,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hffc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bc1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,gallagher 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 repeal   
the exemption from registration under   
such ,act for persons providing private 
and nonpolitical representation of trade
 and commercial interests1 and the      
exemption from registration under such  
,act for persons filing disclosure      
reports under the ,lobbying ,disclosure 
,act of #aiie1 in connection with the   
representation of business organizations
 organized under the laws of or having  
their principal place of business in the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,chinese       
,communist ,party ,influence            
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,repealing     
certain exemptions from registration    

under ,foreign ,agents ,registration    
,act of #aich by agents representing    
,chinese business organizations  7a7 ,in
 general ,the ,foreign ,agents          
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa et seq47 is amended 
by inserting after section #c the       
following3  #c;,a4 ,special rules for   
agents representing ,chinese business   
organizations  7a7 ,repeal of exemption 
from registration for persons providing 
private and nonpolitical representation 
of bona fide trade or commercial        
interests ,section #c7;d77#a7 shall not 
apply to an agent of a covered ,chinese 
business organization4  7b7 ,repeal of  
exemption from registration for persons 
filing disclosure reports under         
,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of #aiie     
7#a7 ,repeal ,section #c7;h7 shall not  
apply to an agent of a covered ,chinese 
business organization4  7#b7 ,timing for
 filing of registration statements ,in  
the case of an agent of a covered       
,chinese business organization who has  

registered under the ,lobbying          
,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 
#afja et seq471 after the agent files   
the first registration required under   
section #b7;a7 in connection with the   
agent's representation of the covered   
,chinese business organization1 the     
agent shall file all subsequent         
statements1 information1 or documents   
required under section #b at the same   
time1 and in the same frequency1 as the 
reports filed with the ,clerk of the    
,house of ,representatives or the       
,secretary of the ,senate 7as the case  
may be7 under section #e of the         
,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b 
,u4,s4,c4 #afjd7 in connection with the 
agent's representation of the covered   
,chinese business organization4  7c7    
,covered ,chinese business organization 
defined ,in this section1 the term      
covered ,chinese business organization  
means-- 7#a7 an entity described in     
section #a7;b77#c7 which is organized   
under the laws of1 or has its principal 

place of business in1 the ,people's     
,republic of ,china 7including any      
subsidiary or affiliate of such an      
entity71 except that such term does not 
include a subsidiary or affiliate of an 
entity which is organized under the laws
 of1 and has its principal place of     
business in1 a country other than the   
,people's ,republic of ,china2 or  7#b7 
an entity designated by the ,attorney   
,general as subject to the extrajudicial
 direction of the ,chinese ,communist   
,party4  4  7b7 ,conforming amendments  
7#a7 ,repeal of exemption ,section #c of
 such ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fac7 is      
amended-- 7,a7 in subsection 7d77#a71 by
 striking in private and inserting      
except as provided in section #c;,a7a71 
in private2 and  7,b7 in subsection 7h71
 by striking ,any agent and inserting   
,except as provided in section #c;,a7b71
 any agent4  7#b7 ,timing of filing of  
registration statements ,section #b7;b7 
of such ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fab7;b77 is
 amended in the first sentence by       

striking six months succeeding such     
filing and inserting six months         
succeeding such filing 7except as       
provided in section #c;,a7b77#b774  7c7 
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this ,act shall take effect #ahj days   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4