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The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946 is a statute enacted by the United States Congress to reduce the influence of lobbyists. The primary purpose of the Act was to provide information to members of Congress about those that lobby them. [1] The 1946 Act was replaced by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. [2]
When lobbying did happen in those days, it was often "practiced discreetly" with little or no public disclosure. [4] By one account, more intense lobbying in the federal government happened from 1869 and 1877 during the administration of President Grant [6] near the start of the so-called Gilded Age. The most influential lobbies wanted railroad ...
In 1946, there was a so-called "sunshine law" requiring lobbyists to disclose what they were doing, on whose behalf, and how much they received in payment. [11] [139] The resulting Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946 governed lobbying rules up until 1995 when the Lobbying Disclosure Act replaced it. [11]
Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946; ... History of lobbying in the United States; ... Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; M.
False Claims Act of 1863; Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996; Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994; Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990; Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006; Federal Records Act; Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946; Federal Reports Act; Flag Acts; FOIA Exemption 3 Statutes ...
This history reveals that what Cuellar and Menendez are accused of is far from unusual. Lobbying by foreign governments is pervasive, routine, and often happens below the radar.
The House civil service subcommittee had recommended a similar investigative body during the summer of 1946, which the President directed the new commission to consider. The interagency commission would "study the Governments methods for testing the loyalty of its more than 2,000,000 employes [sic]."
A mandatory, publicly accessible and processable [7] lobby register with enforced financial disclosure and theoretical high punishments exists on federal level, [8] as well as in every state besides Pennsylvania. [4] A register was introduced in the US in 1946 with the Lobbying Act.