,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bijb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bh1 #bjba,mr4
 ,taylor 7for himself and ,mr4          
,phillips7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend the ,lobbying ,disclosure ,act
 of #aiie to prohibit certain elected   
officials of ,state and local           
governments from making lobbying        
contacts under such ,act on behalf of   
private clients1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,elected ,official         
,lobbying ,prohibition ,act of #bjba4   
#b4 ,prohibiting ,state and local       
elected officials from making lobbying  
contacts on behalf of private clients   
7a7 ,prohibition ,the ,lobbying         
,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 
#afja et seq47 is amended by inserting  
after section #e the following new      
section3  #e;,a4 ,prohibition against   
making of lobbying contacts on behalf of

 private clients by elected officials of
 ,state and local governments  7a7      
,prohibition ,a covered elected official
 described in subsection 7b7 may not    
make any lobbying contact under this    
,act on behalf of a client who is not an
 entity of a ,state or unit of local    
government4  7b7 ,covered elected       
official described ,in this subsection1 
a covered elected official is any of the
 following3 7#a7 ,an individual holding 
a ,statewide elected office in any      
,state4  7#b7 ,an individual serving in 
the legislature of a ,state 7or1 in the 
case of the ,district of ,columbia1 an  
individual serving on the ,council of   
the ,district of ,columbia74  7#c7 ,an  
individual holding any elected office of
 a unit of local government with a      
population greater than #cj percent 7or1
 in the case of an individual holding   
the elected office of the chief         
executive of a unit of local government1
 greater than #ae percent7 of the       
average population of a congressional   

district 7as determined on the basis of 
the most recent decennial census74  7#d7
 ,the chair of a political party of a   
,state4  7c7 ,state defined ,in this    
section1 the term ,state means each of  
the several ,states1 the ,district of   
,columbia1 the ,commonwealth of ,puerto 
,rico1 ,guam1 ,american ,samoa1 the     
,united ,states ,virgin ,islands1 and   
the ,commonwealth of the ,northern      
,mariana ,islands4  7d7 ,rule of        
construction ,nothing in this section   
may be construed to prohibit a covered  
elected official from petitioning the   
,federal government on behalf of the    
collective interests of the people the  
official represents or from otherwise   
acting in an official capacity as a     
covered elected official4  4  7b7       
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to
 lobbying contacts under the ,lobbying  
,disclosure ,act of #aiie which are made
 after the expiration of the #fj-;day   
period which begins on the date of the  

enactment of this ,act4