Bill Details
HR.1887 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-05 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-03-05
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
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This bill would change federal lobbying disclosure rules so that some people and organizations must say whether they are exempt from registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. In simple terms, it adds one more required item to a lobbying registration form: a statement about whether the filer qualifies for a specific foreign-agent exemption. The goal is to give the public and government officials a clearer picture of who is lobbying and whether any foreign-agent rules may apply.
- It amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, which is the law that requires lobbying registrants to report certain basic information.
- The new disclosure would ask registrants to state whether they are exempt under section 3(h) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938.
- This would not, by itself, change who can lobby or who must register under foreign-agent law; it mainly adds a reporting requirement.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1887 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1887
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2025
Mr. Neguse (for himself and Mr. Roy) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
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.
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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