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 PUBLIC LAW 104-65—DEC. 19, 1995 109 STAT. 699 (4) make available for public inspection and copying at reasonable times the registrations and reports filed under this Act; (5) retain registrations for a period of at least 6 years after they are terminated and reports for a period of at least 6 years after they are filed; (6) compile and summarize, with respect to each semi- Records, annual period, the information contained in registrations and reports filed with respect to such period in a clear and complete manner; (7) notify any lobbyist or lobbying firm in writing that may be in noncompliance with this Act; and (8) notify the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia that a lobbyist or lobbying firm may be in noncompliance with this Act, if the registrant has been notified in writing and has failed to provide an appropriate response within 60 days after notice was given under paragraph (7). SEC. 7. PENALTIES. 2 USC 1606. Whoever knowingly fails to— (1) remedy a defective filing within 60 days after notice of such a defect by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives; or (2) comply with any other provision of this Act; shall, upon proof of such knowing violation by a preponderance of the evidence, be subject to a civil fine of not more than $50,000, depending on the extent and gravity of the violation. SEC. 8. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 2 USC 1607. (a) CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit or interfere with— (1) the right to petition the (Government for the redress of grievances; (2) the right to express a personal opinion; or (3) the right of association, protected by the first amendment to the Constitution. (b) PROHIBITION OF ACTIVITIES. — Nothing in this Act shall be; construed to prohibit, or to authorize any court to prohibit, lobbying activities or lobbying contacts by any person or entity, regardless of whether such person or entity is in compliance with the requirements of this Act. (c) AUDIT AND INVESTIGATIONS. — -Nothing in this Act shall be construed to grant general audit or investigative authority to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives. SEC. 9. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT. The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 1— 22 USC 611. (A) by striking subsection (j); (B) in subsection (o) by striking "the dissemination of political propaganda and any other activity which the person engaging therein believes will, or which he intends to, prevail upon, indoctrinate, convert, induce, persuade, or in any other way influence" and inserting "any activity that the person engaging in believes will, or that the person intends to, in any way influence";

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