[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2422 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2422

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require lobbyists 
   who represent foreign nationals to report to the Federal Election 
 Commission contributions made to Federal election campaigns and other 
                         political committees.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              August 25 (legislative day, August 18), 1994

  Mr. Conrad introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require lobbyists 
   who represent foreign nationals to report to the Federal Election 
 Commission contributions made to Federal election campaigns and other 
                         political committees.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Agent and Interest Reporting 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS AND 
              OTHER POLITICAL COMMITTEES BY LOBBYISTS WHO REPRESENT 
              FOREIGN NATIONALS.

    Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441e) is amended--
            (1) in the heading by adding ``AND LOBBYISTS WHO REPRESENT 
        FOREIGN NATIONALS'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subsection (a) as subsection (b);
            (3) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (a) and 
        amending that subsection to read as follows:
    ``(a) In this section--
            ``(1) the term `agent of a foreign principal' has the 
        meaning stated in section 1 of the Foreign Agents Registration 
        Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611);
            ``(2) the term `foreign national' means--
                    ``(A) a foreign principal, but not including any 
                individual who is a citizen of the United States; or
                    ``(B) an individual who is not a citizen of the 
                United States and who is not lawfully admitted for 
                permanent residence (as defined in section 1101(a) of 
                the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)); 
                and
            ``(3) the term `foreign principal' has the meaning stated 
        in section 1 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 
        U.S.C. 611);''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) A person who is required to register under the Foreign Agents 
Registration Act (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) who makes a contribution to a 
political committee shall, within 10 days after making the 
contribution--
            ``(1) file with the Commission a report, in such form as 
        the Commission may require, stating--
                    ``(A) the name of the political committee to which 
                the contribution was made;
                    ``(B) the amount of the contribution; and
                    ``(C) the name of each foreign national--
                            ``(i) on behalf of whom or which the person 
                        acted as an agent of a foreign national within 
                        the 12-month period preceding the date on which 
                        the contribution was made; or
                            ``(ii) with whom or which the person has an 
                        agreement or understanding, as of the date on 
                        which the contribution is made, to act as a 
                        foreign agent on the foreign national's behalf 
                        within the 12-month period following the date 
                        on which the contribution was made; and
            ``(2) provide a copy of the report to the political 
        committee.''.
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