2 U.S.C. § 1609
Identification of clients and covered officials
United States · Title 2 — THE CONGRESS · Status: effective
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- 2 U.S.C. § 1609, Identification of clients and covered officials, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/423222
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Any person or entity that makes an oral lobbying contact with a covered legislative branch official or a covered executive branch official shall, on the request of the official at the time of the lobbying contact—
Any person or entity registered under this chapter that makes a written lobbying contact (including an electronic communication) with a covered legislative branch official or a covered executive branch official shall—
Upon request by a person or entity making a lobbying contact, the individual who is contacted or the office employing that individual shall indicate whether or not the individual is a covered legislative branch official or a covered executive branch official.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995House: no recorded tallySenate: 98–0