[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4397-S4398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2154. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Grassley, and 
Mr. Risch) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

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     SEC. [___]. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS UNDER FARA.

       (a) Exemptions.--Section 3 of the Foreign Agents 
     Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 613) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding subsection (a), by inserting 
     ``, except as provided in subsection (i)'' after 
     ``principals''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Limitations.--
       ``(1) In general.--The exemptions under subsection (d)(1), 
     (d)(2), or (h) shall not apply to any agent of a foreign 
     principal, wherever located, that is owned or controlled by 1 
     of the identified countries described in paragraph (2).
       ``(2) Identified countries.--The countries described in 
     this paragraph are:
       ``(A) The People's Republic of China.
       ``(B) The Russian Federation.
       ``(C) The Islamic Republic of Iran.''.
       (b) Modification to Countries.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of State may, in 
     consultation with the Attorney General of the United States, 
     propose the addition or deletion of countries described in 
     section 3(i) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 
     as amended, as added by this Act.
       (2) Submission.--Any proposal described in paragraph (1)--
       (A) shall be submitted to the Chairman and Ranking Member 
     of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary 
     of the House of Representatives; and
       (B) shall become effective upon enactment of a joint 
     resolution of approval as described in subsection (c).
       (c) Joint Resolution of Approval.--
       (1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (b), the term 
     ``joint resolution of approval'' means only a joint 
     resolution--
       (A) that does not have a preamble;
       (B) that includes in the matter after the resolving clause 
     the following: ``That Congress approves the modification of 
     countries relating to the treatment of certain exemptions 
     under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
     amended, as submitted by the Secretary of State on ____; and 
     section 3(i) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 
     as amended (22 U.S.C. 613) is amended by ______