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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Committees of jurisdiction
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