II 118THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION S. 264 To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registra- tion Act of 1938, as amended. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY2, 2023 Mr. P ETERS(for himself and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Secu- rity and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lobbying Disclosure 4 Improvement Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:25 Feb 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S264.IS S264 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 264 IS SEC. 2. REGISTRANT DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN 1 AGENT REGISTRATION EXEMPTION. 2 Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 3 (2 U.S.C. 1603(b)) is amended— 4 (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 5 inserting a semicolon; 6 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 7 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 9 ‘‘(8) a statement as to whether the registrant is 10 exempt under section 3(h) of the Foreign Agents 11 Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 12 613(h)).’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:25 Feb 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S264.IS S264 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS