Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/767

 121 STAT. 746

2 USC 434 note.

PUBLIC LAW 110–81—SEPT. 14, 2007

is received by a committee as described in paragraph (8)(A)(ii), is— ‘‘(A) a current registrant under section 4(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; ‘‘(B) an individual who is listed on a current registration filed under section 4(b)(6) of such Act or a current report under section 5(b)(2)(C) of such Act; or ‘‘(C) a political committee established or controlled by such a registrant or individual. ‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection, the following definitions apply: ‘‘(A) BUNDLED CONTRIBUTION.—The term ‘bundled contribution’ means, with respect to a committee described in paragraph (6) and a person described in paragraph (7), a contribution (subject to the applicable threshold) which is— ‘‘(i) forwarded from the contributor or contributors to the committee by the person; or ‘‘(ii) received by the committee from a contributor or contributors, but credited by the committee or candidate involved (or, in the case of a leadership PAC, by the individual referred to in subparagraph (B) involved) to the person through records, designations, or other means of recognizing that a certain amount of money has been raised by the person. ‘‘(B) LEADERSHIP PAC.—The term ‘leadership PAC’ means, with respect to a candidate for election to Federal office or an individual holding Federal office, a political committee that is directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained or controlled by the candidate or the individual but which is not an authorized committee of the candidate or individual and which is not affiliated with an authorized committee of the candidate or individual, except that such term does not include a political committee of a political party.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to reports filed under section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act after the expiration of the 3-month period which begins on the date that the regulations required to be promulgated by the Federal Election Commission under section 304(i)(5) of such Act (as added by subsection (a)) become final. SEC. 205. ELECTRONIC FILING OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE REPORTS.

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Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is further amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(e) ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIRED.—A report required to be filed under this section shall be filed in electronic form, in addition to any other form that the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives may require or allow. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall use the same electronic software for receipt and recording of filings under this Act.’’.

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