HR 12839 · 93th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Public Disclosure of Lobbying Act
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1974-02-14)
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Public Disclosure of Lobbying Act - Establishes, as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, the Federal Lobbying Disclosure Commission, to be composed of six members appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Commission to avail itself of the assistance, including personnel and facilities, of the General Accounting Office and the Department of Justice. Authorizes the Comptroller General and the Attorney General to make available to the Commission such personnel, facilities, and other assistance as the Commission may request. Provides that the Commission shall have the power: (1) to require any person to submit in writing such reports and answers to questions as the Commission may prescribe; (2) to administer oaths; (3) to require by subpena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all documentary evidence relating to the execution of its duties; (4) in any proceeding or investigation to order testimony to be taken by deposition before any person who is designated by the Commission and has the power to administer oaths and, in such instances, to compel testimony and the…
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