,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjbb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #aa1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,phillips 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,cline7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend the ,lobbying ,disclosure ,act
 of #aiie to assign unique              
identification numbers to each lobbyist 
who registers under such ,act and to    
each client of the lobbyist and each    
person who provides strategic lobbying  
services in support of the lobbyist1 to 
require the disclosure of information on
 any persons who provide strategic      
lobbying services in support of         
registered lobbyists under such ,act1 to
 require the ,clerk of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,secretary of  
the ,senate to assign a unique          
identification number to each individual
 who registers as a lobbyist under such 
,act1 and for other purposes4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 

the ,lobbying ,disclosure ,reform ,act  
of #bjbj4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds
 that-- 7#a7 the right to petition      
government for redress of grievances is 
a fundamental right in our              
representative democracy1 which is often
 realized through lobbying2  7#b7       
responsible representative government   
requires public awareness of the efforts
 of paid lobbyists to influence the     
public decision making process in both  
the legislative and executive branches  
of the ,federal ,government2  7#c7      
existing lobbying disclosure laws have  
not been as effective as they could be  
because of unclear statutory language1  
weak administrative and enforcement     
provisions1 and an absence of clear     
guidance as to who is required to       
register and what they are required to  
disclose2  7#d7 the effective public    
disclosure of the identity and extent of
 the efforts of paid lobbyists to       
influence ,federal officials in the     
conduct of government actions will      

increase public confidence in the       
integrity of government2 and  7#e7      
experience with lobbying laws and       
regulations for nearly a half century   
led to substantial improvements in the  
law in #aiie1 and experience with the   
,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of #aiie over
 the last decade provides a sound basis 
for new refinements today4  #c4         
,assignment of unique identification    
numbers to lobbyists1 clients1 and      
providers of strategic lobbying services
  7a7 ,assignment of unique             
,identification numbers ,section        
#f7;a77#c7 of the ,lobbying ,disclosure 
,act of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4             
#afje7;a77#c77 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
striking and at the end of subparagraph 
7,a72  7#b7 by adding and after the     
semicolon the end of subparagraph 7,b72 
and  7#c7 by adding after subparagraph  
7,b7 the following3  7,c7 a system that 
assigns an identification number for    
each lobbyist for whom a registration or
 report is filed under this ,act1 each  

client of such a lobbyist1 and each     
provider of strategic lobbying services 
on behalf of such client2  4  7b7       
,inclusion in registration statements   
7#a7 ,information on registrants        
,section #d7;b77#a7 of such ,act 7#b    
,u4,s4,c4 #afjc7;b77#a77 is amended by  
striking name1 and inserting name1      
unique identification number 7if        
available at the time of registration714
  7#b7 ,information on clients ,section 
#d7;b77#b7 of such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4   
#afjc7;b77#b77 is amended by striking   
name1 and inserting name1 unique        
identification number 7if available at  
the time of registration714  7#c7       
,information on employees ,section      
#d7;b77#f7 of such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4   
#afjc7;b77#f77 is amended by striking   
the name and inserting the name and     
unique identification number 7if        
available at the time of registration74 
7c7 ,inclusion in quarterly reports     
7#a7 ,information on registrants and    
clients ,section #e7;b77#a7 of such ,act

 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afjd7;b77#a77 is amended
 by striking the name of the registrant1
 the name of the client and inserting   
the following3 the name and unique      
identification number of the registrant1
 the name and unique identification     
number of the client4  7#b7 ,information
 on employees ,section #e7;b77#b77;,c7  
of such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4              
#afjd7;b77#b77;,c77 is amended by       
striking a list of the employees and    
inserting a list of the names and unique
 identification numbers of the          
employees4  7d7 ,effective date ,the    
,clerk of the ,house of ,representatives
 and the ,secretary of the ,senate shall
 implement the system described in      
subparagraph 7,c7 of section #f7;a77#c7 
of the ,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of    
#aiie1 as added by subsection 7a71 not  
later than the first day of the ,one    
,hundred ,seventeenth ,congress4  #d4   
,requiring disclosure of persons        
providing strategic lobbying services   
7a7 ,disclosure in lobbyist registration

