Restriction on practice of lobbying.
Section 8
SEC. 8. Restriction on practice of lobbying.— No person shall practice as a lobbyist unless he has been duly licensed under the provisions of section five hereof and unless his name appears upon the docket as employed in respect to such matters as he shall be promoting or opposing. No principal shall directly or indirectly authorize or permit any lobbyist employed by him to practice lobbying in respect of any legislation or appointment in which such principal is interested until such lobbyist is duly licensed and the name of such lobbyist is duly entered on the docket. No person shall be employed as a lobbyist for a compensation dependent in any manner upon the passage or defeat of any proposed or pending legislation or upon any other contingency connected with the action of the Congress or of either House thereof or of any committee thereof, or upon the confirmation or rejection or by-passing of any appointment pending before the Commission on Appointments. Within five days after delivering any written or printed statement, argument or brief to the entire membership of either or both Houses of Congress, three copies thereof shall be deposited with the Secretaries of both Houses or with the Secretary of the Commission on Appointments, as the case may be.