The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
S 865 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Gary C. Peters (D)

Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act

Requires registered lobbyists to disclose if they're exempt from registering as foreign agents.

Tradeoff

Expands lobbying disclosures to include foreign agent exemption status. No apparent fiscal cost or offset.

What's in it

See official bill text

No significant federal cost over 2025-2030; minimal revenue from civil fines over 2025-2035.

The federal cost to enforce this disclosure rule is negligible—the policy's real burden falls on lobbying firms, which must now report whether they claim a Foreign Agents Registration Act exemption.

S. 865, Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act · Sep 2025

Passed the Senate by on December 16, 2025 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Mar 5, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Mar 5, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Jul 30, 2025)

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 16, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Dec 17, 2025)