Statute, Rules, and Other Authority

• Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (as amended, at 22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq.)
• FARA Registration Unit Rules (at 28 C.F.R. § 5.1 et seq)
• FARA Statutory Index
• Exec. Ord. 9176 (7 Fed. Reg. 4127 (June 2, 1942))

Department of Justice Materials

• Dept. of Justice Settlement Agreement with Skadden Arps (2019)
• Dept. of Justice Office of the Inspector General Report on FARA (2016)
• Dept. of Justice Criminal Enforcement Manual on FARA (Sections 2062 and 2063)
• Dept. of Justice “Determination Letters” to Potential Registrants (RTTV America (2017), DMP International (2017))
• Dept. of Justice Explanations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and FARA Rules (1986, 1942)
• Dept. of Justice FARA Registration Unit “Frequently Asked Questions” – GENERAL
• Dept. of Justice FARA Registration Unit “Frequently Asked Questions” – eFile
• Dept. of Justice FARA-Related Annual Reports to Congress
• FARA Filing Document Search
• FARA E-Filing Log-In Page

Select Legislative History and Rule Notices

• H. Rep. No. 74-153 (1935)
• H. Rep. No. 75-1381 (1937)
• S. Rep. No. 88-875 (1964)
• H. Rep. No. 89-143 (1965)
• H. Rep. No. 89-1470 (1966)
• H. Rep. No. 104-339 (1995)
• S. Rep. No. 105-147 (1997)
• FARA Registration Unit Rule Notices in the Federal Register (2003, 1999)

Congressional Hearings

• U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Oversight of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and Attempts to Influence U.S. Elections (July, 26, 2017)
• U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Examining Systematic Management, and Fiscal Challenges within the Department of Justice (March 21, 2017)
• U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, The Federal Lobbying Disclosure Laws (1991)
• U.S. House of Reps. Committee on the Judiciary, Modification of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (1991)
• U.S. House of Reps. Committee on the Judiciary, Oversight Hearing on Canadian Films and the Foreign Agents Registration Act (1983)
• U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Inquiry into the Matter of Billy Carter and Libya (1980)
• U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Hearing to Amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act (1965)
• U.S. House of Reps. Committee on the Judiciary, Hearings on Bills to Amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act (1965)
• U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, The Nondiplomatic Activities of Foreign Governments (1963)
• U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Hearings on Foreign Agents Registration Act Amendments (1963)

Congressional Correspondence

• Correspondence between U.S. Senator Charles Grassley and the FARA Registration Unit (Oct. 2018, July 2017, May 2017, March 2017, June 2015, May 2015)
• Letters from Republican House Natural Resources Committee to Environmental Nonprofits (Letter to Natural Resources Defense Council (June 2018), Letter to Center for Biological Diversity (June 2018), Letter to Natural Resources Defense Council (July 2018), Letter to World Resources Institute (Sept. 2018), Letter to EarthJustice (Oct. 2018))
• Other congressional correspondence related to FARA (Letter on Former Sec. of State Kerry (Sept. 2018), Letter on Rudy Giuliani (Sept. 2018), Letter on Al Jazerra Media (Mar. 2018), Letter on Xinhua News, China Daily and CGTN (Jan. 2018))

Other Government Materials

• General Accounting Office and Government Accountability Office Reports on FARA (2008, 1998, 1992, 1990, 1980, 1974)
• Congressional Research Service Report on FARA (2017, 1991, 1977)

Forms

• Initial “Long-Form” Registration Statement
  • “Short-Form” Registration Statement
  • Exhibit A
  • Exhibit B
  • Exhibit C (organizational documents provided by filer)
  • Exhibit D (fundraising accounting provided by filer)
  • Amendment to Initial “Long-Form” Registration Statement
• Supplemental Statement

Academic Articles

• David Simiele, Disclosure Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as Amended, 14 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 579 (1963)
• Francis O’Hara, The Foreign Agents Registration Act – The Spotlight of Pitiless Publicity, 10 Vill. L. Rev. 435 (1965)
• Note, Attorneys Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 78 Harv. L. Rev. 619 (1965)
• Roland Paul, Foreign Agents Registration Act: The New Amendments, 22 Bus. Law. 601 (1967)
• Claude-Leonard Davis, Attorneys, Propagandists, and International Business: A Comment on the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 3 Ga. J. of Int’l & Comp. L. 408 (1973)
• Stuart Baesel, Jr., The Attorney Client Privilege under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938: Attorney General v. Covington and Burling, 4 N.C. J. Int’l L. & Com. Reg. 59 (1978)
• James Hyde, Foreign Agents’ Registration: A Practitioner’s Note, 5 N.C. J. Int’l L. & Com. Reg. 377 (1980)
• Yuk Law, The Foreign Agents Registration Act: A New Standard for Determining Agency, 6 Fordham Int’l L.J. 365 (1982)
• Anne Dorfman, Neutral Propaganda: Three Films “Made in Canada” and the Foreign Agents Registration, 7 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 435 (1983)
• Note, The Foreign Agents Registration Act: When is Registration Required?, 34 S.C.L. Rev. 687 (1983)
• Ava Plakins, Heat Not Light: The Foreign Agents Registration Act After Meese v. Keene, 11 Fordham Int’l L.J. 184 (1987)
• Robert Waters, The Foreign Agents Registration Act: How Open Should the Marketplace of Ideas Be?, 53 Mo. L. Rev. 795 (1988)
• Phillip Perry, Recently Proposed Reforms to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, 23 Cornell Int’l L.J. 133 (1990)
• Jahad Atieh, Foreign Agents: Updating FARA to Protect American Democracy, 31 U. Pa. J. Int’l L. 1051 (2010)

Alerts

• DOJ National Security Division Announces Significant Appointment and Shift on FARA Enforcement 
• Justice Department ReleasesA Foreign Agent Advisory Letters

Presentations

• Matthew Sanderson and Bryson Morgan Explain the Foreign Agents Registration Act and Compliance Objectives for U.S. Entities on SCCE Webinar (Nov. 19,2018)
• Caplin & Drysdale Presentation to the District of Columbia Bar (2018)