Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995

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Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995

Long title	An Act to provide for the disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	LDA
Enacted by	the 104th United States Congress
Effective	December 19, 1995
Citations
Public law	104-65
Statutes at Large	109 Stat. 691
Codification
Titles amended	2 U.S.C.: Congress
U.S.C. sections created	2 U.S.C. ch. 26 § 1601 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1060 by Carl Levin (D–MI) on July 21, 1995 Committee consideration by House Judiciary, House Government Reform and Oversight, House Rules, House Ways and Means Passed the Senate on July 25, 1995 (98-0, Roll call vote 328, via Senate.gov) Passed the House on November 29, 1995 (passed voice vote, provisions of H.Res. 269) Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on December 19, 1995

The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. § 1601) was legislation in the United States aimed at bringing increased accountability to federal lobbying practices in the United States. The law was amended substantially by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007.^[1] Under provisions which took effect on January 1, 1996, federal lobbyists are required to register with the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and the Secretary of the United States Senate. Anyone failing to do so is punishable by a civil fine of up to $50,000. The clerk and secretary must refer any acts of non-compliance to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.

A consequence of the act is that the act "removed from Foreign Agents Registration Act a class of agents who are engaged in lobbying activities and who register under the LDA. This Act is administered by Congress."^[2]