Honest Leadership and Open Government Act

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007

Other short titles	Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 Congressional Pension Accountability Act Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007
Long title	An Act to provide greater transparency in the legislative process.
Acronyms (colloquial)	HLOGA
Enacted by	the 110th United States Congress
Effective	September 14, 2007
Citations
Public law	110-81
Statutes at Large	121 Stat. 735
Codification
Titles amended	2 U.S.C.: Congress
U.S.C. sections amended	2 U.S.C. ch. 26 § 1601 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1 by Harry Reid (D–NV) on January 4, 2007 Passed the Senate on January 18, 2007 (96-2, Roll call vote 19, via Senate.gov) Passed the House on July 31, 2007 (411-8, Roll call vote 763, via Clerk.House.gov) with amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on August 2, 2007 (83-14, Roll call vote 294, via Senate.gov) Signed into law by President George W. Bush on September 14, 2007

The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (Pub.L. 110–81, 121 Stat. 735, enacted September 14, 2007) is a law of the United States federal government that amended parts of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. It strengthens public disclosure requirements concerning lobbying activity and funding, places more restrictions on gifts for members of Congress and their staff, and provides for mandatory disclosure of earmarks in expenditure bills. The bill was signed into law by President George W. Bush on September 15, 2007.

Main Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry M.

Co-sponsors:

Closing the revolving door

Ending the “K Street Project”

Prohibiting gifts by lobbyists

Full public disclosure of lobbying activity

New transparency for lobbyist political donations, bundling and other financial contributions

Congressional pension accountability

Prohibited use of private aircraft

Toughening penalties for falsifying financial disclosure forms

Disclosure by Members and staff of employment negotiations

Requires senior staff to notify the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct within three days if they engage in negotiations or agreements for future employment or compensation.

Requires that Members prohibit their staff from having any lobbying contact with the Member’s spouse if such individual is a registered lobbyist or is employed or retained by a registered lobbyist to influence legislation.

Posting of travel and financial disclosure reports on the Internet

Participation in lobbyist-sponsored events during political conventions

Procedural reform

Congressionally directed spending reform

Post-employment restrictions

Disclosure by Senators and staff of employment negotiations

Elimination of floor, parking and gym privileges for former Members who become lobbyists

Influencing hiring decisions (K Street Project)

Ban on gifts from lobbyists and entities that hire lobbyists

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