S. 865: Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-05 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Held at the desk.

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Official title

Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act

Plain summary

Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act This bill requires registered lobbyists to disclose whether they are exempt from having to register as foreign agents due to their lobbying activities and status as registered lobbyists.

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Official text

Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · 1 cosponsors

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Exemption: A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s865.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

Record fed-us-cong119-s865 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills