FOREIGN AGENTS IN THE U.S. (2013)

The Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) requires every agent representing a foreign principal to register with the U.S. Department of Justice and file disclosure forms outlining the purpose of representation, income and expenditures by the agent on behalf of the foreign principal. FARA requires only registration of foreign agents and disclosure of their activities. It does not attempt to restrict the behaviour or lobbying activities of foreign agents, but other statutes do.

Definitions

Foreign Principals: All foreign governments are explicitly defined as foreign principals, but the term also covers:

a) Foreign political parties;

b) A person or organization based outside the United States, except U.S. citizens;

c) A partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons inside the United States that is organized under the laws of a foreign country; and

d) A partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons inside the United States that has its principal place of business in a foreign country.

Foreign Agents: An agent of a foreign principal (a foreign agent) is any individual (agent, representative, employee, servant) or organization that acts at the order, request, or under the direction or control of a foreign principal, or whose activities are directed by a foreign principal, who:

a) Engages in political activities for or in the interests of such foreign principal. The term “political activities” means any activity that the person engaging in believes will in any way influence any agency or official of the United States government or any section of the public with reference to U.S. domestic or foreign policies or with reference to the political or public interests of a foreign principal.

b) Acts in a public relations capacity for a foreign principal. The term also includes any person who is engaged in furnishing, disseminating, or publishing accounts, descriptions, information, or data with respect to the political, economic, cultural, or other benefits of any foreign principal.

c) Solicits or dispenses any thing of value within the United States for a foreign principal.

d) Represents the interests of a foreign principal before any agency or official of the U.S. government.

