[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
        Hagerty, and Mrs. Fischer):
  S. 4901. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 
as amended, to modify requirements under that Act relating to 
exemptions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill 
for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill amends the 
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to modify 
requirements under that act relating to exemptions.

                                S. 4901

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Adversary 
     Influence, Disinformation, and Obscured Foreign Financing Act 
     of 2022'' or the ``PAID OFF Act of 2022''.

     SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER FARA.

       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 listed as 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))) in accordance with that Act'' before the colon.

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