[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 856 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 856

  To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a provision 
     relating to certain contents of registrations under that Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2025

  Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
 Hassan, and Mr. Hawley) introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a provision 
     relating to certain contents of registrations under that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disclosing Foreign Influence in 
Lobbying Act''.

SEC. 2. 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 government of a foreign country, 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.''.
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