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 
shall expire upon the expiration of the 5-year period which 
begins on the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
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SEC. 4. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO IMPROVE EN-
FORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT
OF STRATEGY.—The Attorney 
General shall develop and implement a comprehensive 
strategy to improve 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. 
(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.— 
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(1) REVIEW.—The Inspector General of the De-
partment of Justice shall carry out a regular, ongo-
ing review of— 
(A) the extent to which the Attorney Gen-
eral has developed and implemented the com-
prehensive strategy 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 of en-
actment of this Act and annually thereafter. 
SEC. 5. ANALYSIS BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF-
FICE. 
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall— 
(1) carry out an analysis of the effectiveness of 
the enforcement and administration of the Foreign 
Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et 
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seq.), including the extent to which the amendments 
made by this Act have improved the enforcement 
and administration of such Act, and taking into ac-
count the comprehensive strategy developed and im-
plemented under section 4; and 
(2) submit the analysis to the Attorney General, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Justice, 
and the appropriate committees of Congress. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of 
Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committees on the Judiciary and For-
eign Relations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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