[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1776]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 3019

                        Offered By: Mr. McIntosh

       Amendment No. 1: At the end, add the following:

     SEC.  . EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.

       Section 18 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(a) Organization.--before ``An'';
       (2) by striking ``section 501(c)(4)'' and inserting 
     ``section 501(c)(4) or 501(c)(5)'';
       (3) by inserting after ``1986'' the following: ``or 
     affiliated organizations''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Definition.--For purposes of subsection (a), any 2 
     organizations shall be considered to be affiliated 
     organizations if the organizations meet any one or more of 
     the following criteria:
       ``(1) The governing instrument of one such organization 
     requires it to be bound by decisions of the other 
     organization on legislative issues.
       ``(2) The governing board of one such organization includes 
     persons who--
       ``(A) are specifically designated representatives of the 
     other such organization or are members of the governing 
     board, officers, or paid executive staff members of such 
     other organization; and
       ``(B) by aggregating their votes, have sufficient voting 
     power to cause or prevent action on political advocacy issues 
     by the other such organization.
       ``(3) The organizations--
       ``(A) either use the same name or trademark, or represent 
     themselves as being affiliated; and
       ``(B) coordinate their lobbying activities or political 
     advocacy.''.