New Foreign Lobbying Disclosure Rules Approved for DOJ Release

The Biden administration is set to unveil a long-anticipated regulatory update to foreign lobbying transparency law, a proposal likely to have major implications for prominent political figures and lawyers who’ve encountered heightened enforcement.

The White House regulatory review office has cleared the proposed rule for release, the final step before publication, a website update showed Friday. A spokesman for the Justice Department’s National Security Division, which wrote the proposal, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on timing, but previously the conclusion of this review process leads to a public release within hours or several days.

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