Number: RL34166
Title: Lobbying Law and Ethics Rules Changes in the 110th Congress
Authors: Jack Maskell, American Law Division 
Abstract: Congress has adopted several significant changes in the federal law concerning the disclosure of lobbying activities by professional lobbyists, and in internal congressional rules with respect to the acceptance of gifts and travel by Members of Congress and staff from certain outside private interests, such as lobbyists and their clients. Amendments to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, and to internal House and Senate rules, were made in S. 1, passed by the House on July 31, 2007, and by the Senate on August 2, 2007, and signed into law, P.L. 110-81, on September 14, 2007. Additionally, changes to the internal rules of the House were made previously by H.Res. 6, 110th Congress, adopted by the House on January 4, 2007.
Pages: 25
Date: September 18, 2007