Sec. 6. Requiring lobbyists to identify relatives who are covered officials and disclose lobbying contacts with relatives
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Section 4(b)(6) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1603(b)(6) ) is amended to read as follows: for each employee of the registrant who has acted or whom the registrant expects to act as a lobbyist on behalf of the client— the name of the employee; the position in which the employee served if such employee has served as a covered executive branch official or a covered legislative branch official in the 20 years before the date on which the employee first acted as a lobbyist on behalf of the client; and the name of each relative of the employee who serves currently or who served previously as a covered executive branch official or a covered legislative branch official and, in the case of an official who is or was a Member of Congress, the Congressional Bioguide Identifier assigned to the Member by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, as the case may be. .
Section 4 of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 1603 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: If, after a registrant registers under this section, an employee of the registrant who is identified in the registration under subsection (b)(6) becomes the relative of a covered legislative branch official or a covered executive branch official, the registrant shall update the registration to include the information described in subparagraph
(B)of such subsection with respect to the employee and the official not later than 90 days after the employee becomes the relative of the official. . The amendments made by this subsection shall apply with respect to registrations made under section 4 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 after the date of the enactment of this Act. A registrant who registered under section 4 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 prior to the date of the enactment of this Act shall include the information described in section 4(b)(6)(C) of such Act (as added by paragraph (1)) in the next quarterly report on lobbying activities which the registrant files under section 5(a) of such Act after the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 5(b)(2) of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 1604(b)(2) ) is amended— by striking and at the end of subparagraph (C); by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph
(D)and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: if, on behalf of the client, any lobbyist employed by the registrant contacted a relative who is a covered legislative branch official or covered executive branch official, a statement identifying the lobbyist, the official (and, if the official is a Member of Congress, the Congressional Bioguide Identifier assigned to the Member by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, as the case may be), the subject matter of the contact, and the type of relative involved; . The amendment made by paragraph
(1)shall apply with respect to reports filed under section 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 with respect to quarterly periods which begin on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 3 of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 1602 ) is amended— by redesignating paragraph
(16)as paragraph (17); and by inserting after paragraph
(15)the following new paragraph: The term relative means, with respect to a lobbyist or employee of a registrant, an aunt, brother, brother-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, father, father-in-law, first cousin, grandson, granddaughter, half-brother, half-sister, husband, mother, mother-in-law, nephew, niece, sister, sister-in-law, son, son-in-law, stepbrother, stepdaughter, stepfather, stepmother, stepsister, stepson, uncle, or wife. .
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Requiring lobbyists to identify relatives who are covered officials and disclose lobbying contacts with relatives
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