[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5235]
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SA 3454. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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 X, add the following:
SEC. 1067. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS UNDER THE FOREIGN AGENTS
REGISTRATION ACT.
(a) Definition of Informational Material.--Section 1 of the
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22
U.S.C. 611) is amended by inserting after subsection (p) the
following:
``(q) Informational Material.--The term `informational
material' means any material that a person disseminating the
material believes or has reason to believe will, or that the
person intends to in any way, influence any agency or
official of the Government of the United States or any
section of the public within the United States with reference
to--
``(1) formulating, adopting, or changing the domestic or
foreign policies of the United States; or
``(2) the political or public interests, policies, or
relations of a government of a foreign country or a foreign
political party.''.
(b) Filing and Labeling of Informational Materials and
Requests for Information or Advice.--Section 4 of the Foreign
Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 614)
is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``political
propaganda'' and inserting ``informational materials'';
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``that states the name
of the foreign country in which the foreign principal is
located,'' after ``on behalf of the foreign principal,''; and
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
``(e) Information Furnished to Agencies or Officials of the
United States Government.--It shall be unlawful for any
person within the United States who is an agent of a foreign
principal required to register under the provisions of this
Act to transmit, convey, or otherwise furnish to any agency
or official of the Government (including a Member or
committee of either House of Congress) for or in the
interests of such foreign principal any informational
material or to request from any such agency or official for
or in the interests of such foreign principal any information
or advice unless the informational material or the request is
prefaced or accompanied by a true and accurate statement to
the effect that such person is registered as an agent of such
foreign principal under this Act.''.
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