3.0.0 4901 2023-08-22T21:30:25Z 2023-08-22T21:30:25Z Senate S 2022-09-20 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-09-20T21:34:45Z Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation, and Obscured Foreign Financing Act of 2022 117 9199 HR 2022-10-18 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2022-09-20 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4858) IntroReferral 2022-09-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2022-09-20 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2022-09-20 True H000601 Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] Bill Hagerty R TN 2022-09-20 True F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2022-09-20 True International Affairs International Affairs 00 2022-09-20 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-22T21:29:24Z Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation, and Obscured Foreign Financing Act of 2022 or the PAID OFF Act of 2022

This bill requires certain persons to register as agents of a foreign principal if the foreign principal in question is a foreign adversary.

For the purposes of this bill, a foreign adversary is a foreign government or person (individual or entity) that has engaged in a long-term pattern of conduct significantly adverse to U.S. national security or the security and safety of U.S. persons.

Currently, the Foreign Agents Registration Act exempts certain agents from the act's registration requirements, including agents (1) engaged only in private and nonpolitical activities to advance a foreign principal's bona fide trade or commerce interests, or (2) engaged in certain lobbying activities and where the agent has registered as a lobbyist. Under this bill, these exemptions shall not apply if the foreign principal is a foreign adversary.

]]> PAID OFF Act of 2022 Display Title PAID OFF Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced PAID OFF Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation, and Obscured Foreign Financing Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to modify requirements under that Act relating to exemptions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4901is/xml/BILLS-117s4901is.xml 2022-09-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4858) 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.