I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3229 
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended to 
clarify that the obligation of individuals who formerly served as agents 
of foreign principals to register as foreign agents under the Act is 
continuing with respect to activities carried out previously on behalf 
of such foreign principals, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2025 
Mr. CLINE (for himself, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. JOHN-
SON of South Dakota, Mr. WITTMAN, and Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 
as amended to clarify that the obligation of individuals 
who formerly served as agents of foreign principals to 
register as foreign agents under the Act is continuing 
with respect to activities carried out previously on behalf 
of such foreign principals, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Agents Trans-
parency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLARIFYING THE CONTINUING OBLIGATION TO 
REGISTER AS AN AGENT OF A FOREIGN PRIN-
CIPAL. 
(a) OBLIGATION.—The third sentence of section 2(a) 
of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 612(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for 
the period’’ and inserting ‘‘covering the period’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any individual 
who serves as the agent of a foreign principal under the 
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 611 et seq.)— 
(1) during the 5-year period ending on the date 
of enactment of this Act; 
(2) on the date of enactment of this Act; or 
(3) after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. PERMITTING ORDER REQUIRING COMPLIANCE TO 
APPLY 
AFTER 
FARA 
ACTIVITIES 
HAVE 
ENDED. 
(a) CONTINUAL COMPLIANCE.—Section 8(f) of the 
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 618(f)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The Attorney General may make applica-
tion for an order requiring a person to comply with 
any appropriate provision of this Act or any regula-
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tion thereunder while the person acts as an agent of 
a foreign principal or at any time thereafter.’’; and 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘, including an order requiring a 
person to comply with section 2 with respect to any 
period during which the person acts as the agent of 
a foreign principal notwithstanding that the person 
does not act as the agent of a foreign principal at 
the time the court issues the order.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any individual 
who serves as the agent of a foreign principal under the 
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 611 et seq.)— 
(1) during the 5-year period ending on the date 
of enactment of this Act; 
(2) on the date of enactment of this Act; or 
(3) after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORTS RELATING TO COMPLIANCE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘covered action’’ means an action 
taken by the Attorney General against a covered in-
dividual to enforce the Foreign Agents Registration 
Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.), 
as amended by sections 2 and 3 of this Act; and 
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(2) the term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an in-
dividual who served as the agent of a foreign prin-
cipal under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 
1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) during 
the 5-year period ending on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and each year from that 
date thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the 
Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives, as well as any 
other Member of Congress upon request of such Member, 
a written, machine-readable report that describes each 
covered action taken by the Attorney General. 
(c) ORGANIZATION.—Each report submitted under 
subsection (b) shall be organized by each covered action 
taken and shall include, with respect to each covered ac-
tion— 
(1) the name of each covered individual against 
whom the covered action was taken; 
(2) a description of the rationale behind taking 
the covered action; and 
(3) the status of the covered action. 
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