109th CONGRESS
2d Session

H. R. 4679

To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to require the Attorney General to make available on the Internet website of the Department of Justice all registration statements and other documents filed with the Attorney General under such Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 31, 2006

Mrs. SCHMIDT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to require the Attorney General to make available on the Internet website of the Department of Justice all registration statements and other documents filed with the Attorney General under such Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `FARA Sunshine Act of 2006'.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET WEBSITE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ALL REGISTRATION STATEMENTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED UNDER THE FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT OF 1938, AS AMENDED.

Section 6 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 616), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(d) The Attorney General shall make available on the Internet website of the Department of Justice all registration statements and supplements thereto filed under section 2 of this Act, all informational materials filed under section 4 of this Act, and any other documents filed with the Attorney General under this Act.'.

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