[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4978]
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  SA 2666. 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 end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1291. REQUIREMENT FOR THINK TANKS TO DISCLOSE FOREIGN 
                   FUNDING.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered organization.--The term ``covered 
     organization'' means any United States think tank that--
       (A) receives at least $2,500 in funding from the Department 
     in a single fiscal year;
       (B) has significant participation in more than 3 
     Department-hosted events in a fiscal year that relate to a 
     subject or purpose for which the covered source of funding 
     was provided to the covered organization; or
       (C) hosts an event, panel, presentation, or meeting with 
     any Department official at the Office Director level or above 
     more than 3 times in a fiscal year on a subject or purpose 
     for which the covered source of funding was provided to the 
     covered organization.
       (2) Foreign governmental entity.--The term ``foreign 
     governmental entity'' means--
       (A) any department, agency, or other entity of a foreign 
     government at the national, regional, or local level;
       (B) any governing party or coalition of a foreign 
     government at the national, regional, or local level;
       (C) any entity majority-owned or majority-controlled by a 
     foreign government at the national, regional, or local level; 
     or
       (D) any company, economic project, cultural organization, 
     exchange program, or nongovernmental organization that is 
     more than 33 percent owned or controlled by the government of 
     such country, or their advisors, consultants, or 
     representatives.
       (3) Think tank.--The term ``think tank'' means a stand-
     alone institution, organization, corporation, or group that 
     studies public policy issues with the primary objective of 
     providing information, ideas, and recommendations to United 
     States Government entities regarding the development and 
     implementation of policy.
       (b) Rulemaking.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     develop and promulgate regulations requiring covered 
     organizations to submit an annual disclosure to the Under 
     Secretary of State for Management that describes--
       (A) any funding, cooperative research or staffing 
     agreements, or joint projects received from or executed with 
     the covered sources of funding specified in paragraph (2) the 
     purpose or subject of which relates to a topic such covered 
     organizations engage on with the Department; and
       (B) any practices or processes undertaken by a covered 
     organization to ensure that its research agenda or products 
     are not influenced by foreign donors.
       (2) Covered sources of funding.--The sources of funding 
     referred to in paragraph (1) are foreign governmental 
     entities and political parties from the People's Republic of 
     China or from the Russian Federation.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the effective 
     date of the regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection 
     (b), the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that describes--
       (1) the status of implementing such regulations and any 
     challenges or obstacles to implementation;
       (2) the offices within the Department responsible for 
     implementing the regulations; and
       (3) any recommendations to improve upon such regulations.
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