118 HR 8176 IH: Fighting Foreign Influence Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2024-04-30
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Fighting Foreign Influence Act
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Title I—Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence DisclosureSec. 101. Short title.Sec. 102. Annual disclosure of contributions from foreign governments and political parties by certain tax-exempt organizations.Title II—Congressional and Executive Foreign Lobbying BanSec. 201. Short title.Sec. 202. Prohibiting certain individuals from acting as agents of foreign principals.Title III—Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our ElectionsSec. 301. Short title.Sec. 302. Requiring disclosure of credit verification value as condition of acceptance of online contributions to Federal election.Sec. 303. Prohibiting foreign agents from delivering contributions to Federal candidates.<enum>I</enum><header>Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure</header><section id="H7D68C076D00A4F22914BF9B3BF71AE6F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H7323CE526567401A8403D2AE5C6672CC"><enum>102.</enum><header>Annual disclosure of contributions from foreign governments and political parties by certain tax-exempt organizations</header><subsection id="HD8228C259819413CA87B165A57F564EC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6033">Section 6033(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (15), by redesignating paragraph (16) as paragraph (17) and by inserting after paragraph (15) the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDEC9064C62B14CCAAE2D26709FB5CE11" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HCFA99E1E8D984AEEAD82201C767C18BB"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to each government of a foreign country (within the meaning of section 1(e) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/611">22 U.S.C. 611(e)</external-xref>)) and each foreign political party (within the meaning of section 1(f) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/611">22 U.S.C. 611(f)</external-xref>) which made aggregate contributions and gifts to the organization during the year in excess of $50,000, the name of such government or political party and such aggregate amount, and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H21EEEF02925E49C0A9B8AE943180080D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public disclosure</header><text>Section 6104 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA732D5410E284973B1BDC3522CFE9642" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HEA13A947ABEC4C74886675DB4599FDAE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Public disclosure of certain information</header><text>The Secretary shall make publicly available in a searchable database the following information:</text><paragraph id="H49CD17DF9FB5416E9F4741ACBA9D1ABB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The information furnished under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6033">section 6033(b)(16)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A2A829B62B24964B1AEBDCC8561C2A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The name of the organization furnishing the information described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA7820ADB8AB94F209F4FC959063BEBE9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The aggregate amount reported under paragraph (1) as having been received as contributions or gifts in each year from each government of a foreign country and each foreign political party.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H0297E4009DE14B4F83F0666EAE4B13BB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to returns filed for taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Congressional and Executive Foreign Lobbying Ban</header><section id="HE7BFB69104C14BB4A84FDC5E9D3BFB4F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Congressional and Executive Foreign Lobbying Ban Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H6C473BEC28B0409883EBC7B3306A7909"><enum>202.</enum><header>Prohibiting certain individuals from acting as agents of foreign principals</header><subsection id="H2853FE85789C4C4A980654288C66D689"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Former Members of Congress; general or flag officers of armed forces</header><paragraph id="HA0259F6A28D644FBBBBC8280FCF556BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibiting registration as agent</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/611">22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HB956F62DC6324614BE6EBAC16048279E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating sections 12 through 14 as sections 13 through 15; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H28CD8FF7B0B94786AAD1C325069AD240"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after section 11 the following new section:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H894AAC781DA242A48735C1B688E4CD6F" style="OLC"><section id="H0F579BF9CB614BC98CFC8F65E3892FEB"><enum>12.</enum><header>Prohibiting registration of certain individuals</header><subsection id="H916CC52439A2495D95BF2B3F920389B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No individual may register under this Act or otherwise serve as the agent of a foreign principal if the individual at any time served as a Member of Congress, as a senior political appointee, or as a general or flag officer of the Armed Forces.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDB183257D63D490E8BAAAF736E40AF5D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text><paragraph id="H5A945BE370CC43C8A2409D1065F348A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>Member of Congress</term> means a Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H758C13BA4BCE48A989339F5485BB3EF4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>senior political appointee</term>—</text><subparagraph id="H534E667AC8694550AEFEF8988892EB24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means—</text><clause id="HCB5C99976CEC4BCF8780AD8AC0331C55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any individual occupying a full-time senior position and who is appointed by the President or the Vice President;</text></clause><clause id="H3E10D3F00428421384C2C459FAA1E146"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service (or other SES-type system); and</text></clause><clause id="H4F00CB2424AB4D05817E39FA59827CAF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any appointee to a position, at or above the level of a noncareer member of the Senior Executive Service, that has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of being of a confidential or policymaking character (schedule C and other positions excepted under comparable criteria) in an executive agency; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1E85DCF656242709F4104C3FA644A4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include any individual appointed as a member of the Senior Foreign Service or, except for a general or flag officer of the Armed Forces, solely as a uniformed service commissioned officer.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2F597D66DF694683886B2754033E1141"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other representation of foreign entities</header><text>Section 207(f)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <quote>within 1 year</quote> the following: <quote>(or, in the case of a person who is subject to any of such restrictions and who is a Member of Congress, a senior political appointee (as that term is defined in section 12 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/611">22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.