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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:57 Apr 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S264.RS S264 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:57 Apr 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S264.RS S264 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:57 Apr 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S264.RS S264 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:57 Apr 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S264.RS S264 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS