in furtherance of a Department of Justice investiga-
tion or prosecution of a case; oral examinations; 
depositions; preparation for and response to civil dis-
covery requests; introduction into the record of a 
case or proceeding; applications, motions, memo-
randa and briefs submitted to a court or other tri-
bunal; and communications with Government inves-
tigators, auditors, consultants and experts, the coun-
sel of other parties, arbitrators and mediators, con-
cerning an investigation, case or proceeding; and 
‘‘(6) the term ‘product of discovery’ includes— 
‘‘(A) the original or duplicate of any depo-
sition, interrogatory, document, thing, result of 
the inspection of land or other property, exam-
ination, or admission, which is obtained by any 
method of discovery in any judicial or adminis-
trative proceeding of an adversarial nature; 
‘‘(B) any digest, analysis, selection, com-
pilation, or derivation of any item listed in sub-
paragraph (A); and 
‘‘(C) any index or other manner of access 
to any item listed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(n) SUNSET.—The authority of the Attorney Gen-
eral to issue a civil investigative demand under this section 
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shall expire upon the expiration of the 5-year period which 
begins on the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
SEC. 206. AUTHORIZING IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF 
REGISTRATION FEES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Foreign Agents Registra-
tion Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.), as amended by 
section 205, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 16. FEES. 
‘‘The Attorney General shall establish and collect a 
registration fee, as part of the initial filing requirement 
and at no other time, to help defray the expenses of the 
Registration Unit, and shall credit such fees to this appro-
priation, to remain available until expended.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO REPEAL EXIST-
ING AUTHORITY.—The Department of Justice and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (title I of Public 
Law 102–395) is amended, under the heading ‘‘SALARIES 
AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES’’, by striking 
‘‘In addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, for fiscal 
year 1993 and thereafter, the Attorney General shall es-
tablish and collect fees to recover necessary expenses of 
the Registration Unit (to include salaries, supplies, equip-
ment and training) pursuant to the Foreign Agents Reg-
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istration Act, and shall credit such fees to this appropria-
tion, to remain available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 207. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO IMPROVE EN-
FORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION
OF STRATEGY.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall promulgate final regulations 
for the implementation of a comprehensive strategy to im-
prove the enforcement and administration of the Foreign 
Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) 
that addresses the following issues: 
(1) The coordination and integration of the 
work of the agencies that perform investigations of 
alleged violations of the Act and bring actions (in-
cluding criminal prosecutions) to enforce the Act 
with the overall national security efforts of the De-
partment of Justice. 
(2) An assessment of the appropriateness of the 
exemptions provided under the Act that permit per-
sons who represent the interests of foreign principals 
to avoid registering under the Act. 
(3) A formal cost-benefit analysis of the appro-
priateness of the fee structure under the Act. 
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(4) An assessment of the value of making advi-
sory opinions under the Act available in whole as an 
informational resource. 
(b) REVIEW BY INSPECTOR GENERAL; REPORTS TO 
CONGRESS.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The Inspector General of the De-
partment of Justice shall carry out a review of— 
(A) the extent to which the Attorney Gen-
eral has implemented the comprehensive strat-
egy described in subsection (a); and 
(B) the usage, effectiveness, and any po-
tential abuse of the authority granted to the At-
torney General by this Act to issue civil inves-
tigative demands. 
(2) REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—The Inspector 
General of the Department of Justice shall submit 
a report to the appropriate committees of Congress 
on the results of the review carried out under para-
graph (1) not later than 1 year after the date upon 
which the comprehensive strategy described in sub-
section (a) is implemented by the Attorney General. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and annually thereafter, the Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Assistant Attorney General for National 
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Security, shall submit a report to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress detailing the usage over the preceding 
year of the authority granted to the Attorney General by 
this Act and the amendments made by this title to issue 
civil investigative demands, including— 
(1) the number of civil investigative demands 
issued; 
(2) a description of the nature of the conduct 
constituting the alleged violation of the Foreign 
Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et 
seq.) which was under investigation and the provi-
sion alleged to be violated; 
(3) a description of the nature of the documen-
tary materials, interrogatories, or oral testimony 
sought by the civil investigative demand; 
(4) the number of times the Attorney General 
filed in a district court of the United States a peti-
tion for an order for the enforcement of a civil inves-
tigative demand and a detailed description of the cir-
cumstances that led the Attorney General to seek 
such an order; 
(5) a description of the results of civil investiga-
tive demands issued, including whether the Attorney 
General subsequently filed charges for an alleged 
violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 
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