</external-xref>)), or a general or flag officer of the Armed Forces, at any time)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H215B6737337541E28F2FD0AD93C7DA1F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any individual whose service as a Member of Congress or as a general or flag officer of the Armed Forces terminates on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections</header><section id="H95F18BB1BA2044DCB08297E440186CFA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H27945D9BA18540E9A3FC7F0C9762F38F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Requiring disclosure of credit verification value as condition of acceptance of online contributions to Federal election</header><subsection id="HE5FC6F93AE0C4D499932E85AD4A3F89D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30102">52 U.S.C. 30102</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27D0FB7FDD41460480F4C9FAFC50166B" style="OLC"><subsection id="HD8CB346790024DE19825F0CFE5F236EC"><enum>(j)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC6AE878FF77E475C98A5437791FD8C7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>No political committee shall accept any internet credit card contribution unless—</text><subparagraph id="H2EC4A1297F0446709246D327F0EC047E" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the individual or entity making such contribution is required, at the time such individual makes such contribution, to disclose the credit verification value of such credit card<italic></italic>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14D3DE651E024A1AAFF09BA51AD43FE3" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA6D265FD03CC463DA01B6940ED2A58F4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the billing address associated with such credit card is located in the United States; or</text></clause><clause id="H785467912B6846988DAD35013349CCA9" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a contribution made by an individual who is a United States national or lawful permanent resident living outside of the United States, the individual provides the committee with—</text><subclause id="HD1033B5A4FBF4BA2BD5238D208F6B4FF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the United States mailing address the individual uses for voter registration purposes;</text></subclause><subclause id="HF3D0029AAB8B4614A8B319CED70C909C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a copy of the individual’s United States passport;</text></subclause><subclause id="H5BB373E084944A95B1173CF935442C40"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a copy of the individual’s permanent resident card; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H9BE8BB7BD6434198993C176A59333566"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a copy of a comparable acceptable identification document, or the unique identifying number from such a document, for the individual.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD5818050077643F6BCF0A78EEB5ADE9A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (c), in the case of an internet credit card contribution—</text><subparagraph id="H1A2E8BD4352442809789FC0C8AD0AC83"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><italic></italic>no later than 10 days after receiving the contribution, the person who receives the contribution shall forward to the treasurer such contribution, the name and address of the person making the contribution, and the date of receipt; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FAFF4C635B44F33B6B2A63377746B07"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the treasurer of a political committee shall keep an account of the name and address of any person making any such contribution, together with the date and amount of such contribution by any person.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1FC3B748EAE4537BFAA5EFCCCA83E1F" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>internet credit card contribution</term> means a contribution that—</text><subparagraph id="H6164936D86A44E169308B8EE5C308472"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is made using a credit card; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2C78677E5C44B0F8316E3F232F36543"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is received through an internet website.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HCC370D7871074AC9AEEC28156199D578"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions made after the expiration of the 180-day period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="H464DBDC9B4D944F28632EEB1A134E81D"><enum>303.</enum><header>Prohibiting foreign agents from delivering contributions to Federal candidates</header><subsection id="H12B68FC456BE4F48A9E10F2153F5F880"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30116">52 U.S.C. 30116</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H66F0F0BB7FA24A91ADA012EE19064C80" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H15BE3C1B60C040F8802A0F779DBE2553"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Prohibiting delivery of contributions by foreign agents</header><paragraph id="HD23903C32E684A6497C828760CC412ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><subparagraph id="H777C8AAF4CD34671A03D999754983224"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An individual described in subparagraph (B) may not deliver a contribution to a candidate or an authorized committee of a candidate which is made by another person.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H82A8EBE1A19D4502A2FD670EE1F9F220"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Individuals described</header><text>An individual described in this subparagraph is any of the following:</text><clause id="HE90CAD4EFC3E47FF9D7CAC7C63E30A58"><enum>(i)</enum><text>An individual who is required under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/611">22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.</external-xref>), to register as the agent of a foreign principal described in section 1(b)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/611">22 U.S.C. 611(b)(1)</external-xref>).</text></clause><clause id="HB1A7F622B848481FADC1168A2F1393F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>An individual who is required under such Act to register as the agent of a foreign principal described in section 1(b)(2) or 1(b)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/611">22 U.S.C. 611(b)(2)</external-xref> or (b)(3)), but only if the beneficial owner of such foreign principal is a foreign principal described in section 1(b)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/611">22 U.S.C. 611(b)(1)</external-xref>), as determined in accordance with section 5336(a)(3) of title 31, United States Code.</text></clause><clause id="H648CC8D351104C67A7061F5FA82CC0B6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>An individual who would be required to register under such Act as the agent of a foreign principal described in clause (ii) but for the exemption under section 3(h) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/613">22 U.S.C. 613(h)</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H709DD4DC2705413AAADC7320B5A9872D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment of contributions credited to foreign agents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a contribution made to a candidate or an authorized committee of a candidate is credited to an individual described in subparagraph (B) by the committee or candidate involved through records, designations, or other means of recognizing that a certain amount of money has been raised by the individual, the individual shall be deemed to have delivered the contribution to the candidate or committee for purposes of this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H41E77D3ED8EA4007A5A871E1BC3E260C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prohibit any individual from making a contribution to a candidate for election for Federal office or from encouraging any other person to make a contribution to or otherwise support or oppose a candidate for election for Federal office.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5770FF29FCBD46FDB57569E317B3B315"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>deliver</term> means to transport, carry, transfer, or otherwise transmit, either physically or electronically.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HD149B2DE8EF94A88973FA1BA28414A14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>