ELECTRONIC FILING AND PUBLIC DATABASE FOR LOBBYISTS FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

SEC. 212. ELECTRONIC FILING AND PUBLIC DATABASE FOR LOBBYISTS FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.(a) Electronic Filing.—Section 2 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 612), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(g) Electronic Filing of Registration Statements and Supplements.—A registration statement or supplement required to be filed under this section shall be filed in electronic form, in addition to any other form that may be required by the Attorney General.”.(b) Public Database.—Section 6 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 616), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(d) Public Database of Registration Statements and Updates.—“(1) In general.—The Attorney General shall maintain, and make available to the public over the Internet, without a fee or other access charge, in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable manner, to the extent technically practicable, an electronic database that—“(A) includes the information contained in registration statements and updates filed under this Act; and“(B) is searchable and sortable, at a minimum, by each of the categories of information described in section 2(a).121 STAT. 750“(2) Accountability.—The Attorney General shall make each registration statement and update filed in electronic form pursuant to section 2(g) available for public inspection over the Internet as soon as technically practicable after the registration statement or update is filed.”.(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 90th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.