FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT

Bills and resolutions

China: require an unclassified interagency report on political influence operations in the U.S. (see S. 480), S1326 [13FE] (see H.R. 1811), H2754 [18MR]

Dept. of Justice: ensure online access to registration statements filed under Foreign Agents Registration Act (see H.R. 1566), H2503 [6MR]

——— establish a section with responsibility for enforcement of laws against suspected operatives or agents of foreign governments and improve enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (see H.R. 1467), H2314 [28FE]

——— provide with greater authority to promote enforcement and disclosure requirements for agents of foreign principals (see S. 1762), S3284 [10JN]

Federal agencies and departments: improve access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government (see H.R. 5150), H8958 [18NO]

Information technology: require registration statements to be filed in a structured data format enabling the statements to be digitized for a publicly available electronic database (see H.R. 5122), H8908 [15NO]

Intelligence services: prohibit individuals who served as the head of any element of the intelligence community from acting as the agent of a foreign principal (see H.R. 867), H1332 [30JA]

Lobbyists: prohibit former Members of Congress, senior political appointees, or military generals or flag officers from acting as the agent of a foreign principal (see H.R. 1522), H2367 [5MR]

Political campaigns: clarify treatment of activities by foreign agents and disclaimer rules for online advertisements, reduce illicit foreign money in elections, secure ballots, and prohibit non-citizens from voting (see H.R. 4736), H8257 [18OC]

Remarks in House

GAO: assess Foreign Agents Registration Act exemptions to prevent foreign funding from influencing U.S. elections and political campaigns, H8434, H8435 [23OC]

Political campaigns: clarify treatment of activities by foreign agents and disclaimer rules for online advertisements, reduce illicit foreign money in elections, secure ballots, and prohibit non-citizens from voting, H8441 [23OC]

——— clarify treatment of activities by foreign agents and disclaimer rules for online advertisements, reduce illicit foreign money in elections, secure ballots, and prohibit non-citizens from voting (H.R. 4736), H8399, H8411, H8416, H8434 [23OC]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Justice: provide with greater authority to promote enforcement and disclosure requirements for agents of foreign principals (S. 1762), S3306 [11JN]