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  1. Congressional Research Service SUMMARY Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA): Background and Issues for Congress On June 9, 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) into law (22 U.S.C. §§611-621). As initially enacted, FARA sought to expose foreign

  2. Jan 5, 2024 · Updated January 5, 2024. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA): An Overview. In 1938, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (22 U.S.C. §§611-621; FARA) was enacted to require individuals doing political or advocacy work on behalf of foreign entities in the United States to register with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and to disclose their ...

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  4. The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) was enacted in 1938. FARA requires certain agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under the statute to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in ...

  5. Mar 9, 2023 · DOJ within 10 days of becoming an agent of a foreign principal. The registration statement must include, among other information, the name and address of every foreign principal for whom the agent is acting, a comprehensive statement of the activities to be performed by the agent on behalf of the foreign principal, and the nature and amount

  6. The Foreign Agents Registration Act ( FARA) ( 22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq.) is a United States law that imposes public disclosure obligations on persons representing foreign interests. [1] [2] It requires "foreign agents"—defined as individuals or entities engaged in domestic lobbying or advocacy for foreign governments, organizations, or persons ...

  7. Apr 10, 2023 · FARA is an acronym for the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq. (“FARA” or “the Act”).FARA requires the registration of, and disclosures by, an “agent of a foreign principal” who, either directly or through another person, within the United States (1) engages in “political activities” on behalf of a foreign principal; (2) acts as a ...

  8. Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 Law and Legal Definition. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) of 1938 is one of the first attempts in the U.S. at comprehensive lobbying reform. FARA’s primary purpose was to limit the influence of foreign agents and propaganda on American public policy.

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