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Jan 5, 2024 · 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 relationship, activities, receipts, and disbursements in support of their activities.
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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 ...
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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
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 support of those activities.
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 ...
Mar 8, 2019 · Most importantly, FARA defines “political activities” as “any activity that the person engaging in believes will, or that the person intends to, in any way influence any agency or official of the Government of the United States or any section of the public within the United States with reference to formulating, adopting, or changing the domestic or foreign policies of the United States ...
Feb 25, 2020 · In 1938, Congress enacted the Foreign Agents Registration. “directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, Act (FARA) to reduce the influence of foreign propaganda. financed, or subsidized in whole or in major part by a. circulating in the United States. Anticipating that greater. foreign principal.”. Some lower courts have held ...
