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123019 1 (1983-11-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobactfe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE )42 0 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON D9LIVERY EXPECTED AT 2;00 P.M. NOVEMBER 15, 1983 STATEMENT OF MILTON J. SOCOLAR, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE ON 123019 DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: We have been asked to testify today on the current lobbying disclosure law, the 1946 Federal Regulation of the Lobbying Act. Despite the implication of its title, the Act is not intended to regulate lobbying or restrict the legislative activities of particular individuals or organizations. Rather, through recordkeeping, registration, and reporting requirements, the Act seeks public disclosure of the identity and financial interests of persons engaged in lobbying. The Act has resulted, however, in disclosure of only a limited range of lobbying activities. The principal reasons for this limited scope are, first, vagueness of the Act's principal purpose requirement and, second, the narrow defi- nition of lobbying adopted by the Supreme Court in United States v. Harriss,. limiting the term lobbying to direct Cm- -3-7-3

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