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PEOPLE TARGETED The act requires people who are under foreign control to register with the Department Of Justice before swaying public opinion. There are four ways a person can be placed under this law: # Engages in political activities # Acts in a public relations capacity for a foreign principal # Solicits or dispenses any thing of value within the United States for a foreign principal # Represents the interests of a foreign principal before any agency or official of the U.S. government. The Department of Justice has found that most violations of this law are unintentional and attempt to work out problems without legal action. COMPLAINTS The Foreign Agent Registration Unit is heavily underfunded despite an increase in the number of foreign lobbyists in Washington, as well as higher spending. {Link without Title} Recently the Unit's database for tracking foreign lobbyists has come into disrepair, to the point that much of its data could be lost if the database was backed up. SOURCES SEE ALSO |
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