2 Jan 2025
📋DOJ's Proposed FARA Regulations
Amending and Clarifying Foreign Agents Registration Act Regulations
Summary
The Department of Justice ("DOJ," "the Department") is proposing amendments and other clarifications to the scope of certain exemptions, to update and add various definitions, and to make other modernizing changes to the Attorney General's Foreign Agents Registration Act ("FARA") implementing regulations.
Agencies
- Justice Department
Business Impact
$$ - Med
The proposed amendments and clarifications to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) regulations introduce compliance requirements for businesses engaging with foreign principals. These businesses need to adapt to updated definitions, exemptions, and disclosure obligations impacting their operations, especially in political consulting and lobbying fields.