Pub. Pub. If the Attorney General, having due regard for the national security and the public interest, determines that it is necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, he may, in any particular case, require supplements to the registration statement to be filed at more frequent intervals in respect to all or particular items of information to be furnished. For purposes of the Library of Congress, other than for public distribution, the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Postal Service are authorized, upon the request of the Librarian of Congress, to forward to the Library of Congress fifty copies, or as many fewer thereof as are available, of all foreign prints determined to be prohibited entry under the provisions of section 1305 of title 19 and of all foreign prints excluded from the mails under authority of section 1717 of title 18. (a) for requiring any foreigner entering, or being present in, India to report his presence to a prescribed authority within such time and in such manner and with such particulars as may be prescribed; (b) for requiring any foreigner moving from one place to another place in India to report, on arrival at such other place, his presence to a prescribed authority within such time and in such manner and with such particulars as may be prescribed; (c) for requiring any foreigner who is about to leave India to report the date of his intended departure and such other particulars as may be prescribed to such authority and within such period before departure as may be prescribed; (d) for requiring any foreigner entering, being present in, or departing from India, to produce, on demand by a prescribed authority, such proof of his identity as may be prescribed; (e) for requiring any person having the management of any hotel, boarding house, sarai or any other premises of like nature to report the name of any foreigner residing therein or whatever duration, to a prescribed authority within such time and in such manner and with such particulars as may be prescribed; (f) for requiring any person having the management or control of any vessel or aircraft to furnish to a prescribed authority such information as may be prescribed regarding any foreigner entering, or intending to depart from [India], in such vessel or aircraft, and to furnish to such authority such assistance as may be necessary or prescribed for giving effect to this Act; (g) for providing for such other incidental or supplementary matters as may appear to the Central Government necessary or expedient for giving effect to this Act. 258; amended Pub. 1024, title I, 20(a), 64 Stat. This subchapter shall be applicable in the several States, the District of Columbia, the Territories, the Canal Zone, the insular possessions, and all other places now or hereafter subject to the civil or military jurisdiction of the United States. The filing ofthis document is required by the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. ), 1995Pub. Amendment by Pub. See sections 851 and 852 of Title 50, War and National Defense. This order shall become effective as of June 1, 1942. Website search results: 1939 national registration act | The National L. 89486, 4(3), substituted filed with the Attorney General for sent to the Librarian of Congress. (a). Gal Luft, promoted by House Republicans as possessing evidence of corruption by the Biden family, was charged by federal prosecutors with lobbying and sanctions violations and with brokering arms . 1984Subsec. Pub. 477, title IV, 402(d), 66 Stat. PDF Registration Statement Subsec. (e), (f). Subsec. The Attorney General is authorized to furnish to departments and agencies in the executive branch and committees of the Congress such information obtained by him in the administration of this subchapter, including the names of registrants under this subchapter, copies of registration statements, or parts thereof, or other documents or information filed under this subchapter, as may be appropriate in the light of the purposes of this subchapter. (June 8, 1938, ch. 254; Pub. L. 91375, 4(a), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. UK Government Considers New Foreign Agents Registration Act July 30, 2020 Election and Political Law On 21 July 2020, the UK Intelligence and Security Committee (the "Committee") published a long-awaited report regarding evidence of Russian threats against the United Kingdom. Chapter 4 of title II of the Act is classified generally to part IV (1221 et seq.) It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States who is an agent of a foreign principal required to register under the provisions of this subchapter to transmit, convey, or otherwise furnish to any agency or official of the Government (including a Member or committee of either House of Congress) for or in the interests of such foreign principal any political propaganda or to request from any such agency or official for or in the interests of such foreign principal any information or advice with respect to any matter pertaining to the political or public interests, policies or relations of a foreign country or of a political party or pertaining to the foreign or domestic policies of the United States unless the propaganda or the request is prefaced or accompanied by a true and accurate statement to the effect that such person is registered as an agent of such foreign principal under this subchapter. Use. 3359; Pub. Foreign Agents Registration Act amendments of 1939 1244), requiring the registration of agents of foreign principals, are hereby transferred to and vested in the Attorney General. 