S. 758 · 105th Congress · enacted
Lobbying Disclosure Technical Amendments Act of 1998
Became Public Law No: 105-166.
Latest official action 1998-04-06 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Lobbying Disclosure Technical Amendments Act of 1997 - Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to exclude from the definition of "covered executive branch official" an employee whose position has been determined to be of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character by: (1) the President for a position the President has excepted from the competitive service; or (2) the President or an agency head for a position excepted from the competitive service by statute. (Sec. 3) Excludes from the definition of "lobbying contact" any communication compelled by a Federal contract grant, loan, permit, or license. Adds to the definition of "public official" a group of governments acting together as an international organization. (Sec. 4) Revises requirements applicable to estimates by entities: (1) reporting lobbying expenditures under provisions relating to charitable, etc., (Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3)) organizations; or (2) covered by provisions prohibiting a trade or business expense deduction for lobbying expenses. Removes provisions allowing such a charitable, etc., organization to meet its semiannual lobbying reporting requirement by filing with the Senate and the House of Representatives the same report filed to satisfy Internal Revenue Code requirements. (Sec. 5) Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to exempt from a re…
Congressional Research Service · 1997-05-16
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed
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No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.
2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.
Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
No current-officeholder sponsorship match is available. Historical sponsors may have left office.
0 of 0 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
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What happened after enactment?
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Measured outcome: not established
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