Us Congress 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB264 Introduced / Bill

Filed 04/21/2023

                    II 
Calendar No. 36 
118THCONGRESS 
1
STSESSION S. 264 
[Report No. 118–12] 
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
PRIL19, 2023 
Reported by Mr. P
ETERS, without amendment 
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
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•S 264 RS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lobbying Disclosure 2
Improvement Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. REGISTRANT DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN 4
AGENT REGISTRATION EXEMPTION. 5
Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 6
(2 U.S.C. 1603(b)) is amended— 7
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 8
inserting a semicolon; 9
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 10
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 11
(3) by adding at the end the following: 12
‘‘(8) a statement as to whether the registrant is 13
exempt under section 3(h) of the Foreign Agents 14
Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 15
613(h)).’’. 16
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36 
118
TH
CONGRESS 
1
ST
S
ESSION
 
S. 264 
[Report No. 118–12] 
A BILL 
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to 
require certain disclosures by registrants regard-
ing exemptions under the Foreign Agents Reg-
istration Act of 1938, as amended. 
A
PRIL
19, 2023 
Reported without amendment 
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