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Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA): An Overview

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10499#:~:text=“The%20Foreign%20Agents%20Registration%20Act,in%20light%20of%20their%20associations.”

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. FARA does not prohibit any specific activities; rather it seeks to require registration and disclosure of them. According to the most recently available data (December 2021), more than 450 active registrants represent about 750 foreign principals. (…)