Summary: Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 - Title I: Closing the Revolving Door - (Sec. 101) Amends the federal criminal code to extend from one to two years the ban on lobbying contacts by former: (1) very senior executive personnel with any Member, officer, or employee of the entity in which such person served before his or her tenure terminated; and (2) Senators with any Member, officer or employee of either chamber, or employee of any other legislative office.Continues the one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former: (1) Members of the House of Representatives with any Member, officer, or employee of either chamber, or employee of any other legislative office; (2) elected officers of the House with any House Member, officer, or employee; and (3) Senate officers, or a Senate employee (who, for at least 60 days during the one-year period before such employee's service terminated, was paid a salary equal to or greater than 75% of a Senator's salary) with any Senator or Senate officer or employee.Provides that the one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former legislative office employees shall apply to employees who, for at least 60 days during the one-year before such employee's service terminated, was employed in a position for which his or her salary, exclusive of any locality-based pay adjustment (currently, or any comparable adjustment pursuant to interim authority of the President), is equal to or greater than the salary for level IV of the Executive Schedule (currently, level 5 of the Senior Executive Schedule).Excludes from such bans any contacts with the staff of the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House regarding compliance with lobbying disclosure requirements under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA).Redefines "employee of any other legislative office of Congress" to exclude the Copyright Royalty Tribunal.(Sec. 102) Subjects to a fine or imprisonment of up to 15 years, or both, a Member of Congress or a congressional employee who with the intent to influence, solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation, an employment decision or employment practice of any private entity: (1) takes or withholds, or offers or threatens to take or withhold, an official act; or (2) influences, or offers or threatens to influence, the official act of another.Provides that such individual may be disqualified from holding any federal office of honor, trust, or profit.States that nothing in such prohibition shall be construed to create any inference regarding whether such activity was a criminal or civil offense before the enactment of this Act.(Sec. 103) Requires the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate, as appropriate, to: (1) notify former Members of Congress, officers, or congressional employees of post-employment restrictions; and (2) post the information contained in such notification on the Clerk's or Secretary's public Internet site.(Sec. 104) Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to authorize: (1) a federal officer or employee assigned to a tribal organization or an intertribal consortium to act as agent or attorney for, and appear on behalf of, such organization or consortium in connection with any matter related to a tribal governmental activity or federal Indian program or service pending before any department, agency, court, or commission, including any matter in which the United States is a party or has a direct and substantial interest; and (2) any former federal officer or employee who is carrying out official duties as an employee or as an elected or appointed official of a tribal organization or intertribal consortium to represent such entities in such matters.Title II: Full Public Disclosure of Lobbying - (Sec. 201) Amends the LDA to require: (1) quarterly instead of semiannual filing of lobbying disclosure reports; (2) identification after each client listing on a disclosure report of whether the client is a state or local government; and (3) semiannual reports on registered lobbyists' federal election-related political contributions.Requires the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate to report to Congress on the feasibility of requiring quarterly instead of semiannual reports on registered lobbyists' federal election-related political contributions.(Sec. 203) Expresses the sense of Congress that after the end of the two-year period beginning on the day on which the requirement for such semiannual reports first applies, they should be made on a quarterly basis if it is practicably feasible to do so.(Sec. 204) Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require an authorized committee of a candidate, a leadership PAC, or a political party committee to include in its disclosure report after each covered period a separate schedule setting forth the name, address, and employer of each person reasonably known by the committee to be a current registered lobbyist, an individual who is listed on a LDA registration or report, or a political committee established or controlled by such a registrant or individual who provided two or more bundled contributions to the committee in an aggregate amount greater than $15,000 (applicable threshold) during the covered period, and the aggregate amount of the bundled contributions provided by each such person during such period.Excludes any contribution made to the committee by the person or the person's spouse in determining whether the amount of such bundled contributions exceeds the applicable threshold.Requires the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that: (1) information about such bundled contribution is publicly available through the FEC website in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable manner; and (2) such public database is linked electronically to the websites maintained by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House containing LDA reports and filings.Defines "leadership PAC," with respect to a candidate for election to federal office or an individual holding federal office, as a political committee that is directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained or controlled by the candidate or the officeholder, but which is not an authorized committee of the candidate or officeholder, and is not affiliated with such an authorized committee. Excludes a political committee of a political party from the meaning of "leadership PAC."(Sec. 205) Requires mandatory lobbyist reports to be filed electronically, in addition to any other form that the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House may require or allow. Requires them to use the same electronic software for receipt and recording of such filings.(Sec. 206) Amends the LDA to prohibit a registered lobbyist, any registered organization that employs one or more lobbyists, and any employee listed as a registered lobbyist from making a gift or providing travel to a covered legislative branch official, if such individual or organization has knowledge that the gift or travel may not be accepted under the rules of the House or the Senate.(Sec. 207) Revises requirements for the contents of lobbyist registrations, particularly disclosure of the identity of any organization, other than the client, that: (1) contributes over $5,000 to the registrant or the client in a quarterly period to fund the registrant's lobbying activities (currently, over $10,000 toward the registrant's lobbying activities in a semiannual period); and (2) participates actively in the planning, supervision, or control of such lobbying activities (currently, in whole or in major part plans, supervises, or controls such lobbying activities).Waives such disclosure if the organization that would be identified as affiliated with the client is listed on the client's publicly accessible Internet website as being a member of or contributor to the client, unless the organization in whole or in major part plans, supervises, or controls such lobbying activities. Provides that, if the registrant relies upon this general waiver, he or she must disclose the specific Internet address of the web page containing the information relied upon.(Sec. 208) Amends the requirements for the registration of a lobbyist to extend from two to 20 years the look-back period during which an employee of the lobbyist may have served as a covered executive branch official or a covered legislative branch official.(Sec. 209) Requires the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, to the extent technically practicable, to maintain certain lobbying disclosure information in an electronic database, available to the public free of charge over the Internet.Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 210) Requires the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House to make publicly available, semiannually, the aggregate number of registrants referred to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for LDA noncompliance.Requires the U.S. Attorney to report semiannually to specified congressional committees on the aggregate number of enforcement actions taken by the Department of Justice during such period and, by case, any sentence imposed, but not the names of individuals or personally identifiable information that is not already a matter of public record.(Sec. 211) Increases from $50,000 to $200,000 the civil penalty for failure to comply with LDA requirements.Subjects anyone who knowingly and corruptly fails to comply with LDA to imprisonment for up to five years or a specified fine, or both.(Sec. 212) Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) to require electronic filing of mandatory registration statements or supplements, in addition to any other form that may be required by the Attorney General.Requires the Attorney General, to the extent technically practicable, to maintain an electronic database (in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable manner), available to the public free of charge over the Internet, that: (1) includes the information contained in registration statements and updates filed under FARA; and (2) is searchable and sortable, at a minimum, by each of the categories described in the registration statements.Requires the Attorney General to make such electronic statements and updates available for public inspection over the Internet as soon as technically practicable after such information is filed.(Sec. 213) Requires the Comptroller General to audit and report to Congress annually on the extent of LDA compliance or noncompliance by lobbyists, lobbying firms, and registrants through a random sampling of publicly available annual LDA lobbying registrations and reports.(Sec. 214) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the use of a family relationship by a lobbyist who is an immediate family member of a Member of Congress to gain special advantages over other lobbyists is inappropriate; and (2) the lobbying community should develop proposals for multiple self-regulatory organizations which could provide for creation of standards, legal and ethical training, development of educational materials for the public on how to responsibly hire a lobbyist or lobby firm, standards for reasonable client fees, creation of a third-party certification program including ethics training, and disclosure to clients of fee schedule requirements and conflict of interest rules. Title III: Matters Relating to the House of Representatives - (Sec. 301) Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to add Rule XXVII (Disclosure by Members and Staff of Employment Negotiations).Prohibits a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (Member) from directly negotiating or having any agreement of future employment or compensation until after the election for his or her successor, unless such Member files a statement about such negotiations or agreement with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct within three business days after their commencement. Requires inclusion in such a statement of: (1) the name of the private entity or entities involved in the negotiations or agreement; and (2) the commencement date.Requires a House officer or employee earning over 75% of the salary paid to a Member to notify the Committee, within three business days, that he or she is negotiating or has any agreement of future employment or compensation.Requires such Member, officer, or employee to recuse himself or herself from any matter in which there is or appears to be a conflict of interest under the Rule, and to notify the Committee of such recusal. Requires such individual also to submit to the Clerk of the House, for public disclosure, the statement of disclosure for which such recusal was made.(Sec. 302) Amends Rule XXV (Limitations on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance of Gifts) to require a Member of the House to prohibit all of his or her staff from making any lobbying contact with the Member's spouse if the spouse is a registered lobbyist or is employed or retained by a registered lobbyist to influence legislation.(Sec. 303) Amends Rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) to subject other members and employees of a firm, partnership, or other business organization to the same lobbying restrictions that apply to a member or employee acting under contract as a consultant to a House committee (treated by this Rule as a House employee).(Sec. 304) Requires the Clerk of the House, to the extent technically practicable, to: (1) post certain travel and financial disclosure reports on the public Internet site of the Clerk's Office in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format; and (2) maintain such information for at least six years.Permits Members of the House to omit certain personally identifiable information from the reports before such posting.Requires the Clerk of the House to include in any informational materials about website disclosures an explanation of the procedures for protecting such personally identifiable information.(Sec. 305) Prohibits a Member, during the dates on which the Member's national political party holds its convention to nominate a candidate for President or Vice President, from participating in an event honoring him or her, other than in his or her capacity as a candidate for such office, if such event is directly paid for by a registered lobbyist or a private entity that retains or employs such lobbyist. Title IV: Congressional Pension Accountability - (Sec. 401) Amends federal civil service law regarding the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to exclude from retirement accounting any service as a Member of Congress of an individual finally convicted of a felony involving: (1) bribery of public officials and witnesses; (2) acting as an agent of a foreign principal while a federal public official; (3) fraud by wire, radio, or television, including as part of a scheme to deprive citizens of honest services; (4) prohibited foreign trade practices by domestic concerns; (5) engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity; (6) tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant; (7) racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations; (8) conspiracy to commit an offense or to defraud the United States; (9) perjury; or (10) subornation of perjury. Entitles such individual, all the same, to so much of his or her lump-sum credit as is attributable to such service.Requires, with respect to each offense, that: (1) every act or commission of the individual that is needed to satisfy the elements of the offense occurs while the individual is a Member; (2) such act or omission directly relates to the performance of the individual's official duties as a Member; and (3) the offense is committed after enactment of this Act.Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations to ensure that the authority to make any payment to the spouse or children of an individual pursuant to this title shall be available only to the extent that the application of such regulation is considered necessary and appropriate, taking into account the totality of the circumstances, including: (1) the financial needs of the spouse or children; (2) whether the spouse or children participated in a specified offense of which such individual was finally convicted; and (3) what measures, if any, may be necessary to ensure that the convicted individual does not benefit from any such payment.Defines "Member" as the Vice President, a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.Title V: Senate Legislative Transparency and Accountability - Subtitle A: Procedural Reform - (Sec. 511) Amends Rule XXVIII (Conference Committees; Reports; Open Meetings) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to revise procedures for disposal of points of order against consideration of: (1) new matter inserted in a conference report; or (2) the conference report when conferees violate specified requirements regarding a disagreement to an amendment in the nature of a substitute referred to them.Requires: (1) an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Members of the Senate to waive any or all of such points of order; and (2) the same three-fifths affirmative vote to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on them. Requires all motions to waive such points of order and to sustain such appeal to be debatable collectively and limited to one hour equally divided between the Majority and Minority Leaders or their designees. Makes a motion to waive all points of order unamendable.Makes it out of order to vote on the adoption of a conference report unless it is available to Members and the general public at least 48 hours before such vote.Declares that a conference report is made available to the general public as of the time it is posted on a publicly accessible website controlled by a Member, committee, the Library of Congress, or other office of Congress, or the Government Printing Office (GPO), as reported to the Presiding Officer by the Secretary of the Senate.Requires: (1) an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Members of the Senate to waive such point of order; and (2) the same three-fifths affirmative vote to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on it. Requires all motions to waive such point of order and to sustain such appeal to be debatable collectively and limited to one hour equally divided between the Majority and Minority Leaders or their designees.Allows such point of order to be waived by joint agreement of the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, upon their certification that such waiver is necessary because of a significant disruption to Senate facilities or to the availability of the Internet.Requires the Committee on Rules and Administration to promulgate regulations to implement the requirements for public availability of conference reports.(Sec. 512) Requires the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate (or their designees) to recognize a notice of intent of a Senator who is a member of their caucus to object to proceeding to a measure or matter only if the Senator: (1) submits such notice in writing to the appropriate leader (or designee) following the objection to a unanimous consent to proceeding to, and, or passage of, a measure or matter on their behalf; and (2) within six session days afterwards submits a similar notice for inclusion in the Congressional Record and in the applicable calendar.Requires the Secretary of the Senate to establish, for both the Senate Calendar of Business and the Senate Executive Calendar, a separate section entitled "Notice of Intent to Object to Proceeding," containing the name of each Senator filing the notice, the measure or matter objected to, and the date the objection was filed. Authorizes a Senator to have such an item removed from a calendar upon submitting to the Congressional Record a statement of non-objection. (Sec. 513) Amends Rule XXVI (Committee Procedure) to require, except with respect to certain closed meetings, each committee and subcommittee to make publicly available through the Internet a video recording, audio recording, or transcript of any meeting within 21 business days after it occurs. Requires such information to be available until the end of Congress following the date of the meeting.Authorizes the Committee on Rules and Administration to waive this requirement for inability to comply with it for technical or logistical reasons.(Sec. 514) Revises Rule XV (Amendments and Motions) to require: (1) an amendment and any instruction accompanying a motion to recommit to be reduced to writing, read, and identical copies to be provided by the Senator offering the amendment or instruction to the desks of the Majority and Minority Leaders before being debated; and (2) a motion (currently all motions and amendments) to be reduced to writing, if desired by the Presiding Officer or by any Senator, and to be read before being debated.(Sec. 515) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) conference committees should hold regular, formal meetings of all conferees open to the public; (2) all conferees should be given adequate notice of the time and place of all such meetings; (3) all conferees should be afforded an opportunity to participate in full and complete debates of the matters that such conference committees may recommend to their respective chambers; and (4) the text of a conference report should not be changed after the Senate signature sheets have been signed by a majority of the Senate conferees. Subtitle B: Earmark Reform - (Sec. 521) Adds Rule XLIV (Congressionally Directed Spending and Related Items) to the Standing Rules of the Senate.Makes it out of order to vote on a motion to proceed to consider a bill or joint resolution reported or not reported by any committee unless the chairman of the committee of jurisdiction or the Majority Leader or his designee certifies that: (1) each congressionally directed spending item, limited tax benefit, and limited tariff benefit, if any, in such legislation or if applicable, in its committee report, has been identified through lists, charts, or other similar means including the name of each requesting Senator; and (2) that such information has been available on a publicly accessible congressional website in a searchable format at least 48 hours before such vote.Declares the motion to proceed suspended if the point of order is sustained until the sponsor of the motion or his or her designee has requested resumption and compliance with such requirements have been achieved.Makes it out of order to vote on the adoption of a conference report unless the chairman of the committee of jurisdiction or the Majority Leader or his designee certifies: (1) that each congressionally directed spending item, limited tax benefit, and limited tariff benefit, if any, in the conference report, or in the joint explanatory statement, has been identified through lists, charts, or other means, including the name of each requesting Senator; and (2) that such information has been available on a publicly accessible congressional website at least 48 hours before such vote.Requires the conference report to be set aside if such point of order is sustained.Provides that, if during consideration of a bill or joint resolution a Senator proposes an amendment containing a congressionally directed spending item, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit which was not included in such measure as placed on the calendar or as reported in its committee report (or a committee report of the Senate on a companion measure), then, as soon as practicable, the Senator shall ensure that a list of such items (and the name of any requesting Senator) is printed in the Congressional Record.Requires a committee, if it reports a bill or joint resolution that includes congressionally directed spending items, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits in such legislation or in its committee report to identify, as soon as practicable, on a publicly accessible congressional website each such item through lists, charts, or other similar means, including the name of each requesting Senator. Declares that availability on the Internet of a committee report containing such information shall satisfy such requirements.Requires such information, made available on publicly accessible congressional websites, to be provided in a searchable format to the extent technically feasible.Requires a Senator who requests a congressionally directed spending item, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff benefit in any bill or joint resolution (or an accompanying report) or in any conference report (or joint explanatory statement) to provide a written statement to the chairman and ranking member of the committee of jurisdiction, including: (1) the Senator's name; (2) in the case of a congressionally directed spending item, the name and location of the intended recipient or, if there is no specifically intended recipient, the intended location of the activity; (3) in the case of a limited tax or tariff benefit, identification of the individual or entities reasonably anticipated to benefit, to the extent known to the Senator; (4) the purpose of such congressionally directed spending item or limited tax or tariff benefit; and (5) a certification that neither the Senator nor the Senator's immediate family has a pecuniary interest in the item.Provides that, with respect to each item included in a Senate bill or joint resolution (or accompanying report) reported by committee or considered by the Senate, or included in a conference report (or joint explanatory statement) considered by the Senate, each committee of jurisdiction shall make such certifications available for public inspection on the Internet as soon as practicable.Requires the committee of jurisdiction for a bill, joint resolution, or conference report that contains congressionally directed spending items in any classified portion of a report accompanying the measure, to the greatest extent practicable, consistent with the need to protect national security, to include on the required list a general program description in unclassified language, funding level, and the name of the sponsor.Allows: (1) a Senator to raise a point of order against one or more provisions of a conference report if they constitute new directed spending provisions; and (2) the Presiding Officer to sustain the point of order as to some or all of the provisions against which the Senator raised it.Requires: (1) an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Members of the Senate to waive any or all of such points of order; and (2) the same three-fifths affirmative vote to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair. Requires all motions to waive such points of order and to sustain such appeal to be debatable collectively and limited to one hour equally divided between the Majority and Minority Leaders or their designees. Makes a motion to waive all points of order unamendable.Prohibits a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate from knowingly using his or her official position to introduce, request, or otherwise aid the progress or passage of congressionally directed spending items, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits to further only such individual's pecuniary interest, only the pecuniary interest of their immediate family, or only the pecuniary interest of a limited class of persons or enterprises, when the individual or their immediate family, or enterprises controlled by them, are members of the affected class.Requires: (1) an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Members of the Senate to waive application of certain points of order under this Rule with respect to a measure; and (2) the same three-fifths affirmative vote to sustain an appeal (limited to one only) of the ruling of the Chair. Requires all motions to waive such points of order and to sustain such appeal to be debatable collectively and limited to one hour equally divided between the Majority and Minority Leaders or their designees.Requires: (1) an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Members of the Senate to move to waive all points of order under this Rule with respect to the pending measure or motion; (2) the motions to waive all points of order to be debatable collectively and limited to one hour equally divided between the Majority and Minority Leaders or their designees; and (3) such motions to be unamendable.Allows certain points of order under this Rule to be waived by joint agreement of the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate upon their certification that such waiver is necessary because of a significant disruption to Senate facilities or to the availability of the Internet.Subtitle C: Revolving Door Reform - (Sec. 531) Amends Rule XXXVII (Conflict of Interest) to prohibit a former: (1) Member, who is employed by an entity that employs or retains a registered lobbyist, from lobbying Members, officers, or employees of the Senate for two years after leaving office; or (2) employee on the staff of a Member, who is employed by an entity that employs or retains a registered lobbyist, from lobbying the Member for whom he or she worked or that Member's staff for one year after leaving that position. Prohibits a former employee on the staff of a committee, who becomes a registered lobbyist or is employed or retained by a registered lobbyist or an entity that employs or retains a registered lobbyist, from lobbying the members of the committee for which he or she worked, or the staff of that committee, for one year after leaving his or her position. Imposes a one-year lobbying moratorium, upon leaving such position, on an officer of the Senate or an employee on the staff of a Member or on the staff of a committee whose salary is equal to or greater than 75% of a Member's salary, and is employed at such salary for more than 60 days in a calendar year.(Sec. 532) Prohibits a Member from negotiating or having any arrangement concerning prospective private employment until after the election for his or her successor has been held, unless such Member files a signed statement with the Secretary of the Senate, for public disclosure, regarding such negotiations and arrangements within three business days after their commencement. Requires inclusion in such a statement of: (1) the name of the private entity or entities involved; and (2) the commencement date.Prohibits a Member from negotiating, or having any arrangement concerning, prospective employment for a job involving lobbying activities until after a successor has been elected.Requires a Senate employee earning over 75% of the salary paid to a Senator to notify the Select Committee on Ethics (Ethics Committee), within three business days, that he or she is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning prospective private employment.Requires such employee to: (1) recuse himself or herself from any contact or communication with the prospective employer on issues of legislative interest to the prospective employer, as well as any legislative matter in which there is or appears to be a conflict of interest for that employee under this Rule; and (2) notify the Ethics Committee of such recusal.(Sec. 533) Amends Rule XXIII (Privilege of the Floor) to deny floor privileges, when the Senate is in session, to former Senators and Senators-elect, Secretaries, Sergeants at Arms of the Senate, and Speakers of the House of Representatives if they: (1) are registered lobbyists or agents of a foreign principal; or (2) are in the employ of or represent any party or organization to influence, directly or indirectly, the passage, defeat, or amendment of any federal legislative proposal.Authorizes the Committee on Rules and Administration to promulgate regulations excepting from such prohibitions any ceremonial functions and events designated by the Majority and Minority Leaders.Denies such individuals use of the Senate athletic facilities or Member-only parking spaces.(Sec. 534) Amends Rule XLIII (Representation by Members) to prohibit a Member, with the intent to influence solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation an employment decision or employment practice of any private entity, from: (1) taking or withholding, or offering or threatening to take or withhold, an official act; or (2) influencing, or offering or threatening to influence, the official act of another.(Sec. 535) Requires the Secretary of the Senate to notify former Senators and Senate officers and employees of certain post-employment restrictions under Rule XXXVII.Subtitle D: Gift and Travel Reform - (Sec. 541) Amends Rule XXXV (Gifts) to prohibit Members, officers, or employees from knowingly accepting gifts from lobbyists, agents of a foreign principal, or private entities that retain or employ such individuals, except in specified circumstances.(Sec. 542) Prohibits a Member from participating, during the dates of the national party convention for the Member's political party, in an event honoring that Member, other than in his or her capacity as the party's presidential or vice presidential nominee or presumptive nominee, if the event is paid for by a registered lobbyist or a private entity that retains or employs such individual.(Sec. 543) Declares that the market value of a ticket to an entertainment or sporting event shall be its face value, or, in the case of a ticket without a face value, the value of the ticket with the highest face value for the event. Provides that if a ticket holder can establish in advance of the event to the Ethics Committee that the ticket at issue is equivalent to another ticket with a face value, then the market value shall be set at the face value of the equivalent ticket.Requires the ticket holder to provide written and independently verifiable information related to the primary features of the ticket, including, at a minimum: (1) the seat location; (2) access to parking; (3) availability of food and refreshments; and (4) access to venue areas not open to the public.Authorizes the Ethics Committee to make a determination of equivalency only if such information is provided in advance of the event.(Sec. 544) Prescribes conditions under which Members, officers, or employees of the Senate may accept reimbursement (including payment in kind) for transportation, lodging, and related expenses for travel to a meeting, speaking engagement, fact-finding trip, or similar event related to officeholder duties from an individual other than a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal that is a private entity that retains or employs one or more of such individuals. Deems such reimbursement to be reimbursement to the Senate, and not a prohibited gift, if it is: (1) provided only for attendance at or participation for a one-day event (exclusive of travel time and an overnight stay); or (2) sponsored by a nonprofit tax-exempt organization.Allows the regulations to permit a two-night stay when determined by the Ethics Committee to be practically required to participate in the one-day event but in no event may the stay exceed two nights.Requires an employee, before accepting reimbursement, to receive advance written authorization to accept it from the Member or officer under whose direct supervision he or she works.Requires each Member, officer, or employee that receives such reimbursement to disclose the expenses involved and (for an employee) advance authorization, and a copy of the certification to the Secretary of the Senate within 30 days after the travel is completed. Requires such disclosure to include a description of meetings and events attended.Prohibits a Member, officer, or employee from accepting a reimbursement (including payment in kind) for transportation, lodging, or related expenses for: (1) a trip that was planned, organized, or arranged by or at the request of a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal; (2) a trip on which a lobbyist accompanies the individual on any segment of the trip; or (3) all other trips allowed under this Rule on which a registered lobbyist accompanies the individual at any point throughout the trip. Requires the Ethics Committee to issue regulations identifying de minimis activities by lobbyists or foreign agents that would not violate this Rule.Sets forth requirements for certification to the Ethics Committee a Member, officer, or employee must meet before accepting from any source travel otherwise permissible.Requires Members, officers or employees to obtain prior approval of the Ethics Committee for such a reimbursement, once the Committee has promulgated regulations.Requires the Secretary of the Senate to make available to the public all advance authorizations, certifications, and disclosures filed pursuant to such travel restrictions as soon as possible upon their receipt but in no event before completion of the relevant travel.Requires the Ethics Committee to develop and revise annually guidelines on evaluating a trip proposal and judging the reasonableness of an expense or expenditure.Authorizes the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to extend for 30 days the deadline for the Ethics Committee's initial guidelines.Makes the fair market value for a (charter) flight (for which reimbursement must be made to the Senate) the pro rata share of the fair market value of the normal and usual charter fare or rental charge for a comparable plane of comparable size, as determined by dividing such cost by the number of Members, officers, or employees of Congress on the flight.Defines such a (charter) flight as any flight on an aircraft that is not: (1) operated or paid for by an air carrier or commercial operator certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and required to be conducted under air carrier safety rules; or (2) an air carrier or commercial operator certificated by an appropriate foreign civil aviation authority, in the case of travel abroad, and the flight is required to be conducted under air carrier safety rules.Excludes from such requirements an aircraft owned or leased by a governmental entity or by a Member of Congress or a Member's immediate family member (including an aircraft owned by an entity that is not a public corporation in which the Member or Member's immediate family member has an ownership interest, provided that the Member does not use the aircraft any more than the Member's or immediate family member's proportionate share of ownership allows).Amends Rule XXXVIII (Prohibition of Unofficial Office Accounts) to declare that the value, for reimbursement purposes, of a (charter) flight shall be the pro rata share of the fair market value.Requires the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Senate Committee on Appropriations to consider and propose any adjustment to the Senator's Official Personnel and Office Expense Account needed in light of the enactment of this section, and any modifications of federal statutes or appropriations measures needed to accomplish such adjustments.Declares that nothing in this section or section 541 is meant to alter treatment under law or Senate rules of expenses that are governed by the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act or the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act. (Sec. 545) Allows a Member, officer, or employee to accept an offer of free attendance in the Member's home state at a conference, panel discussion, dinner event, reception, or similar event, provided by an event sponsor, if: (1) the cost of meals provided is less than $50; (2) the event is sponsored primarily by constituents of the Member (or the Member by whom the officer or employee is employed), and will be attended primarily by a group of at least five such constituents, providing no registered lobbyist attends; and (3) the Member, officer, or employee participates as a speaker or a panel participant, by presenting information related to Congress or matters before Congress, or by performing a ceremonial function appropriate to his or her official position, or attendance at the event is appropriate to the performance of the official duties or representative function of such individual.Allows a Member, officer, or employee who attends such an event to accept a sponsor's unsolicited offer of free attendance at the event for an accompanying individual if others in attendance will generally be similarly accompanied or if such attendance is appropriate to assist in the representation of the Senate.(Sec. 546) Requires the Secretary of the Senate to establish a publicly available website, free of charge, containing information on all officially related congressional travel (occurring on or after such date and subject to disclosure under Rule XXXV).Requires the Secretary to maintain such information on the Secretary's Internet site for up to four years.Authorizes appropriations.Subtitle E: Other Reforms - (Sec. 551) Exempts former Members, officers, and employees now employed as lobbyists from the one-year ban on Capitol contacts with respect to any contacts with staff of the Secretary of the Senate about compliance with LDA lobbying disclosure requirements.(Sec. 552) Requires a Member to prohibit all of his or her staff from having any official contact with the Member's spouse or immediate family member that constitutes a LDA lobbying contact if the spouse or family member is a registered lobbyist, is employed or retained by a registered lobbyist, or an entity that hires or retains a registered lobbyist to influence legislation.Prohibits Members and employees on a Member's staff from having any lobbying contact with any spouse of a Member who is a registered lobbyist or is employed or retained by one. States that this ban shall not apply to the spouse of a Member who was serving as a registered lobbyist at least one year before the Member's most recent election or at least one year before his or her marriage to the Member.(Sec. 553) Requires the Ethics Committee to conduct ongoing ethics training and awareness programs for Members of the Senate and Senate staff.(Sec. 554) Requires the Ethics Committee to report annually by January 31 on: (1) the number of alleged violations of Senate rules received from any source, including the number raised by a Senator or the Ethics Committee staff; (2) the number dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction or, in which, even if the complaint allegations are true, no violation of Senate rules would exist, or because they failed to provide sufficient facts as to any material violation of the Senate rules beyond mere allegation or assertion; (3) the number in which the committee staff conducted a preliminary inquiry; (4) the number that resulted in an adjudicatory review; (5) the number that the committee dismissed for lack of substantial merit; (6) the number of private or public letters of admonition issued; (7) the number of matters resulting in a disciplinary sanction; and (8) any other information deemed appropriate.Title VI: Prohibited Use of Private Aircraft - (Sec. 601) Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a federal election candidate or any authorized committee of such a candidate from making any expenditure for a flight on an aircraft unless: (1) the aircraft is operated by an air carrier or commercial operator certificated by the FAA and the flight is required to be conducted under air carrier safety rules or, in the case of travel abroad, by an air carrier or commercial operator certificated by an appropriate foreign civil aviation authority and the flight is required to be conducted under such rules; or (2) the candidate, the authorized committee, or other political committee pays the owner, lessee, or other person providing the airplane the pro rata share of the fair market value of such flight within a commercially reasonable time frame after the date on which the flight is taken.Prohibits an authorized committee and a leadership PAC of a candidate for the House of Representatives from making any expenditure for a flight unless: (1) the aircraft is operated by an air carrier or commercial operator certificated by the FAA and the flight is required to be conducted under air carrier safety rules, or, in the case of travel abroad, by an air carrier or commercial operator certificated by an appropriate foreign civil aviation authority and the flight is required to be conducted under such safety rules; or (2) the aircraft is operated by a federal or state entity.States that such requirements do not apply to a flight on an aircraft owned or leased by the candidate involved or an immediate family member (including an aircraft owned by an entity that is not a public corporation in which the candidate or an immediate family member has an ownership interest) so long as the candidate does not use the aircraft more than the proportionate share of ownership allows.Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 701) Expresses the sense of Congress that any applicable restrictions on congressional officials and employees in this Act should apply to the executive and judicial branches.(Sec. 702) Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to increase from $10,000 to $50,000 the civil penalty imposed on an individual who knowingly and willfully falsifies, or who knowingly or willfully fails to file or report, any financial disclosure information required under the Act.Makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly and willfully falsify such information or fail to file or report it.Subjects an individual to: (1) a fine, up to one year imprisonment, or both, for falsifying such information; and (2) a fine for knowingly and willfully failing to file or report it.(Sec. 703) Declares that nothing in this Act or the amendments made by it shall be construed to prohibit any expressive conduct protected from legal prohibition by, or any activities protected by the free speech, free exercise, or free association clauses of, the First Amendment to the Constitution.

honest leadership open government act title closing revolving door sec amends federal criminal code extend years ban lobbying contacts senior executive personnel member officer employee entity person served tenure terminated senators member officer employee chamber employee legislative office continues year ban lobbying contacts members house_of_representatives member officer employee chamber employee legislative office elected officers house house member officer employee senate officers senate employee days year period employee service terminated paid salary equal greater senator salary senator senate officer employee provides year ban lobbying contacts legislative office employees shall apply employees days year employee service terminated employed position salary exclusive locality based pay adjustment currently comparable adjustment pursuant interim authority president equal greater salary level executive schedule currently level senior executive bans contacts staff secretary senate clerk house compliance lobbying disclosure requirements lobbying disclosure act employee legislative office congress exclude copyright royalty subjects fine imprisonment years member congress congressional employee intent influence solely basis partisan political affiliation employment decision employment practice private entity takes withholds offers threatens withhold official act influences offers threatens influence official act provides individual disqualified holding federal office honor trust profit states prohibition shall construed create inference activity criminal civil offense enactment requires clerk house secretary senate appropriate notify members congress officers congressional employees post employment restrictions post information contained notification clerk secretary public internet amends indian self determination education assistance act authorize federal officer employee assigned tribal organization intertribal consortium act agent attorney appear behalf organization consortium connection matter related tribal governmental activity federal indian program service pending department agency court commission including matter united_states party direct substantial interest federal officer employee carrying official duties employee elected appointed official tribal organization intertribal consortium represent entities matters title public disclosure lobbying sec amends lda require quarterly instead semiannual filing lobbying disclosure reports identification client listing disclosure report client state local government semiannual reports registered lobbyists federal election related political contributions requires clerk house secretary senate report congress feasibility requiring quarterly instead semiannual reports registered lobbyists federal election related political expresses sense congress end year period beginning day requirement semiannual reports applies quarterly basis feasible amends federal_election_campaign_act require authorized committee candidate leadership pac political party committee include disclosure report covered period separate schedule setting forth address employer person reasonably known committee current registered lobbyist individual listed lda registration report political committee established controlled registrant individual provided bundled contributions committee aggregate greater applicable threshold covered period aggregate bundled contributions provided person period excludes contribution committee person person spouse determining bundled contributions exceeds applicable threshold requires federal_election_commission fec ensure greatest extent practicable information bundled contribution publicly available fec website searchable downloadable manner public database linked electronically websites maintained secretary senate clerk house containing lda reports filings defines leadership pac respect candidate election federal office individual holding federal office political committee directly indirectly established financed maintained controlled candidate officeholder authorized committee candidate officeholder affiliated authorized committee excludes political committee political party meaning leadership requires mandatory lobbyist reports filed electronically addition form secretary senate clerk house require allow requires use electronic software receipt recording amends lda prohibit registered lobbyist registered organization employs lobbyists employee listed registered lobbyist making gift providing travel covered legislative branch official individual organization knowledge gift travel accepted rules house revises requirements contents lobbyist registrations particularly disclosure identity organization client contributes registrant client quarterly period fund registrant lobbying activities currently registrant lobbying activities semiannual period participates actively planning supervision control lobbying activities currently major plans supervises controls lobbying disclosure organization identified affiliated client listed client publicly accessible internet website member contributor client organization major plans supervises controls lobbying activities provides registrant relies general waiver disclose specific internet address web page containing information relied amends requirements registration lobbyist extend years look period employee lobbyist served covered executive branch official covered legislative branch requires secretary senate clerk house extent technically practicable maintain certain lobbying disclosure information electronic database available public free charge internet authorizes appropriations sec requires secretary senate clerk house publicly available semiannually aggregate number registrants referred attorney district_of_columbia lda noncompliance requires attorney report semiannually specified congressional committees aggregate number enforcement actions taken department_of_justice period case sentence imposed names individuals personally identifiable information matter public increases civil penalty failure comply lda requirements subjects knowingly fails comply lda imprisonment years specified fine amends foreign agents registration act require electronic filing mandatory registration statements supplements addition form required attorney general requires attorney general extent technically practicable maintain electronic database searchable downloadable manner available public free charge internet includes information contained registration statements updates filed searchable minimum categories described registration statements requires attorney general electronic statements updates available public inspection internet soon technically practicable information requires comptroller general audit report congress annually extent lda compliance noncompliance lobbyists lobbying firms registrants random sampling publicly available annual lda lobbying registrations expresses sense congress use family relationship lobbyist immediate family member member congress gain special advantages lobbyists inappropriate lobbying community develop proposals multiple self regulatory organizations provide creation standards legal ethical training development educational materials public responsibly hire lobbyist lobby firm standards reasonable client fees creation party certification program including ethics training disclosure clients fee schedule requirements conflict interest rules title iii matters relating house_of_representatives sec amends rules house_of_representatives add rule xxvii disclosure members staff employment member delegate resident commissioner member directly negotiating having agreement future employment compensation election successor member files statement negotiations agreement committee_on_standards_of_official_conduct business days commencement requires inclusion statement private entity entities involved negotiations agreement commencement date requires house officer employee earning salary paid member notify committee business days negotiating agreement future employment compensation requires member officer employee matter appears conflict interest rule notify committee recusal requires individual submit clerk house public disclosure statement disclosure recusal amends rule xxv limitations_on_outside_earned_income acceptance gifts require member house prohibit staff making lobbying contact member spouse spouse registered lobbyist employed retained registered lobbyist influence amends rule xxiii code official conduct subject members employees firm partnership business organization lobbying restrictions apply member employee acting contract consultant house committee treated rule house requires clerk house extent technically practicable post certain travel financial disclosure reports public internet site clerk office searchable downloadable format maintain information years permits members house omit certain personally identifiable information reports posting requires clerk house include informational materials website disclosures explanation procedures protecting personally identifiable prohibits member dates member national political party holds convention nominate candidate president vice president participating event honoring capacity candidate office event directly paid registered lobbyist private entity retains employs lobbyist title sec amends federal civil service law civil_service_retirement_system csrs fers exclude retirement accounting service member congress individual finally convicted felony involving bribery public officials witnesses acting agent foreign principal federal public official fraud wire radio television including scheme citizens honest services prohibited foreign trade practices domestic concerns engaging monetary transactions property derived specified unlawful activity tampering witness victim informant racketeer influenced corrupt organizations conspiracy commit offense defraud united_states perjury perjury entitles individual lump sum credit attributable service requires respect offense act commission individual needed satisfy elements offense occurs individual member act omission directly relates performance individual official duties member offense committed enactment act requires prescribe regulations ensure authority payment spouse children individual pursuant title shall available extent application regulation considered necessary appropriate taking account totality circumstances including financial needs spouse children spouse children participated specified offense individual finally convicted measures necessary ensure convicted individual benefit payment defines member vice president member senate house_of_representatives delegate house_of_representatives resident commissioner puerto_rico title procedural reform sec amends rule conference committees reports standing rules senate revise procedures disposal points order consideration new matter conference report conference report violate specified requirements disagreement amendment nature substitute referred requires affirmative vote fifths members senate waive points order fifths affirmative vote sustain appeal ruling chair requires motions waive points order sustain appeal collectively limited hour equally divided majority minority leaders designees makes motion waive points order makes order vote adoption conference report available members general public hours vote declares conference report available general public time posted publicly accessible website controlled member committee library_of_congress office congress government_printing_office gpo reported secretary senate requires affirmative vote fifths members senate waive point order fifths affirmative vote sustain appeal ruling chair requires motions waive point order sustain appeal collectively limited hour equally divided majority minority leaders designees allows point order waived joint agreement majority minority leaders senate certification waiver necessary significant disruption senate facilities availability internet requires promulgate regulations implement requirements public availability conference requires majority minority leaders senate designees recognize notice intent senator member caucus object proceeding measure matter senator submits notice writing appropriate leader designee following objection unanimous consent proceeding passage measure matter behalf session days submits similar notice inclusion congressional_record applicable calendar requires secretary senate establish senate calendar business senate executive calendar separate section entitled notice intent object proceeding containing senator filing notice measure matter date objection filed authorizes senator item removed calendar submitting congressional_record statement non objection sec amends rule xxvi committee procedure require respect certain closed meetings committee subcommittee publicly available internet video recording audio recording transcript meeting business days occurs requires information available end congress following date meeting authorizes waive requirement inability comply technical logistical revises rule amendments motions require amendment instruction accompanying motion reduced writing read identical copies provided senator offering amendment instruction majority minority leaders motion currently motions amendments reduced writing desired senator read expresses sense senate conference committees hold regular formal meetings open public given adequate notice time place meetings afforded opportunity participate complete matters conference committees recommend respective chambers text conference report changed senate signature sheets signed majority senate subtitle sec adds congressionally directed spending related items standing rules senate makes order vote motion proceed consider bill joint resolution reported reported committee chairman committee jurisdiction majority leader designee certifies congressionally directed spending item limited tax benefit limited tariff benefit legislation applicable committee report identified lists charts similar means including requesting senator information available publicly accessible congressional website searchable format hours vote declares motion proceed suspended point order sustained sponsor motion designee requested resumption compliance requirements achieved makes order vote adoption conference report chairman committee jurisdiction majority leader designee certifies congressionally directed spending item limited tax benefit limited tariff benefit conference report joint explanatory statement identified lists charts means including requesting senator information available publicly accessible congressional website hours vote requires conference