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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1883 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a provision relating |
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| 6 | 6 | | to certain contents of registrations under that Act. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH5, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | ILLER-MEEKS(for herself and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify |
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| 14 | 14 | | a provision relating to certain contents of registrations |
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| 15 | 15 | | under that Act. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disclosing Foreign In-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | fluence in Lobbying Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2 U.S.C. 1603(b)) is amended— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | end; and 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1883 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘the offense.’’ 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | and inserting the following: ‘‘the offense; and 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(8) notwithstanding paragraph (4), the name 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and address of each government of a foreign country 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (including any agency or subdivision of a govern-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ment of a foreign country, such as a regional or mu-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | nicipal unit of government) and foreign political 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | party, other than the client, that participates in the 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | direction, planning, supervision, or control of any 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | lobbying activities of the registrant.’’. 10 |
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