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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1977

PUBLIC LAW 95-213—DEC. 19, 1977 "(B) Each head of a Federal department or agency of the United States who issues a directive pursuant to this paragraph shall maintain a complete file of all such directives and shall, on October 1 of each year, transmit a summary of matters covered by such directives in force at any time during the previous year to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.".

91 STAT. 1495 File maintenance. Annual summary, transmittal to congressional committees.

FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES BY ISSUERS

SEC. 103. (a) The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended by inserting after section 30 the following new section: a FOREIGN" CORRUPT PRACTICES BY ISSUERS

"SEC. 30A. (a) It shall be unlawful for any issuer which has a class 15 USC 78dd-l. of securities registered pursuant to section 12 of this title or which is 15 USC 78/. required to file reports under section 15(d) of this title, or for any Post, p. 1500. officer, director, employee, or agent of such issuer or any stockholder thereof acting on behalf of such issuer, to make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment of any money, or oifer, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to— "(1) any foreign official for purposes of— "(A) influencing any act or decision of such foreign official in his official capacity, including a decision to fail to perform his official functions; or "(B) inducing such foreign official to use his influence with a foreign government or instrumentality thereof to affect or influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality, in order to assist such issuer in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any person; "(2) any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office for purposes of— "(A) influencing any act or decision of such party, official, or candidate in its or his official capacity, including a decision to fail to perform its or his official functions; or " (B) inducing such party, official, or candidate to use its or his influence with a foreign government or instrumentality thereof to affect or influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality, in order to assist such issuer in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any person; or "(3) any person, while knowing or having reason to know that all or a portion of such money or thing of value will be offered, given, or promised, directly or indirectly, to any foreign official, to any foreign political party or official thereof, or to any candidate for foreign political office, for purposes of— " (A) influencing any act or decision of such foreign official, political party, party official, or candidate in his or its official capacity, including a decision to fail to perform his or its official functions; or "(B) inducing such foreign official, political party, party official, or candidate to use his or its influence with a foreign government or instrumentality thereof to affect or influence