II 109th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2180 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 20, 2006 Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Carper, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Obama, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Inouye) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclosure and enforcement of ethics and lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes.

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This Act may be cited as the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2006. (b)

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The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. TITLE I—Closing the revolving door Sec. 101. Extension of lobbying ban for former Members and employees of Congress and executive branch officials. Sec. 102. Elimination of floor privileges for former Member lobbyists. Sec. 103. Disclosure by Members of Congress and senior congressional staff of employment negotiations. Sec. 104. Ethics review of employment negotiations by executive branch officials. Sec. 105. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions or practices. TITLE II—Full public disclosure of lobbying Sec. 201. Quarterly filing of lobbying disclosure reports. Sec. 202. Electronic filing of lobbying disclosure reports. Sec. 203. Additional lobbying disclosure requirements. Sec. 204. Disclosure of paid efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying. Sec. 205. Disclosure of lobbying activities by certain coalitions and associations. Sec. 206. Disclosure by registered lobbyists of past executive and congressional employment. Sec. 207. Creation of a comprehensive public database of lobbying disclosure information. Sec. 208. Conforming amendment. TITLE III—Restricting congressional travel and gifts Sec. 301. Ban on gifts from lobbyists. Sec. 302. Prohibition on privately funded travel. Sec. 303. Prohibiting lobbyist organization and participation in congressional travel. Sec. 304. Disclosure of noncommercial air travel. Sec. 305. Per diem expenses for congressional travel. TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT OF LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS Sec. 401. Senate Office of Public Integrity. Sec. 402. Increased civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements. Sec. 403. Penalty for false certification in connection with congressional travel. Sec. 404. Mandatory annual ethics training for congressional employees. TITLE V—OPEN GOVERNMENT Sec. 501. Sense of the Senate on conference committee protocols. Sec. 502. Actual voting required in conference committee meetings. Sec. 503. Availability of conference reports on the internet.