 statements ,section #d7;b77#f7 of the  
,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b 
,u4,s4,c4 #afjc7;b77#f77 is amended--   
7#a7 by striking expects to act as a    
lobbyist on behalf of the client and and
 inserting the following3 expects to act
 as a lobbyist on behalf of the client1 
or who has been or who the registrant   
expects to be a provider of strategic   
lobbying services on behalf of the      
client1 and2 and  7#b7 by inserting     
after first acted as a lobbyist the     
following3 or was first a provider of   
strategic lobbying services4  7b7       
,disclosure in quarterly reports        
,section #e7;b77#b7 of such ,act 7#b    
,u4,s4,c4 #afjd7;b77#b77 is amended--   
7#a7 by striking and at the end of      
subparagraph 7,c72  7#b7 by adding and  
at the end of subparagraph 7,d72 and    
7#c7 by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraphs3  7,e7 a list of the  
names and unique identification numbers 
of the employees of the registrant who  
were providers of strategic lobbying    

services in support of the registrant's 
lobbying activities on behalf of the    
client during the quarterly period2 and 
7,f7 a list of the names of all other   
persons who were retained as providers  
of strategic lobbying services in       
support of the registrant's lobbying    
activities on behalf of the client      
during the quarterly period1 together   
with-- 7i7 the nature of the strategic  
lobbying services provided1 along with a
 brief summary of work performed2  7ii7 
the amount paid to each such person for 
such services2  7iii7 the name of any   
individual employed by such person who  
supervised the provision of such        
services1 and1 if the individual served 
as a covered executive branch official  
or a covered legislative branch official
 in the previous #bj years1 a statement 
describing the position in which such   
individual served2 and  7iv7 the name of
 any individual employed by such person 
who provided such services during the   
quarterly period1 and1 if the individual

 served as a covered executive branch   
official or a covered legislative branch
 official in the previous #bj years1 a  
statement describing the position in    
which such individual served4  4  7c7   
,inclusion in filing1 coding1 and       
cross-,indexing systems ,section        
#f7;a77#c77;,a7 of such ,act 7#b        
,u4,s4,c4 #afje7;a77#c77;,a77 is amended
 by striking and their clients and      
inserting and their clients and         
providers of strategic lobbying         
services4  7d7 ,definition ,section #c  
of such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afjb7 is    
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
paragraphs 7#ae7 and 7#af7 as paragraphs
 7#af7 and 7#ag72 and  7#b7 by inserting
 after paragraph 7#ad7 the following new
 paragraph3  7#ae7 ,provider of         
strategic lobbying services  7,a7 ,in   
general ,the term provider of strategic 
lobbying services means any person who1 
during a quarterly period described in  
section #e1 provided a registrant under 
section #d with #ab or more hours of    

services which are described in         
subparagraph 7,c7 but which are not     
otherwise treated as lobbying activities
 or lobbying contacts4  7,b7 ,special   
rule for former officials ,in the case  
of a person who served as a covered     
executive branch official or a covered  
legislative branch official in the      
previous #bj years and who1 during a    
quarterly period described in section   
#e1 provided a registrant under section 
#d with services described in           
subparagraph 7,a7 and also carried out  
lobbying activities on behalf of the    
registrant1 such person shall be treated
 as a provider of strategic lobbying    
services if the combined time spent in  
providing services described in         
subparagraph 7,a7 and lobbying          
activities on behalf of the registrant  
during the period was #ab hours or      
greater4  7,c7 ,services described ,the 
services described in this subparagraph 
are the following3 7i7 ,providing       
strategic planning for lobbying         