2013 LIST OF FOREIGN AGENTS IN THE USA

1. 30 Point Strategies
2. 42 West, LLC
3. AB&C Philadelphia LLC
4. Africa-The African Travel Association Inc.
5. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP *
6. All Pakistan Muslim League
7. Alpine Tourist Commission
8. Alston & Bird LLP *
9. Amato Libero Berard
10. American Palm Oil Council
11. Arab Information Center No.1 *
12. Arnall Golden Gregory LLP *
13. Arnold & Porter LLP
14. Austrian Tourist Office Inc.
15. Austrian Trade Commission in the USA, Southern Region
16. Avalanche Strategic Communications
17. Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
18. Barbour Griffith & Rogers LLC d/b/a BGR Holding *
19. Bart S. Fisher Law Office
20. Bavarian U.S. Offices for Economic Developmenty LLC
21. Beef +Lamb New Zealand
22. Belgian Tourist Office
23. Bermuda Department of Tourism
24. Blank Rome Government Relations LLC
25. Blank Rome LLP
26. BLJ Worldwide Ltd (Brown Lloyd James) *
27. Brian Forni *
28. Bridges International Group *
29. British Tourist Authority
30. British Virgin Islands Tourist Board
31. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP *
32. Bruce Zagaris
33. Brunswick Group LLC
34. Bryan Cave LLP *
35. Burson-Marsteller
36. Butterfield Carter & Associates*
37. C&M International
38. Caribbean Tourism Development Company
39. Carribean Tourism Organization
40. Caspian Group LLC *
41. Cassidy & Associates Inc.
42. CCPIT Representative Office in the USA
43. CDN International Inc.
44. Chad Gracia
45. China Daily Distribution Corporation
46. China National Tourist Office
47. CHP Representation to the United States LLC
48. Citizens for Democracy in Georgia
49. CLS Strategies (Chlopak, Leonrad, Schechter and Associates)
50. CMGRP Inc. d/a/a Weber Shandwick
51. Collins Anderson Philp Public Affairs
52. Colombian Coffee Federation Inc.
53. Command Consulting Group LLC
54. Commonwealth of Dominica Maritime Registry Inc.
55. Conover + Company Communications Inc.
56. Council of Khalistan
57. Covington & Burling LLP *
58. Czech Center New York
59. Daniel J. Edelman
60. Darlene Richeson & Associates LLC *
61. David M. Staton *
62. Davidoff Hutcher & Citron *
63. DCI Group LLC
64. Deutsche Telekom, Inc *
65. Development Counsellors International
66. Dickstein Shapiro LLP
67. Discover the World Marketing
68. DLA Piper US LLP *
69. Doug Schoen
70. Draftfcb
71. Dutko Worldwide LLG
72. Endeavor Group
73. Enterprise Estonia in San Jose
74. Ester M. Sprange
75. Ethiopian People Revolutionary Party
76. Fabiani & Company*
77. Far East Trade Service Inc.
78. Farrow, Jeffrey L. *
79. Fianna Strategies LLC *
80. Finkelstein Thompson LLP
81. Fleishman-Hillard Inc.
82. Florence Lowe-Lee
83. Foley Hoag LLP *
84. Friends of Sinn Fein*
85. Fukuoka Center for Overseas Commerce in America (Government of Fukuoka Prefecture)
86. Garvey Schubert Barer*
87. Geoffrey Weill Assoc.
88. Gephardt Group Government Affairs LLC *
89. German Industry and Trade Representative
90. Giacomo Galletto
91. Global Policy Group Inc.
92. GoodWorks International LLC
93. Government of the Cayman Islands Dept of Tourism
94. Gray Global Strategies Inc.*
95. Grayling Connecting Point LLC
96. Greenberg Traurig LLP *
97. Gregory J. Kuykendall
98. Hal Tian Development USA, Inc.
99. HDMK LLC
100. Head Office in the United States Hong Kong Tourism
101. Heather Podesta + Partners LLC *
102. Hecht, Spencer & Associates Inc.*
103. Hill & Knowlton, Inc.
104. Hillenby LLC
105. Hills Stern & Morley LLP *
106. Hogan & Hartson LLP (Hogan Lovells US LLP)*
107. Holland & Knight LLP
108. Hong Kong Tourism Head Office in the United States
109. Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Inc.
110. Humanitas Global Development
111. Independent Diplomat Inc. *
112. India Tourism Los Angeles
113. India Tourism New York
114. Innovation Norway
115. Innovative Global Initiatives and Solutions LLC
116. International Merchandising Corporation
117. International Registries Inc.
118. International Trade & Development Agency Inc.
119. Invest Northern Ireland
120. Italian Government Tourist Board
121. Jamaica Tourist Board
122. James G. Hergen
123. Japan National Tourist Organization
124. Japan Network Group, Inc.
125. Jay Donald Hastings
126. Jetro Atlanta
127. Jetro Chicago
128. Jetro New York
129. Jetro San Francisco
130. Jetro Houston
131. Jetro Los Angeles
132. Jones Walker LLP
133. JWI, LLC d/b/a Jefferson Waterman International *
134. Karv Communications, Irte
135. KBS America Inc.
136. Ketchum Inc.
137. Kirsten A. Chadwick *
138. Kobe Trade Information Office
139. Korea Economic Institute of America *
140. Korea International Trade Association Inc.
141. Korea National Tourism Organization
142. Korea National Tourism Organization Los Angeles
143. Korea Trade Promotion Center
144. KRL International LLC *
145. KWR International Inc.
146. Larry L. Overstreet
147. LeClaire Ryan *
148. Lester S. Hyman
149. Levick Strategic Communications
150. Levine & Company
151. LISCR, LLC
152. Lloyd’s of London *
