[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1480 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1480

  To provide limits on bundling, to reform the lobbyist registration 
                    process, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 2, 2015

  Mr. Bennet introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide limits on bundling, to reform the lobbyist registration 
                    process, 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 and Campaign Finance Reform 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON BUNDLED CONTRIBUTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(10) For purposes of paragraph (1), any bundled 
        contribution (as defined in section 304(i)(8)) forwarded by a 
        person described in section 304(i)(7) to a committee described 
        in section 304(i)(6) shall be treated both as a contribution 
        made by the person forwarding such contribution and as a 
        contribution made by the contributor.''.
    (b) Definition of Bundled Contribution.--Clause (ii) of section 
304(i)(A) of such Act is amended by inserting ``(whether in writing or 
otherwise)'' after ``other means''.
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
        take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Definition of bundled contribution.--The amendment made 
        by subsection (b) shall take effect 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. LOBBYIST REGISTRATION REFORMS.

    Section 3(10) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1602(10)) is amended by striking ``contact, other than'' and all that 
follows through ``3-month period.'' and inserting ``contact over a 2-
year period.''.

SEC. 4. BAN ON SOLICITING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM REGISTERED 
              LOBBYISTS.

    Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 325. SOLICITATIONS OF REGISTERED LOBBYISTS.

    ``(a) Senate.--A candidate for the office of Senator, an individual 
holding the office of Senator, an agent of such a candidate or an 
individual holding such office, or an entity directly or indirectly 
established, financed, maintained, or controlled by or acting on behalf 
of 1 or more such candidates or individuals holding such office may not 
solicit from any registered lobbyist funds in connection with any 
election for the office of Senator during any period in which the 
Senate is in session.
    ``(b) House of Representatives.--A candidate for Representative to, 
or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
Congress, an individual holding such an office, an agent of a candidate 
or an individual holding such an office, or an entity directly or 
indirectly established, financed, maintained, or controlled by or 
acting on behalf of 1 or more such candidates or individuals holding 
such an office may not solicit from any registered lobbyist funds in 
connection with any election for Representative to, or Representative 
in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress during any 
period in which the House of Representatives is in session.
    ``(c) Registered Lobbyist.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`registered lobbyist' means any person who is described in subparagraph 
(A), (B), or (C) of section 304(i)(7).
    ``(d) Determination of When Body Is in Session.--For purposes of 
this section, the Senate or House of Representatives shall be 
considered to be in session during any period unless such body has 
adjourned for, or is in recess for, a period of 10 calendar days or 
longer.''.
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