Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit former Members and former officers of the House who are registered lobbyists from admission to the Hall of the House, and for other purposes.

Amends rule IV (The Hall of the House) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to deny entitlement to the privilege of admission to the Hall of the House and adjacent rooms to any former Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, a former Parliamentarian of the House, or a former elected officer of the House or former minority employee nominated as an elected officer of the House, if such individual is a registered lobbyist.

Prohibits the House from making available to a former Member who is a registered lobbyist (except to the extent such services are made available to registered lobbyists who are not former Members) any services which are available exclusively to Members, officers, and employees of the House and former Members, including access to House office building facilities operated exclusively for Members and former Members.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 663 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 663

 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit former 
 Members and former officers of the House who are registered lobbyists 
    from admission to the Hall of the House, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2006

 Mr. Snyder submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
   the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House 
   Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit former 
 Members and former officers of the House who are registered lobbyists 
    from admission to the Hall of the House, and for other purposes.

    Resolved, That clause 4(a) of rule IV of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of 
subparagraph (1), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (2) 
and inserting ``; and'', and by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
            ``(3) they are not registered lobbyists.''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO HOUSE SERVICES FOR LOBBYISTS 
              WHO ARE FORMER MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--Any services which are made available by the House 
of Representatives exclusively to Members, officers, and employees of 
the House of Representatives and former Members of the House of 
Representatives, including access to facilities in House office 
buildings which are operated for the exclusive use of Members and 
former Members, may not be made available or provided to any former 
Member who is a lobbyist registered under the Federal Regulation of 
Lobbying Act or any successor statute except to the extent that such 
services are made available by the House to lobbyists registered under 
such Act who are not former Members. For purposes of this section, the 
term ``Member of the House of Representatives'' includes a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration shall 
promulgate regulations to carry out this section.
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