HR 4937 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Stealth Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2004

Introduced Jul 22, 2004 Originated House Sponsor Lloyd Doggett D-TX

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Aug 4, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 22, 2004
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stealth Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2004 - Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to redefine the term "client" with respect to coalitions and associations on whose behalf a lobbyist must file a registration. Provides that, in the case of a coalition or association that employs or retains other persons to conduct lobbying activities, each of the individual members of the coalition or association, and not the coalition or association itself as under current law, is the client for whom a registration must be filed. Makes an exception for certain tax-exempt associations and for certain members of a coalition or association if the amount reasonably expected to be contributed by such member toward specific legislation-influencing activities of the coalition or association is less than $1,000 per any semiannual period.

Cosponsors 57

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 22, 2004.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-MABarney FrankOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJul 22, 2004
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CABob FilnerOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-WABrian BairdOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-TXChet EdwardsOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-TXChris BellOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-NDEarl PomeroyOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-HIEd CaseOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-TXGene GreenOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-TNJohn S. TannerOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-MOKaren McCarthyOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-ILLane EvansOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CALois CappsOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CARobert T. MatsuiOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-NJRush HoltOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CASam FarrOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-OHTim RyanOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-NMTom UdallOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalJul 22, 2004
D-CAXavier BecerraOriginalJul 22, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jul 22, 2004
Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
Referred Aug 4, 2004

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 4, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
  2. Jul 22, 2004Introduced in House
  3. Jul 22, 2004Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4938Stealth Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2004Related billJul 22, 2004

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain coalitions and associations to disclose their lobbying activities.
Short Titles as Introduced
Stealth Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2004

Subjects

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Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 22, 2004Introduced in House

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