Lobbying Reform bill

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2006 - Extends from one to two years the lobbying ban for former senior executive personnel, former Members of Congress, and legislative branch officers and employees.

Denies floor privileges to any former Members and House officers if he or she is a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal.

Requires public disclosure by Members of Congress and senior congressional staff of employment negotiations.

Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) to revise requirements for lobbying disclosures reports.

Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to: (1) exclude gifts from lobbyists from the gift ban exceptions; and (2) prohibit privately funded travel by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee.

Establishes the Office of Public Integrity within the Office of Inspector General of the House.

Amends the LDA to increase the penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements.

Requires certification that congressional travel meets certain conditions, subject to civil fines for false certifications.

Establishes mandatory annual ethics training for House employees.

Makes it out of order to consider any reconciliation legislation which has the net effect of reducing the surplus or increasing the deficit compared to the most recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate for any fiscal year.

Limits recorded electronic votes to 20 minutes, except in certain circumstances.

Makes requirements for earmarks in funding measures.

Makes it out of order to consider a resolution providing for adjournment sine die unless, during at least 20 weeks of the session, a quorum call or recorded vote was taken on at least four of the weekdays (excluding legal public holidays).

Makes it out of order, with certain exceptions, for the House to consider a bill or joint resolution until 24 hours, or in the case of legislation containing a district-oriented earmark or limited tax benefit, until three days after copies of such measure are available.

Makes a motion to request or agree to a conference on a general appropriation bill in order only if the House expresses its disagreements with the Senate in the form of numbered amendments.

Requires all provisions on which the two chambers disagree to be open to discussion at any meeting of a conference committee.

Prescribes minimum requirements for political appointees holding public safety positions.

Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (OFPPA) to require an executive agency, after awarding a contract, to make specified information regarding it available to the public, including over the Internet in a searchable database.

Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (FPASA) to prohibit awarding of a monopoly federal contract to a single contractor.

Specifies conditions under which such contracts may be awarded.

Amends the FPASA to require revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require competition for certain multiple award contracts.

Provides for suspension and debarment of unethical contractors.

Amends the federal criminal code to impose fines and penalties on cheating taxpayers and wartime fraud.

Revises requirements and prohibitions regarding contractor conflicts of interest.

Requires disclosure of certain government contractor overcharges.

Subjects individuals to penalties for improper sole-source contracting procedures.

Prescribes disclosure requirements for organizations established to raise funds for creating, maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at a former or existing presidential archival depository or its facilities.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov