[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8161-S8162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4640. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.

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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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. REQUIREMENT FOR THINK TANKS TO DISCLOSE FOREIGN 
                   FUNDING.

       (a) Regulations.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     develop and promulgate regulations requiring covered think 
     tanks and research organizations to submit an annual 
     disclosure to the Under Secretary of State for Management 
     detailing the sources of funding specified in paragraph (3).
       (2) Covered think tanks and research organizations.--For 
     purposes of this section, the term ``covered think tanks and 
     research organizations'' means United States think tanks and 
     research organizations that--
       (A) receive or plan to apply for funding from the 
     Department of State;
       (B) participate or intend to participate in more than three 
     Department-hosted events in a calendar year; or
       (C) meet, correspond, or otherwise engage with Department 
     of State personnel more than three times in a calendar year.
       (3) Covered sources of funding.--
       (A) In general.--The sources of funding referred to in 
     paragraph (1) are--
       (i) governments, political parties, state-owned research or 
     academic institutions, and state-owned enterprises from the 
     countries specified in subparagraph (B);
       (ii) Persons from the countries specified in such 
     subparagraph; and
       (iii) United States and foreign persons, government, 
     institutions, and companies advocating on behalf of the 
     interests of the countries specified in such subparagraph 
     with regard to energy, infrastructure, telecommunications, 
     information technology, defense, or foreign policy.
       (B) Specified countries.--The countries referred to in 
     subparagraph (A) are--
       (i) the Russian Federation;
       (ii) the People's Republic of China; and
       (iii) any other country the Secretary of State determines 
     should be subject to the disclosure requirements of this 
     section.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the effective 
     date of the regulations promulgated under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees describing--
       (1) the progress of the Department of State in 
     implementation of the disclosure requirement mandated 
     pursuant to subsection (a);
       (2) the officials and offices within the Department 
     responsible for implementing the regulations required under 
     subsection (a);
       (3) any challenges or obstacles to implementation; and
       (4) any recommendations to improve upon the regulations 
     described required under subsection (a) or overcome 
     challenges to implementation.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
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