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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 829
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a provision relating
to certain contents of registrations under that Act.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH16, 2023
Mr. G
RASSLEY(for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. DURBIN, Ms.
H
ASSAN, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. STABENOW, and Mr. HAWLEY) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify
a provision relating to certain contents of registrations
under that Act.
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 ‘‘Disclosing Foreign In-4
fluence in Lobbying Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION. 6
Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 7
(2 U.S.C. 1603(b)) is amended— 8
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(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 1
end; and 2
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘the offense.’’ 3
and inserting the following: ‘‘the offense; and 4
‘‘(8) notwithstanding paragraph (4), the name 5
and address of each government of a foreign country 6
(including any agency or subdivision of a foreign 7
government, such as a regional or municipal unit of 8
government) and foreign political party, other than 9
the client, that participates in the direction, plan-10
ning, supervision, or control of any lobbying activi-11
ties of the registrant.’’. 12
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