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B-129874 1 (1980-02-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjrq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. Z0548 FL732 0 19%B- 129874 The Honorable 0 Lo Abraham A. Ribicoff Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This responds to your request for our views LS. 2160 a bill entitled The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1979. S. 7160 is the successor bill to S. 1564, a disclosure measure on which we provided our views and recommendations in testimony before the Committee on September 26, 1979. By letter dated January 18, 1980, we also provided comments on S. 1782, another lobbying disclosure bill pending before the Committee. S. 2160 would replace the present lobbying disclosure law, the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act (2 U.S.C. §§261 et seq. ), with a new statute defining the organizations that must register and report as lobbyists, and specifically de- scribing the information those organizations must disclose. We consider the bill enforceable, essentially fair, and conducive to sound and effective administration. Although we have expressed our views on S. 1782 and S. 2160's predecessor, S. 1564, we believe several of the more significant differences between these bills and S. 2160 deserve comment. We also have several suggested refinements to S. 2160.; that would further reduce paperwork and serve to clarify the / bill's registration and reporting requirements. I. Scope of Coverage (Section 4) Section 4 would define who must comply with the bill's registration, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. S. 2160 would apply to any 'organization, ' a term defined by subsection 3(10), whose lobbying activities during a quarterly filing period satisfied one of two se-called threshold tests.

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