- agency
has the meaning given that term in section 551(1) of title 5.
- client
means any person or entity that employs or retains another person for financial or other compensation to conduct lobbying activities on behalf of that person or entity.
- covered executive branch official
means—
- covered legislative branch official
means—
- employee
means any individual who is an officer, employee, partner, director, or proprietor of a person or entity, but does not include—
- foreign entity
means a foreign principal (as defined in section 1(b) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611(b)).
- leadership PAC
has the meaning given such term in section 30104(i)(8)(B) of title 52.
- lobbying activities
means lobbying contacts and efforts in support of such contacts, including preparation and planning activities, research and other background work that is intended, at the time it is performed, for use in contacts, and coordination with the lobbying activities of others.
- lobbying contact
means any oral or written communication (including an electronic communication) to a covered executive branch official or a covered legislative branch official that is made on behalf of a client with regard to—
- lobbying firm
means a person or entity that has 1 or more employees who are lobbyists on behalf of a client other than that person or entity.
- lobbyist
means any individual who is employed or retained by a client for financial or other compensation for services that include more than one lobbying contact, other than an individual whose lobbying activities constitute less than 20 percent of the time engaged in the services provided by such individual to that client over a 3-month period.
- media organization
means a person or entity engaged in disseminating information to the general public through a newspaper, magazine, other publication, radio, television, cable television, or other medium of mass communication.
- Member of Congress
means a Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
- organization
means a person or entity other than an individual.
- person or entity
means any individual, corporation, company, foundation, association, labor organization, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, group of organizations, or State or local government.
- public official
means any elected official, appointed official, or employee of—
- State
means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.