§ 1609. — Identification of clients and covered officials.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC1609]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 26--DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES
Sec. 1609. Identification of clients and covered officials
(a) Oral lobbying contacts
Any person or entity that makes an oral lobbying contact with a
covered legislative branch official or a covered executive branch
official shall, on the request of the official at the time of the
lobbying contact--
(1) state whether the person or entity is registered under this
chapter and identify the client on whose behalf the lobbying contact
is made; and
(2) state whether such client is a foreign entity and identify
any foreign entity required to be disclosed under section 1603(b)(4)
of this title that has a direct interest in the outcome of the
lobbying activity.
(b) Written lobbying contacts
Any person or entity registered under this chapter that makes a
written lobbying contact (including an electronic communication) with a
covered legislative branch official or a covered executive branch
official shall--
(1) if the client on whose behalf the lobbying contact was made
is a foreign entity, identify such client, state that the client is
considered a foreign entity under this chapter, and state whether
the person making the lobbying contact is registered on behalf of
that client under section 1603 of this title; and
(2) identify any other foreign entity identified pursuant to
section 1603(b)(4) of this title that has a direct interest in the
outcome of the lobbying activity.
(c) Identification as covered official
Upon request by a person or entity making a lobbying contact, the
individual who is contacted or the office employing that individual
shall indicate whether or not the individual is a covered legislative
branch official or a covered executive branch official.
(Pub. L. 104-65, Sec. 14, Dec. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 702.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b), was in the
original ``this Act'' meaning Pub. L. 104-65, Dec. 19, 1995, 109 Stat.
691, known as the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 1601 of this title and Tables.
