Thank you.
Where it came from initially I cannot tell you. Part of the legislative drafting...that's what they came up with. When I am contacted by an organization and questioned around that issue because they're trying to determine whether they might fall below the threshold and therefore not register, this is what I tell them: “That's fine. That means you'll have to track every single lobbying activity all of your staff are engaged in. You'll have to devote resources to that, because I may be coming in eight months from now to do a forensic audit to see whether or not you've met the threshold. On the other hand, if you register you don't have to do any of that. Decide what you want to do.” The typical response is “That's kind of a no-brainer, isn't it? I'll get my registration in this week.”