,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbca  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #bb1        
#bjbf,mrs4 ,ramirez 7for herself1 ,ms4  
,williams of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 and
 ,ms4 ,simon7 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     
,act1 and for other purposes4  #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 counseling in support of such
 preparation and planning activities1   
research1 and other background work4    
7#b7 ,treatment of lobbying contact made
 with support of 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 counseling   
services ,any individual1 with authority
 to director or substantially influence 
any lobbying contact made by another    
individual1 and for financial or other  
compensation provides counseling        
services in support of preparation and  
planning activities which are treated as
 lobbying activities under paragraph    
7#g7 for that other individual's        

lobbying contact and who has knowledge  
that the specific lobbying contact was  
made1 shall be considered to have made  
the same lobbying contact at the same   
time in the same manner to the covered  
executive branch official or covered    
legislative branch official involved4  4
  7b7 ,reduction of percentage exemption
 for determination of threshold of      
lobbying contacts required for          
individuals ,to register as lobbyists   
,section #c7aj7 of such ,act 7#b        
,u4,s4,c4 #afjb7aj77 is amended by      
striking less than #bj percent and      
inserting less than #aj percent4  7c7   
,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