3.0.0 1762 2022-11-01T06:47:28Z 2022-11-01T06:47:28Z Senate S 2019-06-10 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-10T20:26:36Z 2019-06-10 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-06-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-06-10 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2019-06-10 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2019-06-10 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2019-06-10 True Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2019-06-10 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2019-10-24 False W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2019-12-19 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2020-01-15 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-05-04 False International Affairs Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Evidence and witnesses Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Licensing and registrations Public participation and lobbying International Affairs 00 2019-06-10 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-02T16:05:20Z Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2019

This bill provides the Department of Justice (DOJ) with a mechanism to demand evidence for investigating compliance with foreign-agent disclosure requirements and increases penalties relating to such requirements.

DOJ may issue civil investigative demands to a person who may have information relevant to an investigation related to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA). Such demands may be for documents, written answers to questions, or oral testimony. The bill prescribes various procedures and requirements, such as minimum notice periods when seeking oral testimony. Investigative demands may be enforced or challenged in district court.

Such investigative demands may not require the production of information that would be protected from disclosure under (1) the rules governing grand jury subpoenas, or (2) the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to the extent the rules are consistent with this bill.

The bill increases the maximum criminal fine for certain FARA violations from $10,000 to $200,000. It shall be unlawful for an agent of a foreign principal to willfully fail to disclose being a FARA-registered agent before or during a meeting with a Member of Congress (or with staff of a Member or congressional committee).

The bill provides for various civil penalties for failing to meet agent registration requirements. The foreign principal of a penalized agent may not pay the imposed fines.

The Government Accountability Office shall (1) analyze the effectiveness of FARA enforcement, and (2) audit the exemption to the Lobbying Disclosure Act for FARA-registered agents.

]]> Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2019 Display Title Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to provide the Attorney General with greater authority to promote enforcement and disclosure requirements for agents of foreign principals, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1762is/xml/BILLS-116s1762is.xml 2019-06-10 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.