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

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

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**(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&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]. **(d) Repealed. Pub. L. 104–65, § 9(8)(B), Dec. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 700** **(e) Continuing offense** Failure to file any such registration statement or supplements thereto as is required by either section 612(a) or [section 612(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section612/b&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be considered a continuing offense for as long as such failure exists, notwithstanding any statute of limitation or other statute to the contrary. **(f) Injunctive remedy; jurisdiction of district court** Whenever in the judgment of the Attorney General any person is engaged in or about to engage in any acts which constitute or will constitute a violation of any provision of this subchapter, or regulations issued thereunder, or whenever any agent of a foreign principal fails to comply with any of the provisions of this subchapter or the regulations issued thereunder, or otherwise is in violation of the subchapter, the Attorney General may make application to the appropriate United States district court for an order enjoining such acts or enjoining such person from continuing to act as an agent of such foreign principal, or for an order requiring compliance with any appropriate provision of the subchapter or regulation thereunder. The district court shall have jurisdiction and authority to issue a temporary or permanent injunction, restraining order or such other order which it may deem proper. **(g) Deficient registration statement** If the Attorney General determines that a registration statement does not comply with the requirements of this subchapter or the regulations issued thereunder, he shall so notify the registrant in writing, specifying in what respects the statement is deficient. It shall be unlawful for any person to act as an agent of a foreign principal at any time ten days or more after receipt of such notification without filing an amended registration statement in full compliance with the requirements of this subchapter and the regulations issued thereunder. **(h) Contingent fee arrangement** It shall be unlawful for any agent of a foreign principal required to register under this subchapter to be a party to any contract, agreement, or understanding, either express or implied, with such foreign principal pursuant to which the amount or payment of the compensation, fee, or other remuneration of such agent is contingent in whole or in part upon the success of any political activities carried on by such agent.

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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. § 614 — Filing and labeling of political propaganda

**(a) Copies to Attorney General; statement as to places, times, and extent of transmission** Every person within the United States who is an agent of a foreign principal and required to register under the provisions of this subchapter and who transmits or causes to be transmitted in the United States mails or by any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce any informational materials for or in the interests of such foreign principal (i) in the form of prints, or (ii) in any other form which is reasonably adapted to being, or which he believes will be, or which he intends to be, disseminated or circulated among two or more persons shall, not later than forty-eight hours after the beginning of the transmittal thereof, file with the Attorney General two copies thereof. **(b) Identification statement** It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States who is an agent of a foreign principal and required to register under the provisions of this subchapter to transmit or cause to be transmitted in the United States mails or by any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce any informational materials for or in the interests of such foreign principal without placing in such informational materials a conspicuous statement that the materials are distributed by the agent on behalf of the foreign principal, and that additional information is on file with the Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia. The Attorney General may by rule define what constitutes a conspicuous statement for the purposes of this subsection. **(c) Public inspection** The copies of informational materials required by this subchapter to be filed with the Attorney General shall be available for public inspection under such regulations as he may pres

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28 U.S.C. § 1657 — Priority of civil actions

**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each court of the United States shall determine the order in which civil actions are heard and determined, except that the court shall expedite the consideration of any action brought under chapter 153 or [section 1826 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1826&num=0&edition=prelim), any action for temporary or preliminary injunctive relief, or any other action if good cause therefor is shown. For purposes of this subsection, “good cause” is shown if a right under the Constitution of the United States or a Federal Statute (including rights under [section 552 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552&num=0&edition=prelim)) would be maintained in a factual context that indicates that a request for expedited consideration has merit. **(b)** The Judicial Conference of the United States may modify the rules adopted by the courts to determine the order in which civil actions are heard and determined, in order to establish consistency among the judicial circuits.

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8 U.S.C. § 1221 — Lists of alien and citizen passengers arriving and departing

**(a) Arrival manifests** For each commercial vessel or aircraft transporting any person to any seaport or airport of the United States from any place outside the United States, it shall be the duty of an appropriate official specified in subsection (d) to provide to any United States border officer (as defined in subsection (i)) at that port manifest information about each passenger, crew member, and other occupant transported on such vessel or aircraft prior to arrival at that port. **(b) Departure manifests** For each commercial vessel or aircraft taking passengers on board at any seaport or airport of the United States, who are destined to any place outside the United States, it shall be the duty of an appropriate official specified in subsection (d) to provide any United States border officer (as defined in subsection (i)) before departure from such port manifest information about each passenger, crew member, and other occupant to be transported. **(c) Contents of manifest** The information to be provided with respect to each person listed on a manifest required to be provided under subsection (a) or (b) shall include— (1) complete name; (2) date of birth; (3) citizenship; (4) sex; (5) passport number and country of issuance; (6) country of residence; (7) United States visa number, date, and place of issuance, where applicable; (8) alien registration number, where applicable; (9) United States address while in the United States; and (10) such other information the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Treasury determines as being necessary for the identification of the persons transported and for the enforcement of the immigration laws and to protect safety and national security. **(d) Appropriate officials

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8 U.S.C. § 1101 — Definitions

**(a)** As used in this chapter— (1) The term “administrator” means the official designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to [section 1104(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1104/b&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) The term “advocates” includes, but is not limited to, advises, recommends, furthers by overt act, and admits belief in. (3) The term “alien” means any person not a citizen or national of the United States. (4) The term “application for admission” has reference to the application for admission into the United States and not to the application for the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa. (5) The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States. (6) The term “border crossing identification card” means a document of identity bearing that designation issued to an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or to an alien who is a resident in foreign contiguous territory, by a consular officer or an immigration officer for the purpose of crossing over the borders between the United States and foreign contiguous territory in accordance with such conditions for its issuance and use as may be prescribed by regulations. Such regulations shall provide that (A) each such document include a biometric identifier (such as the fingerprint or handprint of the alien) that is machine readable and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing identification card is not permitted to cross over the border into the United States unless the biometric identifier contained on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien. (7) The term “clerk of court” means a clerk of a naturalization court. (8) The terms “Commissioner” and “Deputy Commissioner” mean the Co

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2 U.S.C. § 1601 — Findings

The Congress finds that— (1) responsible representative Government requires public awareness of the efforts of paid lobbyists to influence the public decisionmaking process in both the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government; (2) existing lobbying disclosure statutes have been ineffective because of unclear statutory language, weak administrative and enforcement provisions, and an absence of clear guidance as to who is required to register and what they are required to disclose; and (3) the effective public disclosure of the identity and extent of the efforts of paid lobbyists to influence Federal officials in the conduct of Government actions will increase public confidence in the integrity of Government.

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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

Page 315 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 618 tions. Provisions on that subject were incorporated in section 620 of this title by 1942 amendment. Provisions on this subject were contained in section 614 of this title prior to general amendment of act June 8, 1938, by act Apr. 29, 1942. AMENDMENTS 2007—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–81 added subsec. (d). 1995—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–65, § 9(7)(A), struck out ‘‘and all statements concerning the distribution of po- litical propaganda’’ after ‘‘all registration state- ments’’. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–65, § 9(7)(B), struck out ‘‘, and one copy of every item of political propaganda’’ after ‘‘supplement thereto’’. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–65, § 9(7)(C), struck out ‘‘copies of political propaganda,’’ after ‘‘parts thereof,’’. 1966—Pub. L. 89–486 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c). 1942—Act Apr. 29, 1942, amended section generally. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2007 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 110–81 effective on the 90th day after Sept. 14, 2007, see section 212(c) of Pub. L. 110–81, set out as a note under section 612 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1995 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 104–65 effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided, see section 24 of Pub. L. 104–65, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1601 of Title 2, The Congress. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1966 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 89–486 effective ninety days after July 4, 1966, see section 9 of Pub. L. 89–486, set out as a note under section 611 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1942 AMENDMENT Amendment by act Apr. 29, 1942, effective on the six- tieth day after Apr. 29, 1942, except that prior to such sixtieth day the Attorney General

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8 U.S.C. § 1221 — Lists of alien and citizen passengers arriv-

Page 286 TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY § 1204 parture for such visit, (2) that the application is made in good faith, and (3) that the alien’s pro- posed departure from the United States would not be contrary to the interests of the United States, the Attorney General may, in his discre- tion, issue the permit, which shall be valid for not more than two years from the date of issuance and shall not be renewable. The permit shall be in such form as shall be by regulations prescribed for the complete identification of the alien. (c) Multiple reentries During the period of validity, such permit may be used by the alien in making one or more ap- plications for reentry into the United States. (d) Presented and surrendered Upon the return of the alien to the United States the permit shall be presented to the im- migration officer at the port of entry, and upon the expiration of its validity, the permit shall be surrendered to the Service. (e) Permit in lieu of visa A permit issued under this section in the pos- session of the person to whom issued, shall be accepted in lieu of any visa which otherwise would be required from such person under this chapter. Otherwise a permit issued under this section shall have no effect under the immigra- tion laws except to show that the alien to whom it was issued is returning from a temporary visit abroad; but nothing in this section shall be con- strued as making such permit the exclusive means of establishing that the alien is so re- turning. (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 3, § 223, 66 Stat. 194; Pub. L. 97–116, § 6, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1615.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Clause (6) of section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1924, referred to in subsec. (a), which was classified to sec- tion 2

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