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 PUBLIC LAW 110–81—SEPT. 14, 2007

121 STAT. 749

‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT REPORT.— ‘‘(1) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall report to the congressional committees referred to in paragraph (2), after the end of each semiannual period beginning on January 1 and July 1, the aggregate number of enforcement actions taken by the Department of Justice under this Act during that semiannual period and, by case, any sentences imposed, except that such report shall not include the names of individuals, or personally identifiable information, that is not already a matter of public record. ‘‘(2) COMMITTEES.—The congressional committees referred to in paragraph (1) are the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.’’. SEC. 211. INCREASED CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH LOBBYING DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1606) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘Whoever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) CIVIL PENALTY.—Whoever’’; (2) by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever knowingly and corruptly fails to comply with any provision of this Act shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years or fined under title 18, United States Code, or both.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to any violation committed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

2 USC 1606 note.

SEC. 212. ELECTRONIC FILING AND PUBLIC DATABASE FOR LOBBYISTS FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

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(a) ELECTRONIC FILING.—Section 2 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 612), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(g) ELECTRONIC FILING OF REGISTRATION STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS.—A registration statement or supplement required to be filed under this section shall be filed in electronic form, in addition to any other form that may be required by the Attorney General.’’. (b) PUBLIC DATABASE.—Section 6 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 616), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(d) PUBLIC DATABASE OF REGISTRATION STATEMENTS AND UPDATES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall maintain, and make available to the public over the Internet, without a fee or other access charge, in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable manner, to the extent technically practicable, an electronic database that— ‘‘(A) includes the information contained in registration statements and updates filed under this Act; and ‘‘(B) is searchable and sortable, at a minimum, by each of the categories of information described in section 2(a).

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