[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7133 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7133
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain
lobbyists to report certain contacts with agencies within 48 hours, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 17, 2022
Mr. O'Halleran 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 certain
lobbyists to report certain contacts with agencies within 48 hours, 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 ``Closing Loopholes, Ending Anonymous
Revolving Doors Act'' or the ``CLEAR Doors Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Reporting Requirement.--Section 5 of Lobbying Disclosure Act of
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new
subsection:
``(e) 48-Hour Reports.--
``(1) In general.--No later than 48 hours after a lobbyist
engages in special lobbying activities, the registrant involved
shall file a report with the Secretary of the Senate and the
Clerk of the House of Representatives on such activities.
``(2) Contents of report.--Each report filed under
paragraph (1) shall contain the following items:
``(A) The name of the registrant.
``(B) The name of the client.
``(C) The name of the covered executive branch
official of the agency.
``(D) A description of the issue discussed before
such agency official.
``(E) The date on which such lobbying activities
occurred.
``(3) Special rule for new registrants.--If a lobbyist
engages in special lobbying activities prior to the
registration of the lobbyist (or, if applicable, the
organization employing such lobbyist) with the Secretary of the
Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives under
section 4(a), the lobbyist or organization shall register with
the Secretary and the Clerk under such section not later than
48 hours after the lobbyist or organization engages in such
activities.
``(4) Special lobbying activities defined.--In this
subsection, the term `special lobbying activities' means any
lobbying activity consisting of a lobbying contact made by an
employee of a client with a covered executive branch official
of an agency of which such lobbyist was formerly employed
during the 4-year period that ends on the date of such
contact.''.
(b) Lobbyist Definition.--Section 3(10) of the Lobbying Disclosure
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602(10)) is amended to read as follows:
``(10) Lobbyist.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), term `lobbyist' means any individual
who is employed or retained by a client for financial
or other compensation for services that include more
than one lobbying contact.
``(B) Exception.--
``(i) 20 percent rule.--Except as provided
in clause (ii), subparagraph (A) does not apply
to an individual with respect to a client if
the individual's lobbying activities constitute
less than 20 percent of the time engaged in the
services provided by such individual to that
client over a 3-month period.
``(ii) Special lobbying activities
exception.--Clause (i) does not apply to
special lobbying activities under section
5(e).''.
(c) Conforming and Technical Amendments.--
(1) Lobbyist registration.--Section 4(a)(1) of the Lobbying
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(a)(1)) is amended by
striking ``No later than'' and inserting ``Except as provided
in section 5(e)(3), no later than''.
(2) Cross-reference.--Section 6(a)(4) of the Lobbying
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(4)) is amended by
striking ``section 5(e)'' and inserting ``section 5(f)''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to lobbying activities occurring on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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