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22 U.S.C. § 615 — Books and records

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22 U.S.C. § 615 — Books and records

Every agent of a foreign principal registered under this subchapter shall keep and preserve while he is an agent of a foreign principal such books of account and other records with respect to all his activities, the disclosure of which is required under the provisions of this subchapter, in accordance with such business and accounting practices, as the Attorney General, having due regard for the national security and the public interest, may by regulation prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter and shall preserve the same for a period of three years following the termination of such status. Until regulations are in effect under this section every agent of a foreign principal shall keep books of account and shall preserve all written records with respect to his activities. Such books and records shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of any official charged with the enforcement of this subchapter. It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to conceal, destroy, obliterate, mutilate, or falsify, or to attempt to conceal, destroy, obliterate, mutilate, or falsify, or to cause to be concealed, destroyed, obliterated, mutilated, or falsified, any books or records required to be kept under the provisions of this section.

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22 U.S.C. § 611 — Definitions

As used in and for the purposes of this subchapter— **(a)** The term “person” includes an individual, partnership, association, corporation, organization, or any other combination of individuals; **(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 within 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 11 So in original. Probably should be “Except”. 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

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22 U.S.C. § 618 — Enforcement and penalties

**(a) Violations; false statements and willful omissions** Any person who— (1) willfully violates any provision of this subchapter or any regulation thereunder, or (2) in any registration statement or supplement thereto or in any other document filed with or furnished to the Attorney General under the provisions of this subchapter willfully makes a false statement of a material fact or willfully omits any material fact required to be stated therein or willfully omits a material fact or a copy of a material document necessary to make the statements therein and the copies of documents furnished therewith not misleading, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, except that in the case of a violation of subsection (b), (e), or (f) of [section 614 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section614&num=0&edition=prelim) or of subsection (g) or (h) of this section the punishment shall be a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. **(b) Proof of identity of foreign principal** In any proceeding under this subchapter in which it is charged that a person is an agent of a foreign principal with respect to a foreign principal outside of the United States, proof of the specific identity of the foreign principal shall be permissible but not necessary. **(c) Removal** Any alien who shall be convicted of a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, any provision of this subchapter or any regulation thereunder shall be subject to removal pursuant to chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act [[8 U.S.C. 1221](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1221

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22 U.S.C. § 233 to 233g — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 233, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title VIII, § 3, 40 Stat. 226, as amended, which related to acting as a foreign agent without notice to Secretary of State, was transferred to [section 601 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section601&num=0&edition=prelim) and was subsequently repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862. See [section 951 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section951&num=0&edition=prelim), Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Section 233a, act June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 1, 52 Stat. 631, as amended, which related to defining, various terms included in provisions relating to foreign agents and propaganda, was transferred to [section 611 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section611&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 233b, act June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 2, 52 Stat. 632, as amended, which related to registration statements, was transferred to [section 612 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section612&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 233c, act June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 3, 52 Stat. 632, as amended, which related to exemptions, was transferred to [section 613 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section613&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 233d, act June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 4, 52 Stat. 632, as amended, which related to filing and labeling political propaganda, was transferred to [section 614 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section614&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 233e, act June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 5, 52 Stat. 633, as amended, w

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22 U.S.C. § 615 — Books and records

Page 314 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 615 § 615. Books and records Every agent of a foreign principal registered under this subchapter shall keep and preserve while he is an agent of a foreign principal such books of account and other records with respect to all his activities, the disclosure of which is required under the provisions of this subchapter, in accordance with such business and account- ing practices, as the Attorney General, having due regard for the national security and the pub- lic interest, may by regulation prescribe as nec- essary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter and shall preserve the same for a period of three years following the termination of such status. Until regula- tions are in effect under this section every agent of a foreign principal shall keep books of ac- count and shall preserve all written records with respect to his activities. Such books and records shall be open at all reasonable times to the in- spection of any official charged with the en- forcement of this subchapter. It shall be unlaw- ful for any person willfully to conceal, destroy, obliterate, mutilate, or falsify, or to attempt to conceal, destroy, obliterate, mutilate, or falsify, or to cause to be concealed, destroyed, obliter- ated, mutilated, or falsified, any books or records required to be kept under the provisions of this section. (June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 5, 52 Stat. 633; Apr. 29, 1942, ch. 263, § 1, 56 Stat. 256; Pub. L. 89–486, § 5, July 4, 1966, 80 Stat. 247.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS Prior to general amendment of act June 8, 1938, by act Apr. 29, 1942, section related to penalties. Provi- sions on that subject were incorporated in section 618 of this title by 1942 amendment.

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