Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Federal Regulation Lobbying Act.

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Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Federal Regulation Lobbying Act.

The FBI opened this classification in 1946 to investigate alleged violations of the Federal Lobbying Act of 1946 (P1 601). This act required all lobbyists active in matters pending before Congress to register and to file quarterly statements of receipts and expenditures relative to efforts to influence pending legislation. The U.S. District Court suspended certain provisions of this act in March 1952. Congress further modified the law in 1977. The Bureau considers investigations in this classification "delicate" and requires agents to follow special procedures.

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...