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Foreign Agents Transparency Act
Sponsored By: Representative Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would tighten the Foreign Agents Registration Act to ensure retroactive registration and enforcement for past foreign‑agent activity. It would let the Attorney General seek court orders for past noncompliance and require annual, machine‑readable reports to Congress.
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- People who served as foreign agents: would have to register covering the period they acted, including activity from the five‑year period before enactment.
- Attorney General and courts: would be able to seek orders to enforce FARA while a person acts or at any time after, and could require ongoing or retroactive compliance for periods when the person acted.
- Congress and public oversight: the Attorney General would submit a machine‑readable report within one year and then annually listing each enforcement action, the names of covered individuals, the rationale for the action, and the action's status.
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Stronger enforcement of foreign agent registration
This bill would tighten and extend enforcement of the foreign agent registration law. The Attorney General could ask a court to order compliance. This could happen while someone acts as an agent or any time later. Courts could order fixes for past periods when a person acted, even if the person has stopped. These rules would cover anyone who acted as a foreign agent in the five years before enactment, on enactment, or after. DOJ would also report to Congress each year on these actions, naming who, why, and the status.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
VA • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]
MI • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
SD • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
VA • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]
NC • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 5/13/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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