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Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act

Introduced Mar 5, 2025

Latest action (Dec 17, 2025) Held at the desk.

Referred to
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Voting & Elections
Legislative subjects (3)
Government information and archivesLicensing and registrationsPublic participation and lobbying

Summary
  • Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require registered lobbyists to make additional disclosures.
  • Requires registrants to state whether they are exempt under section 3(h) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Actions (10)
  1. Dec 17, 2025 Held at the desk. · house
  2. Dec 17, 2025 Received in the House. · house
  3. Dec 17, 2025 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
  4. Dec 16, 2025 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8794; text: CR S8794) · senate
  5. Dec 16, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  6. Nov 3, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 258. · senate
  7. Nov 3, 2025 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report. · senate
  8. Jul 30, 2025 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
  9. Mar 5, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. · senate
  10. Mar 5, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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  • S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5301 — PIPES Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1883 — Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1887 — Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 1363 — New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 8879 — Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026 (shares 2 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 856 — Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act · Passed Senate Dec 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 82%
  • HR 8155 — Foreign Propaganda Transparency Act · Introduced Mar 27, 2026 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 1887 — Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act · Introduced Mar 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • S 981 — Foreign Agents Transparency Act · Introduced Mar 12, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
  • HR 3229 — Foreign Agents Transparency Act · Introduced May 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 1883 — Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act · Introduced Mar 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%

Text versions (3)
  • Engrossed in Senate · Dec 16, 2025
  • Reported to Senate · Nov 3, 2025
  • Introduced in Senate · Mar 5, 2025

Full text

AN ACT

To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act”.

SEC. 2. REGISTRANT DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN AGENT REGISTRATION EXEMPTION.

Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(b)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (6), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;

(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(8) a statement as to whether the registrant is exempt under section 3(h) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 613(h)).”.

Passed the Senate December 16, 2025.

Attest:

Secretary. 119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 865

AN ACT

To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended.

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