Justice Department Proposed Rule

2021-26936: Clarification and Modernization of Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Implementing Regulations

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Summary

The Department of Justice's National Security Division (NSD) anticipates issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would amend or otherwise clarify the scope of certain exemptions, update various definitions, and make other modernizing changes to the Attorney General's Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) implementing regulations. The Department is issuing this Advanced Notice of Public Rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit suggestions for any potential amendments to, or clarifications of, the current FARA implementing regulations.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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