1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated March 7, 2019Foreign Agents Registration Act: An OverviewIn 1938, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (22 U.S.C. 611-621; FARA) was enacted to require individuals doing political or advocacy work on behalf of foreign entities in the United States to register w
2、ith the Department of Justice and to disclose their relationship, activities, receipts, and disbursements in support of their activities. The FARA does not prohibit any specific activities; rather it seeks to require registration and disclosure of them. According to the most recently available data,
3、 more than 400 active FARA registrants represent more than 600 foreign principals. Background In the years prior to World War II, Congress conducted several investigations into lobbying and foreign propaganda by Axis nations, specifically a large number of German propaganda agents operating in the U
4、nited States. Upon the recommendation of the 73rd Congresss (1934-1935) Special Committee on Un-American Activities, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), as initially conceived, would not prohibit political propaganda activities, but rather require that individuals engaged in propaganda on be
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