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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 865 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures |
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| 6 | 6 | | by registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registra- |
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| 7 | 7 | | tion Act of 1938, as amended. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH5, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. P |
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| 11 | 11 | | ETERS(for himself and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Secu- |
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| 13 | 13 | | rity and Governmental Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require |
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| 16 | 16 | | certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions |
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| 17 | 17 | | under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as |
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| 18 | 18 | | amended. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lobbying Disclosure 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Improvement Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 865 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. REGISTRANT DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | AGENT REGISTRATION EXEMPTION. 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2 U.S.C. 1603(b)) is amended— 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | inserting a semicolon; 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(8) a statement as to whether the registrant is 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | exempt under section 3(h) of the Foreign Agents 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 613(h)).’’. 13 |
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