Contact Congress about H.R. 1883: Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act

Lobbyists would have to report foreign governments and foreign political parties that help guide their work. The names and addresses would go on public lobbying forms filed with Congress.

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Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Latest action on H.R. 1883: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects lobbyists who work with clients or partners tied to foreign governments or foreign political parties. They would need to collect and report more details before filing their public registration forms. Foreign governments, foreign political parties, and their agencies or local units could also be named in those filings. Congress, agencies, reporters, watchdog groups, and the public could use the information to track foreign involvement in U.S. lobbying.

Why this matters: Foreign influence can be hard to see when a foreign body works through a client or partner. This bill would make lobbyists name more of those foreign players in public filings. That could help people trace who is trying to shape U.S. policy. The bill may also add work for lobbyists, and its real effect on costs or behavior is uncertain.

Key provisions in H.R. 1883

• The bill changes the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. It updates the part of the law that says what lobbyists must put in registration forms.
• Lobbyists must name foreign governments and foreign political parties that help guide their lobbying. They must give each one's address too, unless that foreign body is already the client.
• The rule covers more than national governments. It also covers foreign agencies, regions, cities, and other local government units.
• The new reporting duty still applies if another registration rule seems to say less is needed. The bill makes that clear with a legal override.
• Lobbyists must give this information when they register. Under current law, those registrations go to Congress and become part of the public lobbying record.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 1883

What is H.R. 1883?

Lobbyists would have to report foreign governments and foreign political parties that help guide their work. The names and addresses would go on public lobbying forms filed with Congress.

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