Work to close Foreign Agents Registration Act loopholes so agents working for foreign adversaries must register and disclose their lobbying activities, increasing transparency and accountability for malign foreign influence efforts in the United States.

This provision will close key loopholes to ensure transparency and accountability of malign foreign lobbying efforts in the United States.

Risch said the PAID OFF Act provision will close key lobbying-law loopholes and improve transparency and accountability for foreign adversary influence efforts.

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DOJ says FARA requires certain agents of foreign principals engaged in political or specified activities to make periodic public disclosure of relationships, activities, receipts, and disbursements.

Current DOJ FARA materials confirm the baseline disclosure regime, but do not show a new adversary-specific loophole closure delivered during Risch's current Senate term.

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Foreign Agents Registration Act | U.S. Department of Justice
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DOJ's current FARA index still lists exemptions including trade or commerce, academic or charitable activities, legal representation, and the Lobbying Disclosure Act exemption.

The relevant FARA loophole area, especially the LDA exemption, remains present in DOJ's current version of the statute, indicating the promise has not been fully delivered as a statutory fix.

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FARA Index and Act | U.S. Department of Justice
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S.829 proposed amending the Lobbying Disclosure Act to clarify registration contents for foreign influence in lobbying; it passed the Senate but was not enacted in the 118th Congress.

A related Senate vehicle addressed foreign-influence lobbying disclosure, but it did not become law and available records do not show Risch as the sponsor of that bill.

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S.829 - Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act, 118th Congress
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The report says Sen. Jim Risch and GOP committee staff released a China report urging foreign funding and foreign agents registration transparency reforms.

This is concrete public advocacy by Risch for FARA-related transparency reforms, but it is not evidence that the loopholes were closed or that adversary agents were newly required to register by enacted law.

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Top Republican on Senate Foreign Relations Committee gives Biden-Harris admin 'D' average on countering China
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