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The bill increases transparency and oversight of claimed FARA §3(h) exemptions, improving public and congressional visibility, while imposing modest compliance costs and raising the possibility of increased legal scrutiny for organizations that claim those exemptions.
Voters, government watchdogs, Congress, and enforcement agencies — receive clearer disclosures when entities claim FARA §3(h) foreign-agent exemptions, improving public transparency and making it easier for oversight bodies to identify and review those claims.
Nonprofits and government contractors — face greater legal and reputational risk because adding explicit exemption disclosures may invite increased scrutiny, challenges, or investigations of their exemption claims.
Nonprofits, small businesses, and government contractors — must bear modest compliance costs (time and administrative effort) to update filings and verify the required exemption statement.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds a new required item to federal lobbying registrations: registrants must state whether they claim an exemption under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) exemption at 22 U.S.C. §613(h). It otherwise leaves existing Lobbying Disclosure Act disclosure requirements intact, with only minor punctuation edits to accommodate the new item. The change creates a simple, additional checkbox/statement on lobbying disclosure forms so the public and enforcement officials can see whether a registrant is claiming that FARA §3(h) applies to their activities.
Introduced March 5, 2025 by Gary C. Peters · Last progress December 17, 2025