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PUBLIC LAW 104-65 —DEC. 19, 1995 109 STAT. 701 on behalf of the person with respect to that Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement; and "(B) a certification that the person making the declaration has not made, and will not make, any payment prohibited by subsection (a)."; (2) in paragraph (3) by striking all that follows "loan shall contain" and inserting "the name of any registrant under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 who has made lobbying contacts on behalf of the person in connection with that loan insurance or guarantee."; and (3) by striking paragraph (6) and redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6). (b) REMOVAL OF OBSOLETE REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— Section 1352 of title 31, United States Code, is further amended— (1) by striking subsection (d); and (2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively. SEC. 11. REPEAL OF CERTAIN LOBBYING PROVISIONS. (a) REPEAL OF THE FEDERAL REGULATION OF LOBBYING ACT. — The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act (2 U.S.C. 261 et seq.) is repealed. (b) REPEAL OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOUSING LOBBYIST ACTIVITIES.— (1) Section 13 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3537b) is repealed. (2) Section 536(d) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490p(d)) is repealed. SEC. 12. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER STATUTES. (a) AMENDMENT TO COMPETITIVENESS POLICY COUNCIL ACT. — Section 5206(e) of the Competitiveness Policy Council Act (15 U.S.C. 4804(e)) is amended by inserting "or a lobbyist for a foreign entity (as the terms 'lobbyist' and 'foreign entity are defined under section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995)" after "an agent for a foreign principal". (b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.— Section 219(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "or a lobbyist required to register under • the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 in connection with the representation of a foreign entity, as defined in section 3(6) of that Act" after "an agent of a foreign principal required to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938"; and (2) by striking out ", as amended,". (c) AviENDMENT TO FOREIGN SERVICE AcT OF 1980. —Section 602(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4002(c)) is amended by inserting "or a lobbyist for a foreign entity (as defined in section 3(6) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995)" after "an agent of a foreign principal (as defined by section 1(b) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938)". SEC. 13. SEVERABILITY. 2 USC 1608. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof, is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Act and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.