1. What is the 1939 Register? - 1939 Register | findmypast.com FARA Index And Act (22 U.S.C. L. 91375, 4(a), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. Duplicate certificate of registration. Subsec. Report by a foreigner of his address in India, etc. (g). FARA is an acronym for the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 258, provided that: Sec. Pub. (2) exemption of any person engaging or agreeing to engage in other activities not serving predominantly a foreign interest. (June 8, 1938, ch. Provisions on that subject were incorporated in section 618 of this title by 1942 amendment. (d). PDF THE REGISTRATION OF FOREIGNERS ACT, 1939 S - India Code For the purpose of this act "foreigners means, a person who is not citizen of India. 13. L. 10465 effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided, see section 24 of Pub. Pub. 29, 1942, ch. 257; amended Proc. 1966Subsec. (June 8, 1938, ch. 1966Subsec. It has been a popular source of information to a wide range of stakeholders - from citizens, to government, business and Indian Diasporas. The 1939 Register, released online by . L. 10465, 9(1)(D), struck out subsec. (a)(2). Each officer, or person performing the functions of an officer, and each director, or person performing the functions of a director, of an agent of a foreign principal which is not an individual shall be under obligation to cause such agent to execute and file a registration statement and supplements thereto as and when such filing is required under subsections (a) and (b) of section 612 of this title and shall also be under obligation to cause such agent to comply with all the requirements of sections 614(a) and (b) and 615 of this title and all other requirements of this subchapter. 5. As used in this subsection the term disseminating includes transmitting or causing to be transmitted in the United States mails or by any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or offering or causing to be offered in the United States mails;. Pub. (e). It extends to 2[the whole of India] 2. (3) in par. (a)(7). Pub. (d). 10. 257.). Subsec. The Foreign Agents Registration Act ("FARA") imposes disclosure requirements and other legal obligations on any individual or entity that becomes an "agent of a foreign principal" unless an exemption applies. 1939Act Aug. 7, 1939, amended section generally. 1961Subsec. 30, title VIII, 3, 40 Stat. Pub. (g). An Act to provide for the registration of foreigners in 1[India]. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1101 of Title 8 and Tables. Pub. (d). Subsec. 248; Pub. 39.). L. 89486 designated existing provisions as subsec. 2695, July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. No. 22 U.S. Code Subchapter II - REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN PROPAGANDISTS | U Eff. 784; Pub. 256; Pub. Foreign Agents Registration Act L. 87366, 1, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. Pub. Short title and extent. Amendment by Pub. 611 et seq.) 29, 1942, ch. 29, 1942, section related to additional registration statements after each six months period. 78a et 16 seq. 29, 1942, ch. Pub. At its top level, it divides the world of legislation into fifty topically-organized Titles, and each Title is further subdivided into any number of logical subtopics. Provisions on that subject were incorporated in section 620 of this title by 1942 amendment. (1) This Act may be called The Registration of Foreigners Act , 1939. (c). 1950Subsec. 1. Pub. Act June 8, 1938, ch. Pub. Subsec. 611 et seq.) WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the registration of foreigners entering, being present in, and departing form, 1[India]; It is hereby enacted as follows: -- Short title and extent.(1) This Act may be called the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939. 4. 749.). The Attorney General shall every six months report to the Congress concerning administration of this subchapter, including registrations filed pursuant to the subchapter, and the nature, sources and content of political propaganda disseminated and distributed. 263, 1, 56 Stat. Foreign Agents Registration Act: An Overview - CRS Reports (d). Subsec. where by reason of the nature of the functions or activities of such person the Attorney General, having due regard for the national security and the public interest, determines that such registration, or the furnishing of such information, as the case may be, is not necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. 