[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8366-S8367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 4763. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mr.
Braun) 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:
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At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ____. TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS AND RECORDKEEPING UNDER
FARA.
(a) Limitation on Exemptions.--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 included on the list maintained by the
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and
Information under section 5'' before the colon.
(b) Books and Records.--Section 5 of the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 615), is
amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information
shall establish a list of, and any relevant information
relating to, each agent of a foreign principal that is 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))). The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Communications and Information shall update and maintain the
list and any related information under this subsection as the
Assistant Secretary determines to be necessary and
appropriate.''.
(c) National Telecommunications and Information
Administration Program Modification.--Section 8(a)(2) of the
Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47
U.S.C. 1607(a)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) notwithstanding paragraph (3), periodically submit to
the Attorney General a list of, and any relevant information
relating to, each foreign adversary identified for purposes
of the program.''.
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