(e) Regulations The Attorney General may promulgate regulations to carry out this Act. 8. Definitions In this Act: (1) Conduct intending to directly or indirectly influence public policy or public opinion The term conduct intending to directly or indirectly influence public policy or public opinion means, with respect to a covered entity, any activity that the covered entity engaging in believes will, or that the covered entity intends to, in any way influence any agency or official of the Government of the United States or any section of the public within the United States with reference to formulating, adopting, or changing the domestic or foreign policies of the United States or with reference to the political or public interests, policies, or relations of a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party. (2) Contract The term contract means any agreement for the acquisition by purchase, lease, or barter of property or services by the foreign principal, for the direct benefit or use of either of the parties. (3) Country of citizenship The term country of citizenship , with respect to a foreign principal, includes— (A) the principal residence for a foreign principal who is a natural person