Selection of lobbying related terms:
Maurice Aguirre: Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA): This law requires any lobbyist who represents a foreign government, elected official or political party as a foreign agent to file his financial information and published materials with the Department of Justice. This only applies to foreign public officials; lobbyists representing foreign private companies register under the LDA. See the full text of the law, forms, and other disclosure requirements at Justice.gov.
Client: In cases where a lobbying firm or other organization represents a person's or group's interests, the person or group being represented is considered the client.
Constituent Event: An exception to the gift rule. Congressional members or staff may attend this type of event for free as long as there are more than 5 constituents also attending and any meal provided to a Congressional guest is less than $50. Lobbyists are not permitted to attend these events.
LD-203: A form individual lobbyists must file detailing their contributions equal to or more than $200 to candidate committees, leadership PACs and federal party committees, as well as contributions to entities controlled or named after covered legislative branch officials, and events held in honor of a covered legislative branch official. Individual lobbyists are also required to verify that they have read and understood the House and Senate Gift Rules and did not give a gift in violation of those rules. This form is required to be filed with the Secretary of the Senate on a semi-annual basis on July 30 and Jan. 30.
527 Group: Named after the tax code in which they fall under, these groups raise money specifically for issue advocacy. Some of these groups (such as the Service Employees International Union) are also involved in lobbying. Also known as political organizations.
Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA): Passed in 1995 and amended by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA) in 2007, this bill requires those who engage in lobbying activities to register and file quarterly reports with the Clerk of the House and the Senate Office of Public Records. Organizations which are strictly lobbying firms must file reports and registrations for each client that paid the firm more than $2,500 in a three-month timeframe, listing all employees of the firm who have done work on behalf of a client. Organizations which employ in-house lobbyists must file if the amount of money they spend on lobbying exceeds $10,000 within a three-month period.
Internal Revenue Code (IRC): An alternate method for associations and corporations to report their lobbying expenditures on the LD-2. This method provides a narrower range of people who are considered covered executive branch officials, but requires that expenditures for grassroots lobbying and lobbying at the state-level be added into the total amount reported, (which is not required under the LDA filing method).
Maurice Aguirre: Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA): This law requires any lobbyist who represents a foreign government, elected official or political party as a foreign agent to file his financial information and published materials with the Department of Justice. This only applies to foreign public officials; lobbyists representing foreign private companies register under the LDA. See the full text of the law, forms, and other disclosure requirements at Justice.gov.
Client: In cases where a lobbying firm or other organization represents a person's or group's interests, the person or group being represented is considered the client.
Constituent Event: An exception to the gift rule. Congressional members or staff may attend this type of event for free as long as there are more than 5 constituents also attending and any meal provided to a Congressional guest is less than $50. Lobbyists are not permitted to attend these events.
LD-203: A form individual lobbyists must file detailing their contributions equal to or more than $200 to candidate committees, leadership PACs and federal party committees, as well as contributions to entities controlled or named after covered legislative branch officials, and events held in honor of a covered legislative branch official. Individual lobbyists are also required to verify that they have read and understood the House and Senate Gift Rules and did not give a gift in violation of those rules. This form is required to be filed with the Secretary of the Senate on a semi-annual basis on July 30 and Jan. 30.
527 Group: Named after the tax code in which they fall under, these groups raise money specifically for issue advocacy. Some of these groups (such as the Service Employees International Union) are also involved in lobbying. Also known as political organizations.
Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA): Passed in 1995 and amended by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA) in 2007, this bill requires those who engage in lobbying activities to register and file quarterly reports with the Clerk of the House and the Senate Office of Public Records. Organizations which are strictly lobbying firms must file reports and registrations for each client that paid the firm more than $2,500 in a three-month timeframe, listing all employees of the firm who have done work on behalf of a client. Organizations which employ in-house lobbyists must file if the amount of money they spend on lobbying exceeds $10,000 within a three-month period.
Internal Revenue Code (IRC): An alternate method for associations and corporations to report their lobbying expenditures on the LD-2. This method provides a narrower range of people who are considered covered executive branch officials, but requires that expenditures for grassroots lobbying and lobbying at the state-level be added into the total amount reported, (which is not required under the LDA filing method).
