[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3123 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3123

  To require lobbyists who represent foreign politicians or political 
   parties and foreign entities to register under the Foreign Agents 
                       Registration Act of 1938.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2008

Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. Obama) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require lobbyists who represent foreign politicians or political 
   parties and foreign entities to register under the Foreign Agents 
                       Registration Act of 1938.

    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 ``Closing the Foreign Lobbying 
Loophole Act''.

SEC. 2. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.

    Section 3 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 
613) is amended by striking subsection (h).

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF LOBBYING CONTACTS TO OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 1(c)(1)(iv) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 
(22 U.S.C. 611(c)(1)(iv)) is amended by inserting ``or outside the 
United States'' after ``within the United States''.
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