3.0.0 3123 2019-11-15T21:52:05Z 2019-11-15T21:52:05Z Senate S S 2008-06-12 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-06-12T18:33:07Z 2008-06-12 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2008-06-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2008-06-12 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2008-06-12 True Government Operations and Politics Foreign agents International Affairs Law Licenses Lobbying Government Operations and Politics 00 2008-06-12 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-01T15:10:35Z Closing the Foreign Lobbying Loophole Act - Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to repeal the exemption of agents of foreign principals from mandatory registration with the Attorney General if they are already registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.

Redefines "agent of a foreign principal" to extend its meaning to agents who through any other person outside the United States represents the interests of a foreign principal before any agency or official of the federal government.

]]> Closing the Foreign Lobbying Loophole Act Short Titles as Introduced Closing the Foreign Lobbying Loophole Act Display Title Closing the Foreign Lobbying Loophole Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require lobbyists who represent foreign politicians or political parties and foreign entities to register under Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938. Introduced in Senate 2008-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3123is/xml/BILLS-110s3123is.xml 2008-06-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.