To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to prohibit any person from performing lobbying activities on behalf of a client which is determined by the Secretary of State to be a State sponsor of terrorism.

Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to prohibit anyone from performing lobbying activities on behalf of a client which is a country whose government the Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5609 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5609

  To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit any 
registered lobbyist whose clients include foreign governments which are 
   found to be sponsors of international terrorism or include other 
foreign nationals from making contributions and other campaign-related 
             disbursements in elections for public office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2010

   Mr. Hall of New York (for himself and Mr. McMahon) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit any 
registered lobbyist whose clients include foreign governments which are 
   found to be sponsors of international terrorism or include other 
foreign nationals from making contributions and other campaign-related 
             disbursements in elections for public office.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING CERTAIN LOBBYISTS FROM MAKING CAMPAIGN-RELATED 
              DISBURSEMENTS IN ELECTIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.

    (a) Prohibition.--Section 319(b) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) any person who is a registered lobbyist under the 
        Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 whose clients under such Act 
        include--
                    ``(A) a country the government of which the 
                Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of 
                section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 
                (as continued in effect pursuant to the International 
                Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 40 of the Arms 
                Export Control Act, section 620A of the Foreign 
                Assistance Act of 1961, or any other provision of law, 
                is a government that has repeatedly provided support 
                for acts of international terrorism; or
                    ``(B) any other foreign national described in this 
                subsection.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect upon the expiration of the 30-day period which begins on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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