[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 109 (Thursday, June 22, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  LOBBYING DISCLOSURE IMPROVEMENT ACT

  The bill (S. 264) to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to 
require certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under 
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, which had been 
reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the 
third time, and passed as follows:

                                 S. 264

       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 ``Lobbying Disclosure 
     Improvement Act''.

     SEC. 2. REGISTRANT DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN AGENT 
                   REGISTRATION EXEMPTION.

       Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
     U.S.C. 1603(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(8) a statement as to whether the registrant is exempt 
     under section 3(h) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 
     1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 613(h)).''.

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