activities or lobbying campaigns4  7ii7 
,providing strategic advice regarding   
earned media or press coverage related  
to specific issues upon which a lobbyist
 employed by the registrant engaged in  
lobbying activities4  7iii7 ,polling    
services enlisted by a registrant       
related to specific issues upon which a 
lobbyist employed by the registrant     
engaged in lobbying activities4  7iv7   
,providing advice on or producing public
 communications related to specific     
issues upon which a lobbyist employed by
 the registrant engaged in lobbying     
activities4  7v7 ,encouraging persons to
 support or oppose legislative or       
administrative action or take action    
with regard to specific issues upon     
which a lobbyist employed by the        
registrant engaged in lobbying          
activities1 including the costs of      
creating formal or informal coalitions  
of organizations for such purposes4  4  
7e7 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this section shall apply with       

respect to statements and reports filed 
on or after the first day of the ,one   
,hundred ,seventeenth ,congress4  #e4   
,promoting enforcement by ,attorney     
,general  7a7 ,reference of             
noncompliance to ,attorney ,general     
,section #f7;a7 of the ,lobbying        
,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 
#afje7;a77 is amended by striking the   
,united ,states ,attorney for the       
,district of ,columbia each place it    
appears in paragraph 7#h7 and paragraph 
7#aa7 and inserting the ,attorney       
,general4  7b7 ,inclusion in enforcement
 reports of identification of           
individuals subject to imposition of    
sentence ,section #f7;b77#a7 of such    
,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afje7;b77#a77 is    
amended by striking by case1 any        
sentences imposed1 except that such     
report shall not include the names of   
individuals1 or personally identifiable 
information1 that is not already a      
matter of public record and inserting by
 case and by the name of the individual 

and 7if applicable7 the lobbying firm   
involved1 any sentences imposed4  7c7   
,recommendations ,to promote enforcement
 and compliance ,section #f of such ,act
 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afje7 is amended by     
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7c7 ,recommendations ,to   
promote enforcement and compliance ,the 
,attorney ,general1 at any time1 may    
make recommendations to ,congress on    
steps to promote the enforcement of and 
compliance with this ,act1 including    
recommendations regarding the ,attorney 
,general's need for resources to carry  
out the enforcement of this ,act4  4    
#f4 ,increasing transparency of system  
for filing1 coding1 and cross-indexing  
of reported information  7a7 ,clarifying
 requirement ,to implement system       
,section #f7;a77#c7 of the ,lobbying    
,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 
#afje7;a77#c77 is amended in the matter 
preceding subparagraph 7,a7 by striking 
develop and inserting develop and       
implement4  7b7 ,availability of        

information through software            
applications ,section #f7;a77#c77;,b7 of
 such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4                
#afje7;a77#c77;,b77 is amended by       
striking computerized systems and       
inserting computerized systems1         
including a system through which        
individuals may use software or         
web-based applications to obtain access 
to a searchable1 sortable1 and          
downloadable database of information1   
#g4 ,other reforms in regulation of     
lobbyists and lobbying activity  7a7    
,revision of threshold for exemption    
from treatment as lobbyist  7#a7        
,revision ,section #c7aj7 of the        
,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b 
,u4,s4,c4 #afjb7aj77 is amended-- 7,a7  
by striking by a client and inserting by
 a client or by a registrant2 and  7,b7 
by striking other than an individual and
 all that follows and inserting the     
following3 other than an individual who1
 over a #c-month period1 spends fewer   
than #ab hours engaged in lobbying      

activities for such client or such      
registrant44  7#b7 ,effective date ,the 
amendments made by paragraph 7#a7 shall 
apply with respect to lobbying          
activities occurring on or after the    
first day of the ,one ,hundred          
,seventeenth ,congress4  7b7 ,deadline  
for registration  7#a7 ,revision of     
deadline ,section #d7;a7 of such ,act   
7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afjc7;a77 is amended--   
7,a7 by striking #de days and inserting 
#cj days2 and  7,b7 by striking #deth   
day each place it appears and inserting 
#cjth day4  7#b7 ,effective date ,the   
amendments made by paragraph 7#a7 shall 
apply with respect to lobbying contacts 
occurring on or after the first day of  
the ,one ,hundred ,seventeenth          
,congress4  7c7 ,inclusion of specific  
information in registration statements  
on issued addressed in lobbying         
activities  7#a7 ,in general ,section   
#d7;b77#e77;,b7 of such ,act 7#b        
,u4,s4,c4 #afjc7;b77#e77;,b77 is amended
 by striking the semicolon at the end   

