[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 30, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4060]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2363. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 4049, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. FOREIGN INFLUENCE TRANSPARENCY.

       (a) Limiting Exemption From Foreign Agent Registration 
     Requirement for Persons Engaging in Activities in Furtherance 
     of Certain Pursuits to Activities Not Promoting Political 
     Agenda of Foreign Governments.--
       (1) Limitation on exemption.--Section 3(e) of the Foreign 
     Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 613(e)) is amended 
     by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting the 
     following: ``, but only if the activities do not promote the 
     political agenda of a government of a foreign country;''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
     shall apply with respect to activities carried out on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Disclosures of Foreign Gifts.--
       (1) In general.--Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``the value of which is 
     $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all 
     other gifts from or contracts with'' and inserting ``the 
     value of which is $50,000 or more for such gift from or 
     contract with'';
       (B) in subsection (b)--
       (i) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by inserting 
     before the period at the end the following: ``, and the 
     content of each such contract''; and
       (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period the 
     following: ``, and the content of each such contract'';
       (C) in subsection (e), by inserting ``, including the 
     contents of any contracts,'' after ``reports''; and
       (D) in subsection (h)(3), by inserting before the semicolon 
     at the end the following: ``, or the fair market value of an 
     in-kind gift''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall apply with respect to gifts received or contracts 
     entered into, or other activities carried out, on or after 
     the date of enactment of this Act.
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