,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ghc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bd1        
#bjai,mr4 ,rose of ,new ,york introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,lobbying         
,disclosure ,act of #aiie to expand the 
scope of individuals and activities     
which are subject to the requirements of
 such ,act4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,lobbyist ,loophole
 ,closure ,act4  #b4 ,expanding scope of
 individuals and activities subject to  
requirements of ,lobbying ,disclosure   
,act of #aiie  7a7 ,coverage of         
individuals providing legislative1      
political1 and strategic counseling     
services  7#a7 ,treatment of            
legislative1 political1 and strategic   
counseling services in support of       
lobbying contacts as lobbying activity  
,section #c7g7 of the ,lobbying         
,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 
#afjb7g77 is amended--  7,a7 by striking

 efforts and inserting any efforts2 and 
7,b7 by striking research and other     
background work and inserting the       
following3 legislative1 political1 and  
strategic counseling services1 research1
 and other background work4  7#b7       
,treatment of lobbying contact made with
 support of legislative1 political1 and 
strategic counseling services as        
lobbying contact made by individual     
providing services ,section #c7h7 of    
such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afjb7h77 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subparagraph3  7,c7       
,treatment of providers of legislative1 
political1 and strategic counseling     
services ,any individual who for        
financial or other compensation provides
 legislative1 political1 and strategic  
counseling services which are treated as
 lobbying activity under paragraph 7#g71
 and which are used in support of a     
lobbying contact under this paragraph   
which is made by another individual1    
shall be considered to have made the    

same lobbying contact at the same time  
and in the same manner to the covered   
executive branch official or covered    
legislative branch official involved4  4
  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments   
made by this section shall apply with   
respect to lobbying contacts made on or 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4