[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1972 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1972

  To require Members of Congress and legislative branch employees to 
  report all contact with officials and representatives of countries 
               designated as state sponsors of terrorism.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2005

 Mr. Santorum introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require Members of Congress and legislative branch employees to 
  report all contact with officials and representatives of countries 
               designated as state sponsors of terrorism.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Terrorist Lobby Disclosure Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. CONTACTS WITH REPRESENTATIVES AND OFFICIALS OF GOVERNMENTS 
              DESIGNATED AS STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM.

    The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 25. NOTIFICATION OF CONTACTS WITH REPRESENTATIVES AND OFFICIALS 
              OF GOVERNMENTS DESIGNATED AS STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM.

    ``(a) Notification of Contacts With Representatives and Officials 
of Governments Designated as State Sponsors of Terrorism.--
            ``(1) In general.--A Member of Congress and any legislative 
        branch employee shall, on a quarterly basis, disclose and 
        report to the Secretary of State any contacts with 
        representatives or officials of governments that have been 
        designated as state sponsors of terrorism by the Department of 
        State.
            ``(2) Submission.--A report required by paragraph (1) shall 
        be submitted to the Secretary of State, or a person that the 
        Secretary designates as an appropriate recipient.
            ``(3) Report to congressional committee.--The Secretary of 
        State shall provide, on a quarterly basis, the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on International 
        Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Appropriations 
        Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
        of the Senate, and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign 
        Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs of the House 
        of Representatives with a report listing the names of those 
        individuals who have notified the Secretary of contacts 
        described in paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Congressional Disclosure.--
            ``(1) In general.--A Member of Congress and any legislative 
        branch employee shall, on a quarterly basis, disclose and 
        report to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House 
        of Representatives, as appropriate, any contacts with 
        representatives or officials of governments that have been 
        designated as state sponsors of terrorism by the Department of 
        State.
            ``(2) Report to congressional committees.--The Secretary of 
        the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives shall 
        provide, on a quarterly basis, the Committee on Foreign 
        Relations of the Senate, the Committee on International Affairs 
        of the House of Representatives, the Appropriations 
        Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
        of the Senate, and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign 
        Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs of the House 
        of Representatives with a report listing the names of those 
        individuals who have notified the Secretary of contacts 
        described in paragraph (1).''.
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