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II117th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 4901IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESSeptember 20, 2022Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Hagerty, and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign RelationsA BILLTo amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to modify requirements under that Act relating to exemptions, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation, and Obscured Foreign Financing Act of 2022 or the PAID OFF Act of 2022.

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Treatment of exemptions under FARA

Section 3 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 613), is amended, in the matter preceding subsection (a), by inserting , except that the exemptions under subsections (d)(1) and (h) shall not apply to any agent of a foreign principal that is listed as a foreign adversary (as defined in section 8(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c))) in accordance with that Act before the colon.