[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5036 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5036

To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require the disclosure 
   of the original source of funds made payable to a lobbyist who is 
  subcontracted to engage in lobbying activities on behalf of a third 
  person or entity, and the disclosure of the identity of that third 
                           person or entity.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2006

 Ms. Bordallo (for herself and Mr. Jones of North Carolina) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require the disclosure 
   of the original source of funds made payable to a lobbyist who is 
  subcontracted to engage in lobbying activities on behalf of a third 
  person or entity, and the disclosure of the identity of that third 
                           person or entity.

    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 ``Full Disclosure in Lobbying Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION REGARDING LOBBYISTS THAT ARE 
              SUBCONTRACTORS.

    Section 5(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1604(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) in the case of a registrant that was retained by 
        another person or entity to engage in lobbying activities on 
        behalf of a third person or entity--
                    ``(A) the name, address, and principal place of 
                business of the other person or entity that retained 
                the registrant;
                    ``(B) the name, address, and principal place of 
                business of the third person or entity on whose behalf 
                the lobbying activities were performed; and
                    ``(C) the amount of funds paid, during the 
                semiannual reporting period, to the other person or 
                entity identified under subparagraph (A), and to the 
                registrant, for lobbying activities on behalf of the 
                third person or entity identified under subparagraph 
                (B).''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to the 
first semiannual reporting period under section 5 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 that begins on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and to each such semiannual period thereafter.
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