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Table of Contents
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| Introduction |
3 |
| Overview of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA) |
4 |
| Who is Affected by HLOGA |
4 |
| Compliance Systems for the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) |
5 |
| Preparation and Certification of Reports |
5 |
| Legal Protections |
5 |
| Standard Components of Compliance Systems |
6 |
| Systems for Capturing & Reporting Income or Expenditures |
7 |
| Compliance Systems: Triggering Registration |
8 |
| Options for Selecting LDA or Internal Revenue Code |
9 |
| Covered Officials Under LDA and IRC |
10 |
| Legislative Branch Officials |
10 |
| Executive Branch Officials |
10 |
| Definitions of Lobbying Activities |
11 |
| Influencing Legislation |
11 |
| Compliance Systems: Reports and Filing |
12 |
| Compliance Systems: New LD-1 Information |
12 |
| Methods of Disclosure of Coalition and Association Members |
12 |
| Compliance Systems for Contract Lobbyists and Firms |
13 |
| Compliance Systems for Entities with In-House Lobbyists |
13 |
| Compliance Systems under LDA for In-House Lobbyist Registrants |
14 |
| Compliance Systems under Internal Revenue Code for In-House Lobbyist Registrants |
14 |
| Compliance Systems for LD-2 |
14 |
| Termination of Registration |
15 |
| The Review Process |
15 |
| Lobbyists’ Semi-Annual Reports |
16 |
| Contents of Semi-Annual Reports |
16 |
| Compliance and Tracking Systems for Semi-Annual Reports |
18 |
| Document Retention and Audits |
19 |
| Certifying Compliance |
20 |
| Employee Reimbursements |
21 |
| Reportable Payments |
21 |
| Frequently Asked Questions |
22 |
| Conclusion |
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