3.0.0 5122 2022-10-28T02:00:30Z 2022-10-28T02:00:30Z House HR 2019-11-15 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 183 (Friday, November 15, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BUCK:H.R. 5122.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H8909]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-11-15T14:03:00Z 2019-11-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2019-11-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-11-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001297 Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4] Ken Buck R CO 4 N K000389 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] Ro Khanna D CA 17 2019-11-15 True International Affairs Government information and archives Licensing and registrations Public participation and lobbying International Affairs 00 2019-11-15 Introduced in House 2020-05-02T20:25:57Z Foreign Agents Registration Modernization Act of 2019 or the FARM Act of 2019

This bill imposes additional requirements related to the public database of registrations that are filed, as required by the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), by agents that engage in certain political activities for foreign principals. Specifically, the Department of Justice shall establish the National Foreign Agents Database, which shall be a publicly searchable, sortable, and machine-processable database of the information contained in such registrations. Current law requires a database of registrations to have search and sort functions only to the extent technically practicable.

FARA-required registrations shall be filed in an electronic, structured data format. Electronically filed registrations shall be immediately available to the public over the internet.

]]> FARM Act of 2019 Display Title FARM Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to require registration statements filed under such Act to be filed in a structured data format which enables the statements to be digitized for purposes of the publicly available electronic database maintained under such Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced FARM Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Foreign Agents Registration Modernization Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr5122ih/xml/BILLS-116hr5122ih.xml 2019-11-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.