[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4679 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4679

 To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to 
require the Attorney General to make available on the Internet website 
  of the Department of Justice all registration statements and other 
       documents filed with the Attorney General under such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2006

 Mrs. Schmidt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to 
require the Attorney General to make available on the Internet website 
  of the Department of Justice all registration statements and other 
       documents filed with the Attorney General under such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FARA Sunshine Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET WEBSITE OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ALL REGISTRATION STATEMENTS AND 
              OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED UNDER THE FOREIGN AGENTS 
              REGISTRATION ACT OF 1938, AS AMENDED.

    Section 6 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 616), is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(d) The Attorney General shall make available on the Internet 
website of the Department of Justice all registration statements and 
supplements thereto filed under section 2 of this Act, all 
informational materials filed under section 4 of this Act, and any 
other documents filed with the Attorney General under this Act.''.
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