611 et seq. No. Pub. 244; Pub. PDF Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended Provision ofthe information requested is mandatory, and failure to provide this 1005; June 27, 1952, ch. Pub. new agreements with foreign principals reported by agents under the Act during this period. Ex. (k) The term registration statement means the registration statement required to be filed with the Attorney General under section 612(a) of this title, and any supplements thereto required to be filed under section 612(b) of this title, and includes all documents and papers required to be filed therewith or amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, whether attached thereto or incorporated therein by reference; (l) The term American republic includes any of the states which were signatory to the Final Act of the Second Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics at Habana, Cuba, July 30, 1940; (m) The term United States, when used in a geographical sense, includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Territories, the Canal Zone, the insular possessions, and all other places now or hereafter subject to the civil or military jurisdiction of the United States; (n) The term prints means newspapers and periodicals, books, pamphlets, sheet music, visiting cards, address cards, printing proofs, engravings, photographs, pictures, drawings, plans, maps, patterns to be cut out, catalogs, prospectuses, advertisements, and printed, engraved, lithographed, or autographed notices of various kinds, and, in general, all impressions or reproductions obtained on paper or other material assimilable to paper, on parchment or on cardboard, by means of printing, engraving, lithography, autography, or any other easily recognizable mechanical process, with the exception of the copying press, stamps with movable or immovable type, and the typewriter; (o) The term political activities means any activity that the person engaging in believes will, or that the person intends to, in any way influence any agency or official of the Government of the United States or any section of the public within the United States with reference to formulating, adopting, or changing the domestic or foreign policies of the United States or with reference to the political or public interests, policies, or relations of a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party; (p) The term political consultant means any person who engages in informing or advising any other person with reference to the domestic or foreign policies of the United States or the political or public interest, policies, or relations of a foreign country or of a foreign political party. 1966Pub. L. 10465, 19, Dec. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. Pub. 611-621; FARA) was enacted to require individuals doing political or advocacy work on behalf of foreign entities in the United States to register with the Department of Justice and to disclose their relationship, activities, receipts, and disbursements in support of their activities. Amendment by Pub. Failure to file any such registration statement or supplements thereto as is required by either section 612(a) or section 612(b) of this title shall be considered a continuing offense for as long as such failure exists, notwithstanding any statute of limitation or other statute to the contrary. In this Act- 3[ (a)" foreigner " means a person who is not a citizen of India;] 4* * * * * * Pub. 29, 1942, provided for the effective date of the 1938 act. (a). In theory, any law -- or individual provisions within any law -- passed by . 633, provided that: This Act [enacting this subchapter] shall take effect on the ninetieth day after the date of its enactment [June 8, 1938]., Act June 8, 1938, ch. No. Background on the Foreign Agents Registration Act On June 8, 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed FARA into law.1 The law sought to "combat the spread of hidden foreign influence . (June 8, 1938, ch. The fact that a registration statement or supplement thereto has been filed shall not necessarily be deemed a full compliance with this subchapter and the regulations thereunder on the part of the registrant; nor shall it indicate that the Attorney General has in any way passed upon the merits of such registration statement or supplement thereto; nor shall it preclude prosecution, as provided for in this subchapter, for willful failure to file a registration statement or supplement thereto when due or for a willful false statement of a material fact therein or the willful omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or the willful omission of a material fact or copy of a material document necessary to make the statements made in a registration statement and supplements thereto, and the copies of documents furnished therewith, not misleading. Definitions. It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to conceal, destroy, obliterate, mutilate, or falsify, or to attempt to conceal, destroy, obliterate, mutilate, or falsify, or to cause to be concealed, destroyed, obliterated, mutilated, or falsified, any books or records required to be kept under the provisions of this section. Obligations of masters of vessels, etc. no longer a legal requirement after the National Registration Act was repealed in 1952. (3) and (4) as (2) and (3), substituted in such par. 2695, which granted independence to the Philippines under the authority of section 1394 of this title, under which section Proc. XVI OF 1939 [8th April, 1939] An Act to provide for the registration of foreigners in 2[Pakistan] WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the registration of foreigners entering, being present in,and departing from,2[Pakis tan]; Changes of Source: The National Archives Website: Research . Words including the Philippine Islands, omitted from section pursuant to Proc. Short title and extent . Any agent of a person described in section 611(b)(2) of this title or an entity described in section 611(b)(3) of this title if the agent has engaged in lobbying activities and has registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 [2 U.S.C. 29, 1942, section related to retention of statements as public records. L. 10465, Dec. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. Whereas it is expedient to provide for the registration of foreigners entering, being present in, and departing from Pakistan. 327, 14, as added by act Apr. 1966Subsec. 16. (m), see section 3602(b) of this title. Every agent of a foreign principal registered under this subchapter shall keep and preserve while he is an agent of a foreign principal such books of account and other records with respect to all his activities, the disclosure of which is required under the provisions of this subchapter, in accordance with such business and accounting practices, as the Attorney General, having due regard for the national security and the public interest, may by regulation prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter and shall preserve the same for a period of three years following the termination of such status. Subsec. 258, provided that: This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended.. Section 613 of title 18, referred to in subsec. 2. 29, 1942, ch. L. 89486, 4(2), inserted for or in the interests of such foreign principal after political propaganda, where first appearing, and the relationship or connection between the person transmitting the political propaganda or causing it to be transmitted and such propaganda; after setting forth and substituted such foreign principal for each of his foreign principals. 1352.). Until regulations are in effect under this section every agent of a foreign principal shall keep books of account and shall preserve all written records with respect to his activities. Section 1717 of title 18 substituted for section 343 of title 18 on authority of act June 25, 1948, ch. See Effective Date note set out under section 611 of this title. PDF Foreign Agents Registration Act: An Overview - Federation of American (3) combination of persons for combination of individuals and struck out from definition of foreign principal former pars. Protection to persons acting under this Act. Amendment by Pub. (a). SEC.gov | Trust Indenture Act of 1939 L. 87366 substituted private and nonpolitical financial or mercantile activities in furtherance for private, non-political, financial, mercantile, or other activities in furtherance. 263, 1, 56 Stat. Pub. 29, 1942, set out as a note under section 611 of this title. (a)(3). Section effective on the sixtieth day after Apr. (j) which read as follows: The term political propaganda includes any oral, visual, graphic, written, pictorial, or other communication or expression by any person (1) which is reasonably adapted to, or which the person disseminating the same believes will, or which he intends to, prevail upon, indoctrinate, convert, induce, or in any other way influence a recipient or any section of the public within the United States with reference to the political or public interests, policies, or relations of a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party or with reference to the foreign policies of the United States or promote in the United States racial, religious, or social dissensions, or (2) which advocates, advises, instigates, or promotes any racial, social, political, or religious disorder, civil riot, or other conflict involving the use of force or violence in any other American republic or the overthrow of any government or political subdivision of any other American republic by any means involving the use of force or violence. 327, 11, as added Apr. 1938, as amended . All persons required to register under this Act shall use this form in submitting the information required by Section 2(a). 1601 et seq.] L. 10465, 9(8)(A), struck out or in any statement under section 614(a) of this title concerning the distribution of political propaganda after or supplement thereto. Prior to general amendment of act June 8, 1938, by act Apr. 251; Aug. 3, 1950, ch. In case of failure of any such agent of a foreign principal to comply with any of the requirements of this subchapter, each of its officers, or persons performing the functions of officers, and each of its directors, or persons performing the functions of directors, shall be subject to prosecution therefor. Pub. Pursuant to P.L. Charges include "offenses related to willfully failing to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act ('FARA'), arms trafficking, Iranian sanctions violations, and making false . An Act to provide for the registration of foreigners in British India. (p). 327, 7, 52 Stat. 2695 is set out as a note. . Related Statutes; Enforcement; Recent Cases; FARA eFile . 29, 1942, ch. (a) The term person includes an individual, partnership, association, corporation, organization, or any other combination of individuals; (b) The term foreign principal includes. is a United States law that imposes public disclosure obligations on persons representing foreign interests. 22 U.S. Code 611 - Definitions - LII / Legal Information Institute 9176, May 29, 1942, 7 F.R. . 276; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. (a). In the majority of other countries, both within and outside the British Commonwealth, foreign visitors and residents are required to report their presence and movements to specified authorities, and the Governments of those countries are thereby possessed at all times of complete information as to the number and whereabouts of foreigners in their countries.