Lobbying Disclosure Modernization Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8695 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8695

    To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to create a unique 
identification number for registered lobbyists, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2024

  Ms. Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to create a unique 
identification number for registered lobbyists, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lobbying Disclosure Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. UPDATES TO THE LOBBYING DISCLOSURE SYSTEM.

    (a) Website.--
            (1) Filing.--The second sentence of section 5(e) of the 
        Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(e)) is amended 
        to read as follows: ``The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 
        of the House of Representatives shall jointly use one publicly 
        available website for receipt and recording of filings under 
        this Act.''.
            (2) Storage.--Section 6(a)(9) of the Lobbying Disclosure 
        Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(9)) by striking ``over the 
        Internet,'' and inserting ``over the Internet on a website 
        jointly maintained by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 
        of the House of Representatives,''.
    (b) Unique Identifier.--Section 6(a)(3) of the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
            (2) by adding ``and'' after the semicolon the end of 
        subparagraph (B); and
            (3) by adding after subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) a system that assigns a unique identification 
                number for each lobbyist for whom a registration or 
                report is filed under this Act and discloses such 
                identifier to the public as structured data as part of 
                the lobbying disclosure downloads;''.
    (c) Deadline.--The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives shall have one year from the date of enactment 
of this Act to fulfill the requirements of the amendments made under 
this section.
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