Lobbyist Bundling

Regulations implementing the lobbyist bundling disclosure provisions of the Honest Leadership and Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA) took effect March 19. The new rules require disclosure of contributions bundled by lobbyists, registrants (with the Secretary of Senate and the Clerk of the House) and the PACs of lobbyists and registrants. Lobbyist/Registrant PACs and Leadership PACs were required to identify themselves as such on FEC Form 1 no later than March 29. Links to information regarding the new rules, related forms and committee filings appear below.

Resources

List of Bundled Contribution Filings (Form 3L) - Filed by candidates, party committees and Leadership PACs to disclose bundled contributions forwarded by or credited to lobbyists, registrants and their PACs
Frequently Asked Questions - answers to common questions regarding the FEC's lobbyist bundling rules
List of Lobbyist/Registrant PACs - political committees that have identified themselves on FEC Form 1 as lobbyist/registrant PACs
List of Leadership PACs - political committees that have identified themselves on FEC Form 1 as leadership PACs
Clerk of the House Website - source for identifying lobbyists/registrants and their PACs
Secretary of the Senate Website - source for identifying lobbyists/registrants and their PACs

Forms

FECFile Form 3L (Version 6.4) - enables reporting committees to disclose bundled contributions from lobbyist/registrants and their PACs.
Revised FEC Form 1 [PDF] - used by lobbyist/registrant PACs and Leadership PACs to identify themselves as such (Instructions [PDF])
Updated FECFile Form 1 (Version 6.3) - enables lobbyist/registrant PACs and leadership PACs that file electronically to identify themselves
New FEC Form 3L [PDF] - used by campaigns, party committees and Leadership PACs to disclose bundled contributions forwarded by or credited to lobbyists, registrants and their PACs (Instructions [PDF])

Rules and Statute

Correction to Final Rules and Explanation and Justification (Regarding Semi-Annual Disclosure) [3/12/2009] [PDF; 1 page]
Correction to Final Rules and Explanation and Justification (Regarding Due Date for Form 1 Amendments) [3/5/2009] [PDF; 1 page]
Final Rules and Explanation and Justification [2/17/2009] [PDF; 20 pages]
- RECORD Summary
- Draft Explanation and Justification Discussed at Commission Meeting of 2/3/09
  - Agenda Document 09-07 (OGC Draft) [PDF; 70 pages]
- Draft Final Rules Discussed at Commission Meeting of 12/18/08
  - Agenda Document 08-48 (OGC Draft) [PDF; 13 pages]
Price Index for Lobbyist Bundling Disclosure Threshold [2/17/2009] [PDF; 3 pages]
Public Hearing, September 17, 2008
- RECORD Summary
- Hearing Transcript [PDF; 171 pages]
- Schedule for Hearing, with Links to Witness Comments
- Supplemental Comments to Hearing Testimony
  - Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 (by Donald J. Simon) [PDF; 5 pages]
  - Coalition for Tax Equity (by Timothy W. Jenkins) [PDF; 5 pages]
- Notice of Public Hearing
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [11/6/2007][PDF; 8 pages]
- Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
  - AFL-CIO (by Laurence Gold, Associate General Counsel) [PDF; 5 pages]
  - Coalition for Tax Equality (by Timothy W. Jenkins) [PDF; 8 pages]
  - Democracy 21, Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, League of Women Voters and U.S. PIRG (by Donald J. Simon) [PDF; 16 pages]
  - Marc Elias [PDF; 8 pages]
  - U.S. Senators Russell D. Feingold and Barack Obama and U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen [PDF; 9 pages]
  - Internal Revenue Service, Exempt Organizations Branch, Office of the Division Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel (Tax Exempt and Government Entities) [PDF; 2 pages]
  - Public Citizen (by Craig Holman) [PDF; 13 pages]
  - Sandler, Reiff and Young, P.C. (by Neil Reiff) [PDF; 6 pages]
- RECORD Summary of NPRM
- Agenda Document 07-71 (OGC Draft) [PDF; 36 pages]
Press Release Announcing Commission Rulemaking [9/24/07]
Related Legislation [Signed 9/14/07]