3.0.0 4843 2023-01-11T13:44:22Z 2023-01-11T13:44:22Z Senate S 2020-10-22 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-10-22T17:06:24Z Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act 116 8663 HR 2020-10-23 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2020-10-22 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-10-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N International Affairs Asia China Foreign and international corporations Government information and archives Licensing and registrations Political parties and affiliation Public participation and lobbying International Affairs 00 2020-10-22 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-02T13:57:19Z Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act

This bill requires an agent of a Chinese business entity to register as an agent of a foreign principal in certain instances.

The bill's provisions shall apply to an entity that (1) is organized under the laws of China and has its principal place of business there, unless the entity is a Chinese subsidy or affiliate of a non-Chinese entity; or (2) has been designated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as being subject to the Chinese Communist Party's extrajudicial direction.

Generally, under current law, an agent of a foreign principal engaging in lobbying in the United States must periodically file disclosures with DOJ, with specified exemptions. Under the bill, an existing exemption for a foreign agent that engages only in private and nonpolitical activities to further trade and commerce shall not apply to an agent operating on behalf of such a Chinese entity. Similarly, another existing exemption for an agent that has already registered as a lobbyist shall not apply to an agent working for such a Chinese entity.

]]> Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act Display Title Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to repeal the exemption from registration under such Act for persons providing private and nonpolitical representation of trade and commercial interests, and the exemption from registration under such Act for persons filing disclosure reports under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, in connection with the representation of business organizations organized under the laws of or having their principal place of business in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4843is/xml/BILLS-116s4843is.xml 2020-10-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.