S. 981 amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) to strengthen enforcement against people who work as agents for foreign governments or entities. The bill clarifies that individuals must register their past work as foreign agents, even after they stop serving in that capacity, and allows the Attorney General to pursue legal action to ensure compliance with registration requirements for activities that occurred years earlier. The legislation applies retroactively to anyone who served as a foreign agent in the five years before the law passes, as well as anyone who serves in that role going forward. To increase oversight, the bill requires the Attorney General to submit annual reports to Congress detailing all enforcement actions taken against former foreign agents, including the individuals' names, reasons for the action, and current status of each case. The bill was introduced by a bipartisan group of senators and has no specified funding or implementation timeline beyond the requirement that the first annual report be submitted within one year of enactment.
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