S 4893 · 117th Congress 2021โ€“2023, ended

Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act

Latest action · Dec 15, 2022 Held at the desk.

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. IntroducedSep 20, 2022
  2. Passed SenateDec 14, 2022
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act

This bill requires registered lobbyists to disclose whether they are exempt from having to register as foreign agents due to their lobbying activities and status as registered lobbyists.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 20, 2022.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalSep 20, 2022

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Sep 20, 2022Markup Sep 28, 2022Reported Nov 17, 2022

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 15, 2022Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  2. Dec 15, 2022Received in the House.
  3. Dec 15, 2022Held at the desk.
  4. Dec 14, 2022Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S788; text: CR S7188)
  5. Nov 17, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-212.
  6. Nov 17, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 564.
  7. Sep 28, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  8. Sep 20, 2022Introduced in Senate
  9. Sep 20, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S7188Text printed S7188Charles E. Schumer D-NYDec 14, 2022

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Nov 9, 2022S. 4893, Lobbying Disclosure Improvement ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs on September 28, 2022

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 264Lobbying Disclosure Improvement ActReintroduced BillJun 27, 2023

Titles 4

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act
Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 14, 2022Engrossed in Senate
  2. Nov 17, 2022Reported to Senate
  3. Sep 20, 2022Introduced in Senate

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