report set aside point order sustained provides consideration bill joint resolution senator proposes amendment containing congressionally directed spending item limited tax benefit limited tariff benefit included measure placed calendar reported committee report committee report senate companion measure soon practicable senator shall ensure list items requesting senator printed congressional_record requires committee reports bill joint resolution includes congressionally directed spending items limited tax benefits limited tariff benefits legislation committee report identify soon practicable publicly accessible congressional website item lists charts similar means including requesting senator declares availability internet committee report containing information shall satisfy requirements requires information available publicly accessible congressional websites provided searchable format extent technically feasible requires senator requests congressionally directed spending item limited tax benefit limited tariff benefit bill joint resolution accompanying report conference report joint explanatory statement provide written statement chairman ranking member committee jurisdiction including senator case congressionally directed spending item location intended recipient specifically intended recipient intended location activity case limited tax tariff benefit identification individual entities reasonably anticipated benefit extent known senator purpose congressionally directed spending item limited tax tariff benefit certification senator senator immediate family pecuniary interest item provides respect item included senate bill joint resolution accompanying report reported committee considered senate included conference report joint explanatory statement considered senate committee jurisdiction shall certifications available public inspection internet soon practicable requires committee jurisdiction bill joint resolution conference report contains congressionally directed spending items classified portion report accompanying measure greatest extent practicable consistent need protect national security include required list general program description unclassified language funding level sponsor allows senator raise point order provisions conference report constitute new directed spending provisions presiding officer sustain point order provisions senator raised requires affirmative vote fifths members senate waive points order fifths affirmative vote sustain appeal ruling chair requires motions waive points order sustain appeal collectively limited hour equally divided majority minority leaders designees makes motion waive points order prohibits member officer employee senate knowingly official position introduce request aid progress passage congressionally directed spending items limited tax benefits limited tariff benefits individual pecuniary interest pecuniary interest immediate family pecuniary interest limited class persons enterprises individual immediate family enterprises controlled members affected class requires affirmative vote fifths members senate waive application certain points order rule respect measure fifths affirmative vote sustain appeal limited ruling chair requires motions waive points order sustain appeal collectively limited hour equally divided majority minority leaders designees requires affirmative vote fifths members senate waive points order rule respect pending measure motion motions waive points order collectively limited hour equally divided majority minority leaders designees motions allows certain points order rule waived joint agreement majority minority leaders senate certification waiver necessary significant disruption senate facilities availability internet subtitle revolving door reform sec amends rule prohibit member employed entity employs retains registered lobbyist lobbying members officers employees senate years leaving office employee staff member employed entity employs retains registered lobbyist lobbying member worked member staff year leaving position prohibits employee staff committee registered lobbyist employed retained registered lobbyist entity employs retains registered lobbyist lobbying members committee worked staff committee year leaving position imposes year lobbying moratorium leaving position officer senate employee staff member staff committee salary equal greater member salary employed salary days calendar prohibits member negotiating having arrangement concerning prospective private employment election successor held member files signed statement secretary senate public disclosure negotiations arrangements business days commencement requires inclusion statement private entity entities involved commencement date prohibits member negotiating having arrangement concerning prospective employment job involving lobbying activities successor elected requires senate employee earning salary paid senator notify business days negotiating arrangement concerning prospective private employment requires employee contact communication prospective employer issues legislative interest prospective employer legislative matter appears conflict interest employee rule notify amends rule xxiii privilege floor deny floor privileges senate session senators senators elect secretaries sergeants arms senate speakers house_of_representatives registered lobbyists agents foreign principal employ represent party organization influence directly indirectly passage defeat amendment federal legislative proposal authorizes promulgate regulations excepting prohibitions ceremonial functions events designated majority minority leaders denies individuals use senate athletic facilities member parking amends rule representation members prohibit member intent influence solely basis partisan political affiliation employment decision employment practice private entity taking withholding offering threatening withhold official act influencing offering threatening influence official act requires secretary senate notify senators senate officers employees certain post employment restrictions gift travel reform sec amends rule gifts prohibit members officers employees knowingly accepting gifts lobbyists agents foreign principal private entities retain employ individuals specified prohibits member participating dates national party convention member political party event honoring member capacity party presidential vice presidential nominee presumptive nominee event paid registered lobbyist private entity retains employs declares market value ticket entertainment sporting event shall face value case ticket face value value ticket highest face value event provides ticket holder establish advance event ticket issue equivalent ticket face value market value shall set face value equivalent ticket requires ticket holder provide written independently verifiable information related primary features ticket including minimum seat location access parking availability food access venue areas open public authorizes determination equivalency information provided advance prescribes conditions members officers employees senate accept reimbursement including payment kind transportation lodging related expenses travel meeting speaking engagement fact finding trip similar event related officeholder duties individual registered lobbyist agent foreign principal private entity retains employs individuals deems reimbursement reimbursement senate prohibited gift provided attendance participation day event exclusive travel time overnight stay sponsored nonprofit tax exempt organization allows regulations permit night stay determined required participate day event event stay exceed requires employee accepting reimbursement receive advance written authorization accept member officer direct supervision works requires member officer employee receives reimbursement disclose expenses involved employee advance authorization copy certification secretary senate days travel completed requires disclosure include description meetings events attended prohibits member officer employee accepting reimbursement including payment kind transportation lodging related expenses trip planned organized arranged request registered lobbyist agent foreign principal trip lobbyist accompanies individual segment trip trips allowed rule registered lobbyist accompanies individual point trip requires issue regulations identifying minimis activities lobbyists foreign agents violate rule sets forth requirements certification member officer employee meet accepting source travel permissible requires members officers employees obtain prior approval reimbursement committee promulgated regulations requires secretary senate available public advance authorizations certifications disclosures filed pursuant travel restrictions soon possible receipt event completion relevant travel requires develop revise annually guidelines evaluating trip proposal judging reasonableness expense expenditure authorizes senate_committee_on_rules_and_administration extend days deadline initial guidelines makes fair market value charter flight reimbursement senate pro rata share fair market value normal usual charter fare rental charge comparable plane comparable size determined dividing cost number members officers employees congress flight defines charter flight flight aircraft operated paid air carrier commercial operator certificated federal_aviation_administration faa required conducted air carrier safety rules air carrier commercial operator certificated appropriate foreign civil aviation authority case travel abroad flight required conducted air carrier safety rules excludes requirements aircraft owned leased governmental entity member congress member immediate family member including aircraft owned entity public corporation member member immediate family member ownership interest provided member use aircraft member immediate family member proportionate share ownership rule declare value reimbursement purposes charter flight shall pro rata share fair market value requires subcommittee legislative branch consider propose adjustment senator needed light enactment section modifications federal statutes appropriations measures needed accomplish adjustments declares section section meant alter treatment law senate rules expenses governed foreign gifts decorations act sec allows member officer employee accept offer free attendance member home state conference panel discussion event reception similar event provided event sponsor cost meals provided event sponsored primarily constituents member member officer employee employed attended primarily group constituents providing registered lobbyist attends member officer employee participates speaker panel participant presenting information related congress matters congress performing ceremonial function appropriate official position attendance event appropriate performance official duties representative function individual allows member officer employee attends event accept sponsor unsolicited offer free attendance event accompanying individual attendance generally similarly accompanied attendance appropriate assist representation requires secretary senate establish publicly available website free charge containing information officially related congressional travel occurring date subject disclosure rule secretary maintain information secretary internet site years authorizes appropriations subtitle reforms sec exempts members officers employees employed lobbyists year ban capitol contacts respect contacts staff secretary senate compliance lda lobbying disclosure requires member prohibit staff having official contact member spouse immediate family member constitutes lda lobbying contact spouse family member registered lobbyist employed retained registered lobbyist entity hires retains registered lobbyist influence legislation prohibits members employees member staff having lobbying contact spouse member registered lobbyist employed retained states ban shall apply spouse member serving registered lobbyist year member recent election year marriage requires conduct ongoing ethics training awareness programs members senate senate requires report annually january number alleged violations senate rules received source including number raised senator staff number dismissed lack subject matter jurisdiction complaint allegations true violation senate rules exist failed provide sufficient facts material violation senate rules mere allegation assertion number committee staff conducted preliminary inquiry number resulted adjudicatory review number committee dismissed lack substantial merit number private public letters issued number matters resulting disciplinary sanction information deemed appropriate title prohibited use private aircraft sec amends federal_election_campaign_act prohibit federal election candidate authorized committee candidate making expenditure flight aircraft aircraft operated air carrier commercial operator certificated faa flight required conducted air carrier safety rules case travel abroad air carrier commercial operator certificated appropriate foreign civil aviation authority flight required conducted rules candidate authorized committee political committee pays owner lessee person providing airplane pro rata share fair market value flight commercially reasonable time frame date flight taken prohibits authorized committee leadership pac candidate house_of_representatives making expenditure flight aircraft operated air carrier commercial operator certificated faa flight required conducted air carrier safety rules case travel abroad air carrier commercial operator certificated appropriate foreign civil aviation authority flight required conducted safety rules aircraft operated federal state entity states requirements apply flight aircraft owned leased candidate involved immediate family member including aircraft owned entity public corporation candidate immediate family member ownership interest long candidate use aircraft proportionate share ownership allows title vii miscellaneous provisions sec expresses sense congress applicable restrictions congressional officials employees act apply executive judicial amends ethics government act increase civil penalty imposed individual knowingly willfully knowingly willfully fails file report financial disclosure information required act makes unlawful person knowingly willfully information fail file report subjects individual fine year imprisonment falsifying information fine knowingly willfully failing file report declares act amendments shall construed prohibit expressive conduct protected legal prohibition activities protected free speech free exercise free association clauses amendment constitution


