Advisory Opinions Draft 002

The Department’s regulations implementing FARA provide parties with the ability to make inquiries of the FARA Unit concerning the Department's present enforcement intentions with respect to contemplated activities.  See 28 C.F.R. § 5.2.  Such inquiries must reflect actual, contemplated transactions, and cannot be anonymous.  28 C.F.R. § 5.2(b). 

Below are links to advisory opinions that the FARA Unit has issued pursuant to requests under 28 C.F.R. § 5.2 since January 1, 2010, as well as three opinions issued prior to that point.  The identities of the parties and any personal identifying or proprietary information have been redacted from the opinions.  The FARA Unit will post future advisory opinions on a periodic basis.

Please note that these letters, and the guidance they provide, are based on the information submitted to the FARA Unit.  Nothing in these letters is intended to create any substantive or procedural rights, privileges, or benefits enforceable in any administrative, civil, or criminal matter. See United States v. Caceres, 440 U.S. 741 (1979).

Agency: Advisory Opinions on Agency Relationship 611(a) - (d)

Diplomatic Exemption: Advisory Opinions on 613(c)

Commercial Exemption: Advisory Opinions on 613(d)

Religious, Scholastic, Fine Arts, or Scientific Pursuits: Advisory Opinions on 613(e)

National Security Exemption: Advisory Opinions on 613(f)

Legal Exemption: Advisory Opinions on 613(g)

FARA vs. LDA: Advisory Opinions on 613(h)

Attorney General Exemption: Advisory Opinions on 612(f)

Advisory Opinions: Additional General Information