II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 230 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 9, 2007 Mr. Feingold (for himself, Mr. Obama, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To provide greater transparency in the legislative process.

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This Act may be cited as the Lobbying and Ethics Reform Act of 2007. (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—LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY Sec. 101. Out of scope matters in conference reports. Sec. 102. Conference report reforms. Sec. 103. Elimination of floor privileges and other former Member benefits and privileges for former Members, Senate officers, and Speakers of the House who are lobbyists or seek financial gain. Sec. 104. Ban on gifts from lobbyists. Sec. 105. Travel restrictions and disclosure. Sec. 106. Post employment restrictions. Sec. 107. Public disclosure by Members of Congress of employment negotiations. Sec. 108. Conflicts of interest with respect to a spouse or immediate family Member of a Member. Sec. 109. Influencing hiring decisions. Sec. 110. Sense of the Senate that any applicable restrictions on Congressional branch employees should apply to the Executive and Judicial branches. Sec. 111. Requirement of notice of intent to proceed. Sec. 112. Effective date. TITLE II—LOBBYING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY Subtitle A—Enhancing Lobbying Disclosure Sec. 211. Quarterly filing of Lobbying disclosure reports. Sec. 212. Quarterly reports on other contributions. Sec. 213. Public database of Lobbying disclosure information. Sec. 214. Disclosure by registered lobbyists of all past executive and Congressional employment. Sec. 215. Lobbying on behalf of recipients of federal funds. Sec. 216. Disclosure of lobbying for earmarks, and other additional disclosures. Sec. 217. Increased penalty for failure to comply with Lobbying disclosure requirements. Sec. 218. Disclosure of Lobbying activities by certain coalitions and associations. Sec. 219. Disclosure of enforcement for noncompliance. Sec. 220. Electronic filing of Lobbying disclosure reports. Sec. 221. Disclosure of paid efforts to stimulate grassroots Lobbying. Sec. 222. Electronic filing and public database for lobbyists for foreign governments. Sec. 223. Effective date. Subtitle B—Oversight of Ethics and Lobbying Sec. 231. Comptroller General audit and annual report. Sec. 232. Mandatory Senate ethics training for Members and staff. Sec. 233. Sense of the Senate regarding self-regulation within the Lobbying community. Sec. 234. Annual ethics committees reports. Subtitle C—Slowing the Revolving Door Sec. 241. Amendments to restrictions on former officers, employees, and elected officials of the executive and legislative branches. Subtitle D—Ban on Provision of Gifts or Travel by Lobbyists in Violation of the Rules of Congress Sec. 251. Prohibition on provision of gifts or travel by registered lobbyists to Members of Congress and to Congressional employees. TITLE III—Senate Office of Public Integrity Sec. 301. Establishment of Senate office of public integrity. Sec. 302. Director. Sec. 303. Duties and powers of the office. Sec. 304. Investigations and interaction with the Senate select committee on ethics. Sec. 305. Procedural rules. Sec. 306. SOPI Employees under the congressional accountability Act. Sec. 307. Effective date.