Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2025 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.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2025
- Passed SenateDec 16, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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 Mar 5, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2025Markup Jul 30, 2025Reported Nov 3, 2025 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 17, 2025Received in the House.
- Dec 17, 2025Held at the desk.
- Dec 16, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8794; text: CR S8794)
- Nov 3, 2025Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
- Nov 3, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 258.
- Jul 30, 2025Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Mar 5, 2025Read 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8794Text printed S8794 | John Thune R-SD | Dec 16, 2025 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 19, 2025S. 865, Lobbying Disclosure Improvement ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 30, 2025
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-8 | PROMOTING AND IMPROVING SAFETY AND EFFICIENT PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE83 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Feb 25, 2025 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46435 | Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA): Background and Issues for Congress | Report | Sep 15, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1887 | Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act | Identical bill | Mar 5, 2025 |
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.
- Dec 16, 2025Engrossed in Senate
- Nov 3, 2025Reported to Senate
- Mar 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
