[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4348. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1283. FOREIGN INFLUENCE TRANSPARENCY.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Foreign Influence Transparency Act''.
       (b) 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) In general.--Section 3(e) of the Foreign Agents 
     Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 613(e)) is inserting 
     before the semicolon at the end 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.
       (c) Disclosures of Foreign Gifts and Agreements.--
       (1) In general.--Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f) is amended--
       (A) in the section heading, by adding ``and agreements'' at 
     the end;
       (B) in subsection (a), by striking ``$250,000'' and 
     inserting ``$50,000'';
       (C) in subsection (b)--
       (i) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by inserting 
     before the period at the end the following: ``, including the 
     content of each such contract''; and
       (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period the 
     following: ``, including the content of each such contract'';
       (D) in subsection (e), by inserting ``, including the 
     contents of any contracts,'' after ``reports'';
       (E) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as 
     subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively;
       (F) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
       ``(e) Confucius Institute Agreements.--
       ``(1) Defined term.--In this subsection, the term 
     `Confucius Institute' means a cultural institute directly or 
     indirectly funded by the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China.
       ``(2) Disclosure requirement.--Any institution that has 
     entered into an agreement with a Confucius Institute shall 
     immediately make the full text of such agreement available--
       ``(A) on the publicly accessible website of the 
     institution;
       ``(B) to the Department of Education;
       ``(C) to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions of the Senate; and
       ``(D) to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House 
     of Representatives.''; and
       (G) in subsection (i), as redesignated--
       (i) in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
     as follows:
       ``(A) a foreign government, including--
       ``(i) any agency of a foreign government, and any other 
     unit of foreign governmental authority, including any foreign 
     national, State, local, and municipal government;
       ``(ii) any international or multinational organization 
     whose membership is composed of any unit of foreign 
     government described in clause (i); and
       ``(iii) any agent or representative of any such unit or 
     such organization, while acting as such;''; and
       (ii) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the semicolon at 
     the end the following: ``, or the fair market value of an in-
     kind gift''.
       (2) Effect of noncompliance with disclosure requirement.--
     Any institution of higher education (as defined in section 
     101of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that 
     is not in compliance with the disclosure requirements set 
     forth in section 117 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1011f) shall be 
     ineligible to enroll foreign students under the Student and 
     Exchange Visitor Program.
       (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall apply with respect to gifts received or contracts or 
     agreements entered into, or other activities carried out, on 
     or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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