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AMENDMENTS AGREED TO
1. S.AMDT.1 to S.1 To amend title 5,
United States Code, to deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals
convicted of certain offenses, and for other purposes. 3. S.AMDT.3 to S.1 In the nature of a
substitute.
S.AmdtS3 is an amendment that would be substituted for the underlying bill. Most all amendments to this bill are amendments to amendment #3. 4. S.AMDT.4 to S.1 To strengthen the gift
and travel bans. ADD Prohibits gifts and travel not only from lobbyists but from corporations and others that hire lobbyists. Members of the Senate to pay the full charter fare if they wish to travel on private airplanes. 5. S.AMDT.5 to S.1 To modify the
application of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to Indian tribes.
Campaign finance rules that govern corporations and corporate donations do not apply to Indian tribes. This amendment would have made Tribes on a par with corporations for campaign finance rules. 6. S.AMDT.6 to S.1 to prohibit authorized
committees and leadership PACs from employing the spouse or immediate
family members of any candidate or Federal office holder connected to the
committee.
“It shall be unlawful for any authorized committee of a candidate or any other political committee established, maintained, or controlled by a candidate or a person who holds a Federal office to employ--``(1) the spouse of such candidate or Federal office holder; or ``(2) any immediate family member of such candidate or Federal office holder. The term `immediate family member' means a son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, sister, stepbrother, or stepsister of the Member.''. 7. S.AMDT.7 to S.1 To amend the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978 to establish criminal penalties for knowingly and
willfully falsifying or failing to file or report certain information
required to be reported under that Act, and for other purposes.
Fines are raised from $10,000 to $50,000 and a jail term up to one year.
9. S.AMDT.9 to S.1 To place certain
restrictions on the ability of the spouses of Members of Congress to lobby
Congress. “Any person who is the spouse of a Member of Congress and who was not serving as a registered lobbyist at least 1 year prior to the election of that Member of Congress to office and who, after the election of such Member, knowingly lobbies on behalf of a client for compensation any Member of Congress or is associated with any such lobbying activity by an employer of that spouse shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title.''. (Fine and imprisonment) The amendment shall not apply to any spouse of a Member of Congress serving as a registered lobbyist on the date of enactment of this Act.
10. S.AMDT.10 to S.1 To increase the
penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements.
Increases the fine for lobbyists who fail to comply with disclosure from $100,000 to $200,000. 11. S.AMDT.11 to S.1 To strengthen earmark
reform.
Further defines earmarks and earmarks reform by adding elements passed in the House Resolution on the subject on January 4th.
*Makes targeted tax breaks unlawful if benefiting ten or fewer people rather than 1 person and other revisions. *Bills and conference reports must list earmarks and their sponsors or state there are no earmarks in the bill before being reported to the floor; *Tax relief is defined as revenue losing. *Putting an earmark in a bill will not be contingent on how the Member placing the earmark will vote on a bill or Resolution *When submitting an earmark the Member must identify him/herself, identify name and address of recipient or ones who will benefit. *Members must list the purpose of the earmark and that the Member an spouse have no financial interest in the earmark. *The written requests for earmarks are to be listed on the website of the committee or subcommittee handling the bill within 48 hours of the earmark submission. 13. S.AMDT.13 to S.1 To prevent government
shutdowns. If spending bills are not passed by the beginning of the fiscal year and no continuing resolution has been passed then it is automatic that unused funds in the Treasury be spent to continue the government. 15. S.AMDT.15 to S.1 To require Senate
committees and subcommittees to make available by the Internet a video
recording, audio recording, or transcript of any meeting not later than 14
business days after the meeting occurs. 19. S.AMDT.19 to S.1 To include a
reporting requirement. 20. S.AMDT.20 to S.1 Purpose will be
available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See
Congressional Record for text. Strikes the bill provision that requires organizations who inspire grassroots groups to lobby their elected officials to register as their lobbying efforts if they employ a professional lobbyist and pay the lobbyist at least $25,000 per quarter. 31. S.AMDT.31 to S.1 To
prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying activities
in addition to lobbying contacts during their cooling off period.
Adds the prohibition that former legislator's may not be utilized as a contact reference during the two years after leaving office.
34. S.AMDT.34 to S.1 To
require Senate campaigns to file their FEC reports electronically.
38. S.AMDT.38 to S.1 To
permit attendance of meetings with bona fide constituents. 39. S.AMDT.39 to S.1 To
require that a publicly available website be established in Congress to
allow the public access to records of reported Congressional official
travel. 41. S.AMDT.41 to S.1 To
require lobbyists to disclose the candidates, leadership PACs, or
political parties for whom they collect or arrange contributions, and the
aggregate amount of the contributions collected or arranged.
Requires that lobbyist disclose whom they arrange contributions for and the total amount collected. 44. S.AMDT.44 to S.1 To
strengthen earmark reform.
