,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eabb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ae1       
#bjai,mr4 ,buck 7for himself and ,mr4   
,khanna7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,foreign ,agents ,registration ,act of 
#aich to require registration statements
 filed under such ,act to be filed in a 
structured data format which enables the
 statements to be digitized for purposes
 of the publicly available electronic   
database maintained under such ,act1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,foreign 
,agents ,registration ,modernization    
,act of #bjai or the ,,farm ,act of     
#bjai4  #b4 ,format for registration    
statements filed under ,foreign ,agents 
,registration ,act of #aich  7a7        
,requiring registration statements ,to  
be in structured data format ,section   
#b7;g7 of the ,foreign ,agents          
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 

7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fab7;g77 is amended by  
striking in electronic form and         
inserting in an electronic1 structured  
data format under which the statement or
 supplement shall be published in a     
publicly available1 machine-processable 
digital format for purposes of the      
,national ,foreign ,agents ,database    
under section #f7;d74  7b7 ,effective   
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall apply with respect to     
statements filed on or after the        
expiration of the #ahj-;day period which
 begins on the date of the enactment of 
this ,act4  #c4 ,requirements for       
electronic database of registration     
statements  7a7 ,requiring database ,to 
be searchable and sortable by public2   
designation of database as ,national    
,foreign ,agents ,database ,section     
#f7;d77#a7 of the ,foreign ,agents      
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faf7;d77#a77 is         
amended--  7#a7 in the matter preceding 
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking to the   

extent technically practicable12  7#b7  
in the matter preceding subparagraph    
7,a71 by striking an electronic database
 and inserting an electronic database to
 be known as the ,national ,foreign     
,agents ,database2 and  7#c7 in         
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking includes 
the information and inserting includes  
in a digitized format the information4  
7b7 ,requiring immediate posting of     
statements upon receipt ,section        
#f7;d77#b7 of such ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4  
#faf7;d77#b77 is amended by striking as 
soon as technically practicable and     
inserting immediately4  7c7 ,effective  
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall take effect upon the      
expiration of the #ahj-;day period which
 begins on the date of the enactment of 
this ,act4