Summary: Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require Senate candidates to file election-related designations, statements, and reports in electronic form.Requires the Secretary of the Senate to forward a copy of any electronically filed designation, statement, or report to the Federal Election Commission within one working day (instead of the current two working days) after receiving it.

senate campaign disclosure parity act amends federal election campaign act require senate candidates file election related designations statements reports electronic form requires secretary senate forward copy electronically filed designation statement report federal_election_commission working day instead current working days receiving


Summary: Federal Agency Data-Mining Reporting Act of 2007 - Requires federal agencies to report to Congress on any activity to use or develop data mining to identify terrorist or criminal activity. Requires that such report be produced in coordination with the agency's privacy officer, be made available to the public (except for an annex containing classified, sensitive, or proprietary information), and include: (1) a through description of data mining activity goals and deployment dates, technology, and data sources; (2) an assessment of the efficacy of the activity in providing accurate information and the impact on individual privacy and civil liberties; (3) an analysis of laws and regulations governing the information being collected; and (4) a through discussion of the policies and procedures to protect individual privacy and due process and to guard against harmful consequences of potential inaccuracies. Requires annual updates, including regarding any new uses or development of data mining activity.

requires federal agencies report congress activity use develop data mining identify terrorist criminal activity requires report produced coordination agency privacy officer available public annex containing classified sensitive proprietary information include description data mining activity goals deployment dates technology data sources assessment efficacy activity providing accurate information impact individual privacy civil liberties analysis laws regulations governing information collected discussion policies procedures protect individual privacy process guard harmful consequences potential inaccuracies requires annual updates including new uses development data mining activity


Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Presidential Records Act to require the Archivist of the United States, when making available any presidential record not previously made available publicly, to: (1) promptly provide written notice of such determination to the former President during whose term of office the record was created and the incumbent President; and (2) make the notice available to the public. Requires such a record to be made available upon the expiration of the 20-day period (excepting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) beginning on the date the Archivist provides notice, except any record with respect to which the Archivist receives notification of a claim of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure from a former or incumbent President. Authorizes a former or an incumbent President to extend the period for not more than 20 additional days by filing with the Archivist a statement that such an extension is necessary to allow an adequate review of the record. Provides that if the period, or any extension of that period, would otherwise expire after January 19 and before July 20 of the year in which the incumbent President first takes office, then such period or extension shall expire on July 20 of that year. Requires: (1) any claim of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure to be asserted personally by a former or incumbent President; and (2) a former or incumbent President to notify the Archivist and specified Congressional committees of a privilege claim on the same day that the claim is asserted. Prohibits the Archivist from making publicly available a presidential record that is subject to a privilege claim asserted by a former President until the expiration of the 20-day period beginning on the date the Archivist is notified of the claim. Requires the Archivist, upon the expiration of such period, to make the record publicly available unless otherwise directed by a court order in an action initiated by the former President. Prohibits the Archivist from making publicly available a presidential record that is subject to a privilege claim asserted by the incumbent President unless: (1) the incumbent President withdraws the privilege claim; or (2) the Archivist is otherwise directed by a final court order that is not subject to appeal. Makes this provision inapplicable with respect to any presidential record required to be made available: (1) pursuant to a subpoena or other judicial process issued by a court for purposes of a civil or criminal investigation; or (2) to either House of Congress because such records contain information needed for the conduct of business that is otherwise not available. Directs the Archivist to adjust any otherwise applicable time period as necessary to comply with the return date of any congressional subpoena, judicial subpoena, or judicial process. Prohibits the Archivist from making available any original presidential records to anyone claiming access to them as a designated representative of a President or former President if that individual has been convicted of a crime relating to the review, removal, or destruction of the Archives' records. (Sec. 3) Provides that Executive Order number 13233, dated November 1, 2001 (establishing a process for review of presidential records and assertion of privilege claims) shall have no force or effect.