This amendment revises the DeMint amendment #11, adds the 48 hour posting rule for notifying the public of bill content and removes from the definition of an inappropriate tax benefit to include a limited group of beneficiaries rather than a group of ten or less or one individual beneficiary as previous amendments would prefer. 44. S.AMDT.44 to S.1 To
strengthen earmark reform.
This amendment revises the DeMint amendment #11, adds the 48 hour posting rule for notifying the public of bill content and removes from the definition of an inappropriate tax benefit to include a limited group of beneficiaries rather than a group of ten or less or one individual beneficiary as previous amendments would prefer.
65. S.AMDT.65 to S.1 To
prohibit lobbyists and entities that retain or employ lobbyists from
throwing lavish parties honoring Members at party conventions.
As the amendment states-Lobbyists are prohibited from throwing lavish parties honoring Members at political party conventions. 70. S.AMDT.70 to S.1 To
prohibit an earmark from being included in the classified portion of a
report accompanying a measure unless the measure includes a general
program description, funding level, and the name of the sponsor of that
earmark.
The amendment applies earmark report provisions in the greater bill to classified bills. The earmarks are to include a general program description, funding level and the name of the sponsor of the earmark. 77. S.AMDT.77 to S.1 Paragraph 1 of Rule XV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended to read as follows: ``1. (a) An amendment and any instruction accompanying a motion to recommit shall be reduced to writing and read and identical copies shall be provided by the Senator offering the amendment or instruction to the desks of the Majority Leader and the Minority leader before being debated. ``(b) A motion shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the
Presiding officer or by any Senator, and shall be read before being
debated.''.
81. S.AMDT.81 to S.1 To
permit travel hosted by pre-approved 501(c)(3) organizations.
The amendment amends the Reid amendment #4 that strengthens bans of travel by allowing for travel expenses to be paid for pre-approved non-profit organizations. 97.
S.AMDT.98 to S.1 To provide for better transparency and enhanced
Congressional oversight of spending by clarifying the treatment of matter
not committed to conferees by either House. 98. S.AMDT.99 to S.1 Of
a technical nature. Includes technical changes that do not change the bill intent.
AMENDMENTS NOT CONSIDERED 8. S.AMDT.8 to S.1 PROHIBITION ON USING
CHARITIES FOR PERSONAL OR POLITICAL GAIN A Member of the Senate shall not use for personal or political gain any organization-- ``(1) which is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; and ``(2) the affairs over which such Member or the spouse of such Member is in a position to exercise substantial influence.
A Member of the Senate shall be considered to have used an organization described in subparagraph (a) for personal or political gain if-- ``(1) a member of the family of the Member is employed by the organization; ``(2) any of the Member's staff is employed by the organization; ``(3) an individual or firm that receives money from the Member's campaign committee or a political committee established, maintained, or controlled by the Member serves in a paid capacity with or receives a payment from the organization; ``(4) the organization pays for travel or lodging costs incurred by the Member for a trip on which the Member also engages in political fundraising activities; or ``(5) another organization that receives support from such organization pays for travel or lodging costs incurred by the Member.
Contributions of $200 or more must be disclosed. 12. S.AMDT.12 to S.1 To clarify that
earmarks added to a conference report that are not considered by the
Senate or the House of Representatives are out of scope. Out of scope means: if the earmark was not first voted on by the House or Senate it can not be added to a conference report. The amendment would bolster the provision in this bill that requires a 3/5th vote to consider an out of scope earmark. 14. S.AMDT.14 to S.1 To protect
individuals from having their money involuntarily collected and used for
lobbying by a labor organization. “it shall be unlawful for any labor organization to collect from or assess its members or nonmembers any dues, initiation fee, or other payment if any part of such dues, fee, or payment will be used to lobby members of Congress or Congressional staff for the purpose of influencing legislation” “Except with the separate, prior, written, voluntary authorization of an individual.” 16. S.AMDT.16 to S.1 To permit certain
travel within State. The amendment intended to allow for corporate jet travel in states where the distances are more quickly traveled by air rather than auto. 17. S.AMDT.17 to S.1 To establish a
legislative line item veto.
