S 3123
110th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Foreign agents
International Affairs
Law
Licenses
Lobbying
Closing the Foreign Lobbying Loophole Act
Introduced: June 12, 2008
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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To President
Became law
Jun 12, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jun 12, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Closing the Foreign Lobbying Loophole Act - Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to repeal the exemption of agents of foreign principals from mandatory registration with the Attorney General if they are already registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Redefines "agent of a foreign principal" to extend its meaning to agents who through any other person outside the United States represents the interests of a foreign principal before any agency or official of the federal government.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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