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House panel approves bill to tighten oversight of foreign lobbying
Source: Reuters
#POLITICS JANUARY 17, 2018 / 4:59 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
House panel approves bill to tighten oversight of foreign lobbying
Diane Bartz
2 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would tighten oversight of lobbyists who work for foreign governments or companies.
The law received renewed attention when Paul Manafort, a Republican operative who briefly served as President Donald Trump’s campaign manager in 2016, pleaded not guilty last year to charges ranging from money laundering to acting as an unregistered agents of Ukraine’s former pro-Russian government.
The committee voted 15 to 6 to give the Department of Justice additional powers to enforce rules requiring lobbyists to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, also called FARA.
The bill would also close loopholes in FARA and require the Justice Department to develop a strategy for enforcing the law.
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House panel approves bill to tighten oversight of foreign lobbying
Diane Bartz
2 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would tighten oversight of lobbyists who work for foreign governments or companies.
The law received renewed attention when Paul Manafort, a Republican operative who briefly served as President Donald Trump’s campaign manager in 2016, pleaded not guilty last year to charges ranging from money laundering to acting as an unregistered agents of Ukraine’s former pro-Russian government.
The committee voted 15 to 6 to give the Department of Justice additional powers to enforce rules requiring lobbyists to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, also called FARA.
The bill would also close loopholes in FARA and require the Justice Department to develop a strategy for enforcing the law.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-lobbyists/house-panel-approves-bill-to-tighten-oversight-of-foreign-lobbying-idUSKBN1F62Z0