,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #iha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,peters1 ,mr4 ,young1 and ,ms4 ,warren7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,foreign ,agents  
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 
to clarify that the obligation of       
individuals who formerly served as      
agents of foreign principals to register
 as foreign agents under the ,act is    
continuing with respect to activities   
carried out previously on behalf of such
 foreign principals1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,foreign ,agents    
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,clarifying the
 continuing obligation to register as an
 agent of a foreign principal  7a7      
,obligation ,the third sentence of      
section #b7;a7 of the ,foreign ,agents  
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 

7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fab7;a77 is amended by  
striking for the period and inserting   
covering the period4  7b7 ,effective    
date ,the amendment made by subsection  
7a7 shall apply with respect to any     
individual who serves as the agent of a 
foreign principal under the ,foreign    
,agents ,registration ,act of #aich1 as 
amended 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa et seq47--  
7#a7 during the #e-year period ending on
 the date of enactment of this ,act2    
7#b7 on the date of enactment of this   
,act2 or  7#c7 after the date of        
enactment of this ,act4  #c4 ,permitting
 order requiring compliance to apply    
after ,,fara activities have ended  7a7 
,continual compliance ,section #h7;f7 of
 the ,foreign ,agents ,registration ,act
 of #aich1 as amended 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4    
#fah7;f77 is amended-- 7#a7 by inserting
 after the first sentence the following3
 ,the ,attorney ,general may make       
application for an order requiring a    
person to comply with any appropriate   
provision of this ,act or any regulation

 thereunder while the person acts as an 
agent of a foreign principal or at any  
time thereafter42 and  7#b7 by striking 
the period at the end and inserting the 
following3 1 including an order         
requiring a person to comply with       
section #b with respect to any period   
during which the person acts as the     
agent of a foreign principal            
notwithstanding that the person does not
 act as the agent of a foreign principal
 at the time the court issues the       
order44  7b7 ,effective date ,the       
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply with respect to any individual who
 serves as the agent of a foreign       
principal under the ,foreign ,agents    
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa et seq47-- 7#a7     
during the #e-year period ending on the 
date of enactment of this ,act2  7#b7 on
 the date of enactment of this ,act2 or 
7#c7 after the date of enactment of this
 ,act4  #d4 ,annual reports relating to 
compliance  7a7 ,definitions ,in this   

section-- 7#a7 the term covered action  
means an action taken by the ,attorney  
,general against a covered individual to
 enforce the ,foreign ,agents           
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa et seq471 as amended
 by sections #b and #c of this ,act2 and
  7#b7 the term covered individual means
 an individual who served as the agent  
of a foreign principal under the        
,foreign ,agents ,registration ,act of  
#aich1 as amended 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa et
 seq47 during the #e-year period ending 
on the date of enactment of this ,act4  
7b7 ,in general ,not later than #a year 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 and each year from that date      
thereafter1 the ,attorney ,general shall
 submit to the ,committee on the        
,judiciary and the ,committee on        
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate and  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the 
,house of ,representatives1 as well as  
any other ,member of ,congress upon     
request of such ,member1 a written1     

machine-readable report that describes  
each covered action taken by the        
,attorney ,general4  7c7 ,organization  
,each report submitted under subsection 
7b7 shall be organized by each covered  
action taken and shall include1 with    
respect to each covered action-- 7#a7   
the name of each covered individual     
against whom the covered action was     
taken2  7#b7 a description of the       
rationale behind taking the covered     
action2 and  7#c7 the status of the     
covered action4