Foreign Agent Definition

On the SENATE COMMUNICATING WITH CONGRESS ACCESS APPLICATION a "foreign principal" and "agent of a foreign principal" as defined in Section 1 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 is:

Section I (b)-(c) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 provides that:

(b) The term "foreign principal" includes -
- (1) a government of a foreign country and a foreign political party;
- (2) a person outside of the United States, unless it is established that such person is an individual and a citizen of and domiciled with in the United States, or that such person is not an individual and is organized under or created by the laws of the United States or of any State or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and has its principal place of business within the United States; and
- (3) a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized under the laws of or having its principal place of business in a foreign country.
(c) Expect [sic.] as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the term "agent of a foreign principal" means -
- ( 1 ) any person who acts as an agent, representative, employee, or servant, or any person who acts in any other capacity at the order, request, or under the direction or control, of a foreign principal or of a person any of whose activities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in major part by a foreign principal , and who directly or through any other person -
  - (i) engages within the United States in political activities for or in the interests of such foreign principal ;
  - (ii) acts within the United States as a public relations counsel, publicity agent, information- service employee or political consultant for or in the interests of such foreign principal ;
  - (iii) within the United States solicits, collects, disburses, or dispenses contributions, loans, money, or other things of value for or in the interest of such foreign principal; or
  - (iv) within the United States represents the interests of such foreign principal before any agency or official of the Government of the United States; and
- (2) any person who agrees, consents, assumes or purports to act as, or who is or holds himself out to be, whether or not pursuant to contractual relationship, an agent of a foreign principal as defined in clause ( I ) of this subsection.