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<dc:title>117 S4254 ES: Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act</dc:title>
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<congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">S. 4254</legis-num><current-chamber display="no">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><legis-type display="yes">AN ACT</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a provision relating to certain contents of registrations under that Act.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause"><section id="id8e966649dfe04ccd8bc86dc81f8db2cf" section-type="section-one" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section section-type="subsequent-section" id="idEC3C30455FBA440DB3132A45A5E8F736" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of contents of registration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1603">2 U.S.C. 1603(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id421BD1AA869E48539465B7125E7F2089" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC7E59EE23A73434F8145C4260515CFDD" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>the offense.</quote> and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id851952C3282C4E2E804F1FA36BB3B3E3"><text>the offense; and</text><paragraph id="idd1cb182057f442fa8e05c3a9c3872f73" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notwithstanding paragraph (4), the name and address of each government of a foreign country (including any agency or subdivision of a foreign government, such as a regional or municipal unit of government) and foreign political party, other than the client, that participates in the direction, planning, supervision, or control of any lobbying activities of the registrant.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block display="yes">.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></legis-body><attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20220929" chamber="Senate">Passed the Senate September 29, 2022.</attestation-date><attestor display="no"></attestor><role>Secretary</role></attestation-group></attestation><endorsement display="yes"></endorsement></bill> 

