HR7231-119

In Committee

Lobbyist Loophole Closure Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 22, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Lobbyist Loophole Closure Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Finance, Agriculture.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H3440D880A8D34724A7FE4FAABBFB6622: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lobbyist Loophole Closure Act.
  • Section H8DF782D7A92E4C60B89FA5346ECFA5AA: 2. Expanding scope of individuals and activities subject to requirements of Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 Section 3(7) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Lobbyist Loophole Closure Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Finance, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, Lobbyist Loophole Closure Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Finance Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 22, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 22, 2026

Introduced in House

Jan 22, 2026

Mrs. Ramirez (for herself, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Mullin, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Finance Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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