[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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