and inserting the following3 1 including
 any ,federal rule1 regulation1         
,executive ,order1 or any other program1
 policy1 policy1 or position of the     
,united ,states ,government1 as well as 
any proposed ,federal legislation or a  
description thereof24  7#b7 ,effective  
date ,the amendment made by paragraph   
7#a7 shall apply with respect to        
statements filed on or after the first  
day of the ,one ,hundred ,seventeenth   
,congress4  7d7 ,clarification of timing
 of termination of registration ,section
 #d7;d7 of such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4      
#afjc7;d77 is amended-- 7#a7 in         
paragraph 7#a71 by striking by a client 
and inserting by a client or by a       
registrant2 and  7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71
 by striking for such client and        
inserting for such client or lobbying   
firm4  #h4 ,quadrennial reports on      
effectiveness of collection1 storing1   
and release of information  7a7         
,inclusion in annual audits by          
,comptroller ,general  7#a7 ,in general 

,section #bf of the ,lobbying           
,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 
#afad7 is amended-- 7,a7 by             
redesignating subsection 7b7 as         
subsection 7c72 and  7,b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7a7 the following new  
subsection3  7b7 ,quadrennial reports on
 modernization of reporting and         
disclosures ,beginning in #bjbj and     
every #d years thereafter1 the          
,comptroller ,general shall include with
 the audit conducted under subsection   
7a7 an evaluation of the technology and 
methods employed by the ,secretary of   
the ,senate and the ,clerk of the ,house
 to collect1 store1 review1 and         
electronically publish the information  
filed with the ,secretary and ,clerk    
under this ,act1 and shall include in   
such evaluation an analysis of-- 7#a7   
whether additional technological means  
could be employed to reduce the burden  
on filers and increase the accuracy of  
filings2  7#b7 whether automated means  
are being maximally employed to allow   

the ,secretary and the ,clerk to        
automatically process1 normalize1 and   
verify the data they have received2 and 
7#c7 whether the ,secretary and the     
,clerk could undertake other measures to
 improve how such is collected1         
reviewed1 and reported to the public4  4
  7#b7 ,conforming amendment relating to
 submission of report to ,congress      
,section #bf7;c77#a7 of such ,act 7#b   
,u4,s4,c4 #afad7;c77#a771 as            
redesignated by paragraph 7#a71 is      
amended by in the matter preceding      
subparagraph 7,a7 by striking the period
 at the end of the first sentence and   
inserting the following3 1 and1 if      
applicable1 the quadrennial evaluation  
conducted under subsection 7b744  7b7   
,joint review by ,secretary of ,senate  
and ,clerk of ,house of ,representatives
 ,the ,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of     
#aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afja et seq47 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #bg4            
,quadrennial review of information      

collection and dissemination by         
,secretary of ,senate and ,clerk of     
,house of ,representatives  7a7 ,review 
,not later than ,april #a1 #bjba1 and   
every #d years thereafter1 the          
,secretary of the ,senate and the ,clerk
 of the ,house of ,representatives shall
 jointly conduct and submit to ,congress
 a review of how the ,secretary and     
,clerk collect1 store1 review1 and      
disseminate information filed with the  
,secretary and the ,clerk under this    
,act4  7b7 ,factors ,in conducting the  
review under subsection 7a71 the        
,secretary and the ,clerk-- 7#a7 shall  
include an analysis of how the filing   
and public disclosure of the information
 filed under this ,act can be improved1 
including a detailed plan with deadlines
 for improving filing and disclosure    
mechanisms2 and  7#b7 shall consult with
 members of the public1 with an emphasis
 on those members of the public who     
regularly seek access to such           
information4  7c7 ,additional or        

separate views permitted ,the ,secretary
 and the ,clerk may each include        
additional or separate views in the     
review submitted to ,congress under     
subsection 7a74  4