Contact Congress about H.R. 3229: Foreign Agents Transparency Act

People who worked as foreign agents could still have to report that work after it ends. The Justice Department could ask a court to enforce those duties later, including for work from the five years before the bill becomes law.

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

Latest action on H.R. 3229: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people who have acted as agents for foreign governments, foreign political parties, or other foreign clients. Lawyers, lobbyists, consultants, and advisers could face more pressure to review older work and fix missed FARA filings. Congress would get more regular information about certain Justice Department enforcement actions.

Why this matters: This matters because missed foreign-agent filings could be enforced later, even after the work is over. The bill could make past foreign influence work easier for the government to review. It could also make more information available to Congress about how the Justice Department uses FARA. The exact effect on investigations, court cases, or new filings is not stated in the bill.

Key provisions in H.R. 3229

• A person’s FARA duty would cover the time they worked for a foreign client. That duty would still matter after the relationship ends.
• The Attorney General could ask a court to enforce FARA while someone is a foreign agent. The Attorney General could also do this at any later time.
• Courts could order people to fix missed FARA filings for past foreign-agent work. This could happen even if they no longer work as foreign agents when the court acts.
• The clarified rules would reach people who acted as foreign agents in the five years before the bill becomes law. They would also cover people acting on that date or later.
• The Attorney General must send Congress a yearly report on covered enforcement actions. The report must be machine-readable and cover actions against individuals who were foreign agents during the five years before the bill becomes law.

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What is H.R. 3229?

People who worked as foreign agents could still have to report that work after it ends. The Justice Department could ask a court to enforce those duties later, including for work from the five years before the bill becomes law.

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