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<dc:title>119 HR 1883 IH: Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-03-05</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 1883</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250305">March 5, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="M001215">Mrs. Miller-Meeks</sponsor> (for herself and <cosponsor name-id="K000391">Mr. Krishnamoorthi</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a provision relating to certain contents of registrations under that Act.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HB00F83CBA47C4F8C92798DCE22078E58" style="OLC"> 
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="section-one" id="H327C7B1C20174DF4AD39E38A810A7328"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="H394BCB054B2E46ADA2801B915E52194E"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of contents of registration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1603">2 U.S.C. 1603(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88DED55120944C22A6101087C67DC7BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB15663C75D41421D8908192B8CC38515"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>the offense.</quote> and inserting the following: </text> 
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H25E9C46F6EA8425BABDEF502DB19ED8F"><text>the offense; and</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6838C4B89284BD8B362AA5D79EF6FAF"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notwithstanding paragraph (4), the name and address of each government of a foreign country (including any agency or subdivision of a government of a foreign country, such as a regional or municipal unit of government) and foreign political party, other than the client, that participates in the direction, planning, supervision, or control of any lobbying activities of the registrant.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> 
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