Coffee with Office of Sponsored Programs January 6, 2009 Topics: Federal Lobbying Disclosure Act

Lobby Disclosure Act In 2007, Congress amended the federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA), effective Jan. 1, The amended LDA affects University of Missouri faculty and staff who contact senators, representatives, their staffs or members of the executive branch at certain grade levels (including high-ranking employees of federal agencies) on behalf of the university, even if contact is made primarily on behalf of other organizations. The act entirely prohibits certain activities, such as providing a gift in exchange for past or future official actions by a member of Congress (e.g. in appreciation for a bill favorable to public universities), and restricts or requires reporting of others.

Compliant Requirements Coordinate and report all contacts on behalf of the university or on their own behalf as employees of the university with members of Congress or their staffs or employees or high-ranking employees of federal agencies. law. While in Washington, D.C., on association or organization business, faculty and staff do not mix University of Missouri specific business with the association message in order to keep expenditures and reporting clean. If university business is conducted while on association business, faculty and staff must report all monies expended on behalf of such contacts (including travel and trip expenses). No gifts should be provided to members of Congress, their staffs or employees of federal agencies. No non-state sources of monies (such as foundations, grants, gifts, etc.) should be used in contacts with members of Congress, their staffs or with federal agencies.

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