H.R. 1566

To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to ensure online access to the registration statements filed under such Act, and for other purposes.

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116th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1566

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 6, 2019

Ms. Jayapal introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to ensure online access to the registration statements filed under such Act, and for other purposes.

1.

Ensuring online access to registration statements

(a)

Requiring statements filed by registrants To be in digitized format

Section 2(g) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 612(g)) is amended by striking in electronic form and inserting in a digitized format which will enable the Attorney General to meet the requirements of section 6(d)(1) (relating to public access to an electronic database of statements and updates).

(b)

Requirements for electronic database of registration statements and updates

Section 6(d)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 616(d)(1)) is amended—

(1)

in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking to the extent technically practicable,; and

(2)

in subparagraph (A), by striking includes the information and inserting includes in a digitized format the information.

(c)

Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to statements filed on or after the expiration of the 180-day period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.