[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5751 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5751


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2010

                                Received

                             August 5, 2010

       Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
     To provide for the establishment of a task force that will be 
 responsible for investigating cases referred to the Attorney General 
   under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Lobbying Disclosure Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT TASK FORCE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Attorney General shall establish the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act Enforcement Task Force (in this section 
referred to as the ``Task Force'').
    (b) Functions.--The Task Force--
            (1) shall have primary responsibility for investigating and 
        prosecuting each case referred to the Attorney General under 
        section 6(a)(8) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
        U.S.C. 1605(a)(8)); and
            (2) shall collect and disseminate information with respect 
        to the enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
        U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 3. REFERRAL OF CASES TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

    Section 6(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1605(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``United States Attorney 
        for the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``Attorney 
        General''; and
            (2) in paragraph (11), by striking ``United States Attorney 
        for the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``Attorney 
        General''.

SEC. 4. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVED ENFORCEMENT.

    The Attorney General may make recommendations to Congress with 
respect to--
            (1) the enforcement of and compliance with the Lobbying 
        Disclosure Act of 1995; and
            (2) the need for resources available for the enhanced 
        enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995

SEC. 5. INFORMATION IN ENFORCEMENT REPORTS.

    Section 6(b)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1605(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``by case'' and all that follows 
through ``public record'' and inserting ``by case and name of the 
individual lobbyists or lobbying firms involved, any sentences 
imposed''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.