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S 865 Passed a chamber

Requires lobbying registrants to state on their disclosure forms whether they are exempt under a section of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Official title: Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act

Next stop House: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received 17-DEC-2025
Senate
Introduced 05-MAR-2025
Referred 05-MAR-2025
Approved by committee 30-JUL-2025
Reported 03-NOV-2025
On the calendar 03-NOV-2025
Passed 16-DEC-2025
Key points
  • Amends Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to add a new required item to registrant filings
  • New item asks whether the registrant is exempt under Section 3(h) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938
  • Makes minor renumbering and punctuation changes to the list of required disclosures
AI-generated from the Engrossed in Senate text of 16-DEC-2025 · verify · report an error
Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to Senate" (03-NOV-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 16-DEC-2025).

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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor Gary C. Peters (D-MI) Cosponsors · 1
■ 1 R
1 Republican