3.0.0 5733 2022-02-09T03:42:22Z 2023-09-05T17:28:05Z House HR 2020-01-30 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MOULTON:H.R. 5733.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H747]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-01-30T14:03:40Z 2020-01-30 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2020-01-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-01-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001196 Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] Seth Moulton D MA 6 N B001299 Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3] Jim Banks R IN 3 2020-02-21 False International Affairs Art, artists, authorship Charitable contributions Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Department of Justice Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Foreign aid and international relief Government information and archives Human rights Licensing and registrations Political parties and affiliation Public participation and lobbying Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Teaching, teachers, curricula International Affairs 00 2020-01-30 Introduced in House 2020-12-01T16:15:58Z Foreign Influence Registration Modernization Act or the FIRM Act

This bill revises provisions related to the registration of foreign agents, and it transfers certain oversight duties regarding lobbying to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Current law exempts from foreign agent registration requirements any person engaging only in religious, scholastic, or scientific pursuits. The bill eliminates this exemption for agents of foreign principals that are known violators of human rights.

The bill also narrows the definition of foreign principal, waiving registration requirements for agents of foreign enterprises that are not under the control or direction of a foreign government or political party.

The bill further requires registration statements and supplements to be filed in a digitized format and stored in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable database.

In addition, the bill authorizes DOJ to enact a civil penalty of up to $200,000 for a violation of foreign agent registration requirements.

Lastly, the bill transfers administration of lobbyist registration, reporting, disclosure and enforcement, and penalties from Congress to DOJ.

]]> FIRM Act Display Title FIRM Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended to waive the application of the Act to agents representing foreign enterprises which are not under the control or direction of foreign governments or foreign political parties, to exclude agents who represent foreign governments which engage in a pattern of gross violations of human rights from the exemption provided under the Act for agents engaged in scholastic and certain other pursuits, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced FIRM Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Foreign Influence Registration Modernization Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr5733ih/xml/BILLS-116hr5733ih.xml 2020-01-30 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.