual finally convicted of an offense described 
in paragraph (2) shall not be taken into account for purposes of this 
subchapter, except that this sentence applies only to service rendered 
as a Member (irrespective of when rendered). Any such individual (or 
other person determined under section 8342(c), if applicable) shall be 
entitled to be paid so much of such individual's lump-sum credit as is 
attributable to service to which the preceding sentence applies.
    ``(2)(A) An offense described in this paragraph is any offense 
described in subparagraph (B) for which the following apply:
            ``(i) Every act or omission of the individual (referred to 
        in paragraph (1)) that is needed to satisfy the elements of the 
        offense occurs while the individual is a Member.
            ``(ii) Every act or omission of the individual that is 
        needed to satisfy the elements of the offense directly relates 
        to the performance of the individual's official duties as a 
        Member.
            ``(iii) The offense is committed after the date of 
        enactment of this subsection.
    ``(B) An offense described in this subparagraph is only the 
following, and only to the extent that the offense is a felony under 
title 18:
            ``(i) An offense under section 201 of title 18 (bribery of 
        public officials and witnesses).
            ``(ii) An offense under section 219 of title 18 (officers 
        and employees acting as agents of foreign principals).
            ``(iii) An offense under section 371 of title 18 
        (conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States) to 
        the extent of any conspiracy to commit an act which constitutes 
        an offense under clause (i) or (ii).
    ``(3) An individual convicted of an offense described in paragraph 
(2) shall not, after the date of the final conviction, be eligible to 
participate in the retirement system under this subchapter or chapter 
84 while serving as a Member.
    ``(4) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe any 
regulations necessary to carry out this subsection. Such regulations 
shall include--
            ``(A) provisions under which interest on any lump-sum 
        payment under the second sentence of paragraph (1) shall be 
        limited in a manner similar to that specified in the last 
        sentence of section 8316(b); and
            ``(B) provisions under which the Office may provide for--
                    ``(i) the payment, to the spouse or children of any 
                individual referred to in the first sentence of 
                paragraph (1), of any amounts which (but for this 
                clause) would otherwise have been nonpayable by reason 
                of such first sentence, but only to the extent that the 
                application of this clause is considered necessary 
                given the totality of the circumstances; and
                    ``(ii) an appropriate adjustment in the amount of 
                any lump-sum payment under the second sentence of 
                paragraph (1) to reflect the application of clause (i).
    ``(5) For purposes of this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `Member' has the meaning given such term by 
        section 2106, notwithstanding section 8331(2); and
            ``(B) the term `child' has the meaning given such term by 
        section 8341.''.
    (b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--Section 8411 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the 
service of an individual finally convicted of an offense described in 
paragraph (2) shall not be taken into account for purposes of this 
chapter, except that this sentence applies only to service rendered as 
a Member (irrespective of when rendered). Any such individual (or other 
person determined under section 8424(d), if applicable) shall be 
entitled to be paid so much of such individual's lump-sum credit as is 
attributable to service to which the preceding sentence applies.
    ``(2) An offense described in this paragraph is any offense 
described in section 8332(o)(2)(B) for which the following apply:
            ``(A) Every act or omission of the individual (referred to 
        in paragraph (1)) that is needed to satisfy the elements of the 
        offense occurs while the individual is a Member.
            ``(B) Every act or omission of the individual that is 
        needed to satisfy the elements of the offense directly relates 
        to the performance of the individual's official duties as a 
        Member.
            ``(C) The offense is committed after the date of enactment 
        of this subsection.
    ``(3) An individual finally convicted of an offense described in 
paragraph (2) shall not, after the date of the conviction, be eligible 
to participate in the retirement system under this chapter while 
serving as a Member.
    ``(4) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe any 
regulations necessary to carry out this subsection. Such regulations 
shall include--
            ``(A) provisions under which interest on any lump-sum 
        payment under the second sentence of paragraph (1) shall be 
        limited in a manner similar to that specified in the last 
        sentence of section 8316(b); and
            ``(B) provisions under which the Office may provide for--
                    ``(i) the payment, to the spouse or children of any 
                individual referred to in the first sentence of 
                paragraph (1), of any amounts which (but for this 
                clause) would otherwise have been nonpayable by reason 
                of such first sentence, but only to the extent that the 
                application of this clause is considered necessary 
                given the totality of the circumstances; and
                    ``(ii) an appropriate adjustment in the amount of 
                any lump-sum payment under the second sentence of 
                paragraph (1) to reflect the application of clause (i).
    ``(5) For purposes of this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `Member' has the meaning given such term by 
        section 2106, notwithstanding section 8401(20); and
            ``(B) the term `child' has the meaning given such term by 
        section 8341.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 244

109th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4975

             [Report No. 109-439, Parts I, II, III, and IV]

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                                 A BILL

 To provide greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, 
                         and for other reasons.

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                             April 25, 2006

     Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment

                             April 25, 2006

          Reported from the Committee on House Administration

                             April 25, 2006

          Reported from the Committee on Rules with amendments

                             April 25, 2006

    Reported from the Committee on Government Reform with amendments

                             April 25, 2006

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct discharged; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed