S.Amdt. 6297

SA 6297. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Sinema, and Ms. Stabenow) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DISCLOSING FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN LOBBYING ACT.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the “Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act”.

(b) Clarification of Contents of Registration.--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” at the end; and

(2) in paragraph (7), by striking “the offense.” and inserting the following: “the offense; and

“(8) 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.”.