measure amended introduced summary expanded action occurred measure presidential records act amendments sec amends presidential records act require archivist united_states making available presidential record previously available publicly promptly provide written notice determination president term office record created incumbent president notice available public requires record available expiration day period excepting legal public holidays beginning date archivist provides notice record respect archivist receives notification claim constitutionally based privilege disclosure incumbent president authorizes incumbent president extend period additional days filing archivist statement extension necessary allow adequate review record provides period extension period expire january july year incumbent president takes office period extension shall expire july year requires claim constitutionally based privilege disclosure asserted personally incumbent president incumbent president notify archivist specified congressional committees privilege claim day claim asserted prohibits archivist making publicly available presidential record subject privilege claim asserted president expiration day period beginning date archivist notified claim requires archivist expiration period record publicly available directed court order action initiated president prohibits archivist making publicly available presidential record subject privilege claim asserted incumbent president incumbent president withdraws privilege claim archivist directed final court order subject appeal makes provision inapplicable respect presidential record required available pursuant subpoena judicial process issued court purposes civil criminal investigation house congress records contain information needed conduct business available directs archivist adjust applicable time period necessary comply return date congressional subpoena judicial subpoena judicial process prohibits archivist making available original presidential records claiming access designated representative president president individual convicted crime relating review removal destruction archives records sec provides executive order number dated november establishing process review presidential records assertion privilege claims shall force effect


Summary: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to contract with an independent reviewing authority to review operations efficiency at all Farm Service Agency (FSA) headquarters, including: (1) all state offices; (2) the National Headquarters office in Washington, D.C.; (3) the Kansas City, Missouri, office; and (4) the Salt Lake City office. Includes in such review: (1) management practices; (2) information technology purchases and deliverables; (3) software development; (4) contractor hiring practices and related cost-savings; and (5) other relevant factors. Prohibits the Secretary from closing or consolidating any FSA county office before the date on which the Secretary determines that each headquarters office has implemented the recommendations included in a report required under this Act.

directs secretary agriculture contract independent reviewing authority review operations efficiency farm_service_agency fsa headquarters including state offices office washington kansas_city missouri office office includes review management practices information technology purchases software development contractor hiring practices related cost savings relevant factors prohibits secretary closing consolidating fsa county office date secretary determines headquarters office implemented recommendations included report required act


Summary: Early Plant Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement with any state department of agriculture that agrees to conduct early plant pest detection surveillance activities, including inspection and surveillance of domestic plant shipments between a state and other states.

surveillance improvement act directs secretary agriculture enter cooperative agreement state department agriculture agrees conduct early plant pest detection surveillance activities including inspection surveillance domestic plant shipments state states


Summary: Transparency in Federal Funding Act of 2007 - Requires each cabinet-level department and independent agency that administers a program containing an earmark in the preceding year to disclose annually to Congress whether any portion of such earmarked funds were retained by the agency or any other organization tasked with distributing them.

transparency federal funding act requires cabinet level department independent agency administers program containing earmark preceding year disclose annually congress portion earmarked funds retained agency organization tasked distributing


Summary: Improving Government Accountability Act - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to allow an Inspector General to be removed from office prior to the expiration of his or her term only on the grounds of permanent incapacity, inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or conviction of a felony or conduct involving moral turpitude.Establishes the term of office of each Inspector General as seven years and permits reappointment.Requires each Inspector General to appoint a Counsel to the Inspector General.Authorizes an Inspector General to annually transmit an appropriation estimate and request to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and to the appropriate congressional committees, in addition to the head of the establishment concerned. Requires the President to include in each annual budget specified Inspector General appropriation information.Establishes: (1) within the Executive Branch the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency; and (2) an Integrity Committee for the Council to review and refer for investigation allegations made against Inspectors General and certain staff.Prohibits an Inspector General from receiving any cash award or cash bonus.Removes specified Inspector General positions from the Level IV of the Executive Schedule and places such positions in Level III.Requires each Inspector General to be appointed without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or investigations.Requires the head of a federal entity to communicate the reasons not later than 15 days before the removal or transfer of an Inspector General.Considers each Office of Inspector General to be a separate federal agency for purposes of certain civil service provisions concerning reinstatement, retirement, and the Senior Executive Service.Sets forth requirements for Inspectors General websites.

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Summary: United States Authorization and Sunset Commission Act of 2007 - Establishes the U.S. Authorization and Sunset Commission, to be comprised of four Representatives and four Senators. Requires the Commission to submit to Congress, not later than 18 months after this Act's enactment and at least once every 10 years thereafter, a legislative proposal (referred to as the Commission Schedule and Review bill) that includes a schedule of review and abolishment of agencies and programs. Requires such schedule to provide a time line for the Commission's review and proposed abolishment of: (1) at least 25% (as measured in dollars) of unauthorized agencies or programs; and (2) if applicable, at least 25% of the programs identified by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) through its Program Assessment Rating Tool program (or similar review program) as ineffective or results not demonstrated. Requires agencies performing similar or related functions to be reviewed concurrently.Sets forth review criteria. Requires the Commission to submit to the Congress and the President every two years a report that analyzes and includes (as appropriate) proposals and legislative provisions to reauthorize, reorganize, consolidate, expand, or transfer each agency and program scheduled for review. Provides for expedited congressional consideration of a resulting bill.

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Summary: Establishes the Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies. Directs the President to: (1) designate two Commission co-chairpersons; (2) establish a systematic method for assessing the effectiveness and accountability of agency programs; (3) divide such programs into four equal budgetary parts; (4) submit to the Commission annual assessments of the programs within each part (one each year) that use such method; and (5) identify common performance measures for programs having similar functions and provide the Commission with data on such measures. Requires the Commission to: (1) evaluate executive agencies and their programs identified in each assessment; (2) consider submitted assessments in evaluating programs; and (3) submit to Congress each of the next four years a plan recommending agencies and programs that should be realigned or eliminated and proposing implementing legislation. Provides for expedited consideration of such legislation.

directs president designate commission chairpersons establish systematic method assessing effectiveness accountability agency programs divide programs equal budgetary parts submit commission annual assessments programs year use method identify common performance measures programs having similar functions provide commission data measures requires commission evaluate executive agencies programs identified assessment consider submitted assessments evaluating programs submit congress years plan recommending agencies programs realigned eliminated proposing implementing legislation provides expedited consideration legislation


Summary: Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2007 - Requires each executive agency, not later than one year after enactment of this Act, to use plain language in any covered document issued or substantially revised after the enactment of this Act. Defines "covered document" to include: (1) documents that provide information about any government requirement or program or that are relevant to obtaining any government benefit or service; and (2) letters, publications, forms, notices, or instructions.Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance on implementing such requirements to agencies as a circular. Authorizes agencies, pending issuance of such guidance, to follow the guidance of the Plain English Handbook published by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the plain language guidelines developed by the Plain Language Action and Information Network, or their own plain language guidance as long as it is consistent with the Network's guidelines.Requires each agency head to report to specified congressional committees on how the agency intends to: (1) communicate the requirements of this Act to employees; (2) train employees to write in plain language; (3) meet the plain language requirement; (4) ensure ongoing compliance with this Act; and (5) designate a senior official to be responsible for implementing this Act. Requires: (1) agency heads to report on compliance to OMB; and (2) OMB to report on the progress of agencies to such committees.

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Summary: Restoring Trust in Regulator Travel Act - Prohibits a federal agency and its employees from accepting funding for travel from a nonfederal entity if such entity has been subject to the jurisdiction of that agency within two years of the travel.

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