Line item vetoes were deemed unconstitutional but this effort seems legal: “…that the President can, on four different occasions during the year, send up what amounts to an enhanced rescission package, where if he has gotten bills that have had in them things the executive branch deems to be inappropriate, most likely wasteful spending or spending that is unnecessary or maybe counterproductive even, he can ask the Congress--or she, maybe in the next round--to take another look at that spending, and there is a fast-track procedure where that goes to a vote.” The amendment includes language that would provide a ‘fast-track’ vote on the proposed rescissions. The President can hold the spending for 45 days. If Congress does not act by then, the bill spending goes through. 18. S.AMDT.18 to S.1 Purpose will be
available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See
Congressional Record for text. 21. S.AMDT.21 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 22. S.AMDT.22 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 23. S.AMDT.23 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
24. S.AMDT.24 to S.1 To
provide for better transparency and enhanced Congressional oversight of
spending by clarifying the treatment of matter not committed to the
conferees by either House. 25. S.AMDT.25 to S.1 To
ensure full funding of the Department of Defense within the regular
appropriations process, to limit the reliance of the Department of Defense
on supplemental appropriations bills, and to improve the integrity of the
Congressional budget process. 26. S.AMDT.26 to S.1 To
require full separate disclosure of any earmarks in any bill, joint
resolution, report, conference report or statement of managers. 27. S.AMDT.27 to S.1 To
require 3 calendar days notice in the Senate before proceeding to any
matter. 28. S.AMDT.28 to S.1 To
provide congressional transparency. 29. S.AMDT.29 to S.1 To
provide congressional transparency. 30. S.AMDT.30 to S.1 To
establish a Senate Office of Public Integrity. 33. S.AMDT.33 to S.1 To
prohibit former Members who are lobbyists from using gym and parking
privileges made available to Members and former Members. 37. S.AMDT.37 to S.1 To
require any recipient of a Federal award to disclose all lobbying and
political advocacy.
40. S.AMDT.40 to S.1 To
permit a limited flight exception for necessary State travel.
42. S.AMDT.42 to S.1 To
prohibit an earmark from being included in the classified portion of a
report accompanying a measure unless the measure includes a general
program description, funding level, and the name of the sponsor of that
earmark. 43. S.AMDT.43 to S.1 To
require disclosure of earmark lobbying by lobbyists. 45. S.AMDT.45 to S.1 To
require 72 hour public availability of legislative matters before
consideration. 46. S.AMDT.46 to S.1 To
deter public corruption. 47. S.AMDT.47 to S.1 To
help encourage fiscal responsibility in the earmarking process. 48. S.AMDT.48 to S.1 To
require all recipients of Federal earmarks, grants, subgrants, and
contracts to disclose amounts spent on lobbying and a description of all
lobbying activities. 49. S.AMDT.49 to S.1 To
require all congressional earmark requests to be submitted to the
appropriate Senate committee on a standardized form. 50. S.AMDT.50 to S.1 To
provide disclosure of lobbyist gifts and travel instead of banning them as
proposed.
54. S.AMDT.54 to S.1 To
prohibit lobbyists and entities that retain or employ lobbyists from
throwing lavish parties honoring Members at party conventions. 55. S.AMDT.55 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
56. S.AMDT.56 to S.1 To
eliminate the K Street Project by prohibiting the wrongful influencing of
a private entity's employment decisions of practices in exchange for
political access or favors.
58. S.AMDT.58 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 59. S.AMDT.59 to S.1 To
provide disclosure of lobbyist gifts and travel instead of banning them as
proposed. 60. S.AMDT.60 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
63. S.AMDT.63 to S.1 To
increase the cooling off period for senior staff to 2 years and to
prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying activities
in addition to lobbying contacts during their cooling off period. 64. S.AMDT.64 to S.1 To
prohibit lobbyists and entities that retain or employ lobbyists from
throwing lavish parties honoring Members at party conventions. 66. S.AMDT.66 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 67. S.AMDT.67 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 68. S.AMDT.68 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 69. S.AMDT.69 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
71. S.AMDT.71 to S.1 To
extend the laws and rules passed in this bill to the executive and
judicial branches of government.
The amendment would apply the minimum standards created in this bill and under which Congress functions to the Executive and Judicial branches of government. The amendment further extends the Senate's one year ban on lobbying by former staff to the executive branch and extends the Senate's negotiating of future employment provisions to the Executive branch as well. 72. S.AMDT.72 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 73. S.AMDT.73 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 74. S.AMDT.74 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 75. S.AMDT.75 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
76. S.AMDT.76 to S.1 To
clarify certain aspects of the lobbyist contribution reporting provision.
77. S.AMDT.77 to S.1 Paragraph 1 of Rule XV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended to read as follows: ``1. (a) An amendment and any instruction accompanying a motion to recommit shall be reduced to writing and read and identical copies shall be provided by the Senator offering the amendment or instruction to the desks of the Majority Leader and the Minority leader before being debated. ``(b) A motion shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the
Presiding officer or by any Senator, and shall be read before being
debated.''. 78. S.AMDT.78 to S.1 To
only allow official and officially related travel to be paid for by
appropriated funds. 79. S.AMDT.79 to S.1 To
only allow official and officially related travel to be paid for by
appropriated funds.
80. S.AMDT.80 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 82. S.AMDT.82 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 83. S.AMDT.83 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 84. S.AMDT.84 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 85. S.AMDT.85 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 86. S.AMDT.86 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 87. S.AMDT.87 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 88. S.AMDT.88 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 89. S.AMDT.89 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 90. S.AMDT.90 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 91. S.AMDT.91 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 92. S.AMDT.92 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 93. S.AMDT.93 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 94. S.AMDT.94 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 95. S.AMDT.95 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. 96. S.AMDT.96 to S.1
Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for
consideration. See Congressional Record for text. ##
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