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Gallagher rolls out 'Retroactive Foreign Agents Registration Act' with bipartisan support
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Rep. Mike Gallagher's new bill would require people to retroactively register as a foreign agent if they failed to do so under current law, even if they are no longer an agent.
Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.
The bill comes after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling last year that said if someone stops acting as a foreign agent, they have no continuing obligation to register for their work as a foreign agent.
That ruling requires a judge to dismiss any case in which the Justice Department sues to require an unregistered foreign agent to register, as long as the person has stopped acting as a foreign agent. Lawmakers have said that ruling dealt a massive blow to the Justice Department’s ability to enforce FARA.