153. Locke Lord Strategies, L.P. *
154. Lou Hammond & Associates Inc.
155. LTL Strategies
156. Lubanovici Mircea
157. Luxcore Ltd.
158. LynxDC, LLC
159. M. Silver Associates Inc.
160. Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board
161. Malaysia Industrial Development Authority
162. Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council
163. Manufactured Imports and Investment Promotion Organization (MIPRO)
164. Mark Alsalih
165. Mark Edmond Clark
166. Maseng Communications
167. McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
168. McMark, LLC *
169. Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, Inc.*
170. Mehmet Yuksel
171. Mercury *
172. Michael Joseph Fonte*
173. Michelle E. Martin
174. Missy Farren & Associates Ltd. d/b/a MFA
175. Moffett Group LLC (formerly Private Public Solutions LLC) *
176. Monaco Government Tourist Office
177. Moroccan-American Center for Policy Inc.*
178. MQM USA
179. Myrmidon Groyp LLC
180. National Change Party (National Change Current) *
181. National Council of Resistance of Iran-U.S. Representative office
182. National Strategies LLC *
183. Native American Rights Fund *
184. Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP *
185. Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions
186. Nurnberger & Associates Inc. *
187. O’Brien, Gentry & Scott LLC (O’Brien & Associates LLC) *
188. Office of Deputy Commissioner of Maritime Affairs
189. Office of Econ. Comm. Of West African States (ECOWAS) at UN
190. Office of Nagorno Karabakh Republic in the USA *
191. Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
192. OIC Services Inc.
193. Olivia Goumbri *
194. Orion Strategies LLC *
195. Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)
196. Oromo Liberation Front –USA
197. Oromo Liberation Front Foreign Relations Office
198. Osaka University, San Francisco Office
199. Paige E. Reffe *
200. Pakistan Tehreek E Insaf NA USA
201. Palestinian Liberation Organization *
202. Park Strategies LLC *
203. Parry and Romani Assoc. d/b/a. Parry, Romani, DeConcini & Symm *
204. Parter International Inc.
205. Patton Boggs LLP *
206. Pearson & Associates
207. Peck, Madigan, Jones & Stewart Inc. *
208. Peter OToole LLC
209. Picard Kentz & Rowe LLP *
210. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP *
211. Podesta Group, Inc. *
212. Polish National Tourist Office
213. Prime Policy Group *
214. Progress for Angola Inc.
215. PTI USA LLC
216. Public Strategies Washington Inc.*
217. Qorvis Communications LLC *
218. Quebec Government House *
219. R&R Partners Inc.
220. Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications Inc. *
221. Raza Bokhari *
222. Reed, T. Dean
223. Roberti + White LLC *
224. Romanian Tourist Office
225. Rosemont Associates LLC *
226. Ruder Finn Inc.
227. Ryberg and Smith LLC
228. Samuels International Associates Inc.
229. Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg PA
230. Sanitas International
231. Saudi Petroleum International Inc.
232. Saudi Refining Inc.
233. Sconset Strategies LLC
234. Scottish Enterprise
235. Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker PA
236. Sidley Austin LLP
237. Sienna Briella Girgenti *
238. Singapore Economic Development Board
239. Singapore Tourism Board
240. Slocum & Boddie P.C.
241. Sorini, Samet & Associates LLC *
242. Spring, O’Brien & Co Inc.
243. Squire Sanders and Dempsey LLP *
244. Squire Sanders Public Advocacy LLC *
245. St Lucia Tourist Board
246. St Maarten Tourist Board
247. Strategy XXI Group LLC
248. Susan Roth
249. Switzerland Tourism
250. Taiwan Trade Center, New York Inc.
251. The Bromwich Group LLC
252. The Camstoll Group LLC *
253. The Fratelli Group
254. The French Film Office/Unifrance USA
255. The Friedlander Group*
256. The Gabriel Company LLC *
257. The Glover Park Group LLC *
258. The Harbour Group LLC *
259. The Majority Group LLC *
260. The MITA Group, Inc. *
261. The NEWINCO, Inc.
262. The Nickles Group, LLC *
263. The Office of Tibet *
264. The Potomac Square Group *
265. The Raben Group, LLC *
266. The Whitaker Group LLC *
267. Thomas Capitol Partners Inc. *
268. Thompson Advisory Group (TAG) *
269. Tourism and Events Queensland
270. Tourism Australia
271. Tourism Authority of Thailand
272. Tourism Ireland Limited
273. Tourism New South Wales
274. Tourist Office for Flanders, Belgium
275. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Representative
276. United Lao Council for Peace, Freedom and Reconstruction (ULCPFR) *
277. Urenco Inc.
278. Van Scoyoc Associates Inc. *
279. Venable LLP *
280. VHB Engineering, Surveying and Landscape Architecture, P.C.
281. Vision Americas LLC *
282. Visitsweden (Former Swedish Travel & Tourism Council
283. Vivien Ravdin
284. Washington Research and Analysis LLC
285. West Wing Writers LLC
286. Western Hemisphere Strategies LLC *
287. Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates*
288. White & Case LLP
289. Wiley Rein LLP *
290. World Zionist Organization- American Section Inc.

* Federal Lobbying Activity