22 U.S.C. § 616 — Public examination of official records; transmittal of records and information

(a) Permanent copy and inspection. The Attorney General must permanently keep one copy of every registration statement filed under this subchapter. The statements are public records open to inspection at reasonable times under the Attorney General's rules. Copies must be provided to applicants for a reasonable fee. The Attorney General may remove from public inspection the statements of an agent whose activities no longer require registration. (b) Secretary of State. Promptly after receiving each registration statement, amendment, or supplement, the Attorney General must send one copy to the Secretary of State for comments and use the Secretary considers proper for United States foreign relations. Failure to send a copy does not prevent prosecution under this subchapter. (c) Executive departments and congressional committees. The Attorney General may provide executive departments, agencies, and congressional committees information obtained while administering this subchapter, including registrant names, registration statements or parts of them, and other filed documents or information, when appropriate for the subchapter's purposes. (d) Public database. (1) The Attorney General must maintain and, without a fee or access charge, make available over the Internet an electronic database that is searchable, sortable, and, as technically practicable, downloadable. It must include information in registration statements and updates and be searchable and sortable at least by every information category described in section 612(a). (2) Each registration statement and update filed electronically under section 612(g) must be made available for Internet inspection as soon as technically practicable after filing.