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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 1 (Introduced in Senate) — To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules... · Sec. 7501

Sec. 7501. Prohibition on foreign lobbying

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The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended— by redesignating section 26 ( 2 U.S.C. 1614 ) as section 27; and by inserting after section 25 ( 2 U.S.C. 1613 ) the following: In this section— the term covered lobbyist means— a lobbyist that is registered or is required to register under section 4(a)(1); an organization that employs 1 or more lobbyists and is registered, or is required to register, under section 4(a)(2); and an employee listed or required to be listed as a lobbyist by a registrant under section 4(b)(6) or 5(b)(2)(C); and the terms information-service employee , public-relations counsel , and publicity agent have the meanings given those terms in section 1 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 611 ).
Except as provided in subsection (c), a covered lobbyist may not accept financial or other compensation for services that include lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign entity. The prohibition under subsection
(b)shall not apply the following covered lobbyists: A duly accredited diplomatic or consular officer of a foreign government who is so recognized by the Department of State, while the officer is engaged exclusively in activities that are recognized by the Department of State as being within the scope of the functions of the officer. An official of a foreign government, if that government is recognized by the United States, who is not a public-relations counsel, a publicity agent, or an information-service employee, or a citizen of the United States, whose name and status and the character of whose duties as an official are of public record in the Department of State, while said official is engaged exclusively in activities that are recognized by the Department of State as being within the scope of the functions of the official. A member of the staff of, or any person employed by, a duly accredited diplomatic or consular officer of a foreign government who is so recognized by the Department of State, other than a public-relations counsel, a publicity agent, or an information-service employee, whose name and status and the character of whose duties as such member or employee are of public record in the Department of State, while the member or employee is engaged exclusively in the performance of activities that are recognized by the Department of State as being within the scope of the functions of the member or employee. A person engaging or agreeing to engage only in the soliciting or collecting of funds and contributions within the United States to be used only for medical aid and assistance, or for food and clothing to relieve human suffering, if the solicitation or collection of funds and contributions is in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of the Neutrality Act of 1939 ( 22 U.S.C. 441 et seq.), and such rules and regulations as may be prescribed thereunder. A person qualified to practice law, insofar as the person engages, or agrees to engage in, the legal representation of a disclosed foreign entity before any court of law or any agency of the Government of the United States. For the purpose of this paragraph, legal representation does not include any attempt to influence or persuade agency personnel or officials other than in the course of— a judicial proceeding; a criminal or civil law enforcement inquiry, investigation, or proceeding; or an agency proceeding required by statute or regulation to be conducted on the record. Any person who knowingly violates this section shall be fined not more than $200,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, and any compensation received for engaging in the unlawful activity shall be subject to disgorgement. . Section 7 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1606 ) is amended— in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Whoever and inserting Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whoever ; and in subsection (b), by striking Whoever and inserting Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whoever .
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Sec. 7501
Prohibition on foreign lobbying
U.S.C.§ 1601
U.S.C.§ 1614
U.S.C.§ 1613
U.S.C.§ 611
U.S.C.§ 441
U.S.C.§ 1606
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