Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2023

3.0.0 1364 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z Senate S S 2023-04-27 118 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-04-27T18:43:00Z 2023-04-27 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2023-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Chuck Grassley R IA N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2023-04-27 True Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN 2023-04-27 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2023-04-27 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2023-04-27 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2023-04-27 True International Affairs International Affairs 2023-05-10T13:00:23Z

00 2023-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2024-05-18T01:24:00Z <html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2023 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. Agents of a foreign principal must 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 of certain foreign agents from FARA-registration if the agent has engaged in lobbying activities and has registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. </body></html>

Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2023 Display Title 45 Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2023 2024-07-24T15:22:27Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:40:29Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to provide the Attorney General with greater authority to promote enforcement of disclosure requirements for agents of foreign principals, and for other purposes. 2023-05-09T03:28:48Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s1364is/xml/BILLS-118s1364is.xml 2023-04-27 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.