109th CONGRESS
2d Session

H. R. 5797

To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to prohibit a person from acting as an agent of certain terrorist entities.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 13, 2006

Mr. MCCOTTER (for himself, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, and Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida) 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 prohibit a person from acting as an agent of certain terrorist entities.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON ACTING AS AGENT OF CERTAIN FOREIGN PRINCIPALS.

The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.), is amended by inserting after section 7 the following new section:

`SEC. 7A. PROHIBITION ON ACTING AS AGENT OF CERTAIN FOREIGN PRINCIPALS.

`No person shall act as an agent of a foreign principal in a case in which the foreign principal is--

`(1) the government of a foreign country that the Secretary of State has determined, for the purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism;

`(2) a foreign political party of a government described in paragraph (1); or

`(3) a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized under the laws of or having its principal place of business in a foreign country the government of which is described in paragraph (1).'.

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