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HR 1566 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics General foreign operations matters Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Licensing and registrations Public participation and lobbying

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.

Introduced: March 6, 2019 Introduced by: Jayapal, Pramila Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 8, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Mar 6, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 6, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill revises the requirement that the Department of Justice maintain a public database regarding foreign agents with information contained in the agents' registration statements, including to require the information to be in a digitized format.

What's happening now April 8, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1 Related bill For the People Act of 2019
  • S 949 Related bill For the People Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). 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.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1566/
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"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.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1566/.
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H.R. 1566, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1566/.
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[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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1566/)
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