D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 3, § 3100
3100.1 A person shall register as a lobbyist with the Director by filing the Lobbyist Registration Form and paying the registration fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or, in the case of lobbyists who lobby solely for nonprofit organizations, fifty dollars ($50), if that person:
(a) Receives compensation of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more in any three (3) consecutive calendar month period for lobbying;
(b) Receives compensation from more than one (1) source which totals two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more in any three (3) consecutive month period for lobbying; and
(c) Expends funds of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more in any three (3) consecutive calendar month period for lobbying.
3100.2 Each law firm, association, or business entity employed to lobby on behalf of any person, shall register as a lobbyist; provided, that the partner, member, or employee assigned to perform lobbying duties on behalf of the registered entity, shall be listed as a lobbyist on the Lobbyist Registration Form under § 3100.6.
3100.3 Each individual, association, or business entity which directly employs a person in-house or retains a law firm, association, or business entity to lobby on its behalf shall register in the name of the respective entity; provided, that the person in-house, law firm, association, or business entity retained to lobby for the registrant shall be listed as a lobbyist working for the registrant on the Lobbyist Registration Form under § 3100.6.
3100.4 Each law firm, association, or business entity employed to lobby on behalf of any person shall file a separate Lobbyist Registration Form for each person from whom compensation is received. For example, registration forms shall not be consolidated if the law firm, association, or business entity is compensated from more than one (1) source.
3100.5 Each person who pays another person to lobby on their behalf is the compensating registrant, and shall register as a lobbyist and file a separate Lobbyist Registration Form, independent of any registration filed under § 3100.6.
3100.6 The Lobbyist Registration Form shall include the following information:
(a) Registrant's name, permanent address, and temporary address, if any, while lobbying;
(b) Name and address of each person designated to lobby on behalf
of the registrant;
(c) Name, address, and nature of the business of any person who compensates the registrant and the terms of the compensation;
(d) Identification, by formal designation if known, of matters on which the registrant expects to lobby; and
(e) Registrant's verification under oath of the required information; provided, that if the registrant is not an individual, an authorized officer or agent of the registrant (other than the lobbyist retained by contract to provide lobbying services) shall sign the form."
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 45 D.C. Reg. 3161, 3184-85 (May 22, 1998); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 D.C. Reg. 5919, 5920-21 (July 28, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 D.C. Reg. 3230 (April 21, 2006); and as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 D.C. Reg. 2253 (March 19, 2010); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10610 (December 16, 2011).