[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S427]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
        Rubio, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Risch, and Mrs. Fischer):
  S. 434. 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. Madam 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.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 434

       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 2023'' or the ``PAID OFF Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER FARA.

       (a) Definition.--Section 1 of the Foreign Agents 
     Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(q) The term `country of concern' means--
       ``(1) the People's Republic of China;
       ``(2) the Russian Federation;
       ``(3) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
       ``(4) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
       ``(5) the Republic of Cuba; and
       ``(6) the Syrian Arab Republic.''.
       (b) 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 a country of concern'' before the colon.
       (c) Sunset.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
     shall terminate on October 1, 2026.
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