[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5946. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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:

     SEC. ___. 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 with respect to any matter pertaining to the 
     political or public interests, policies, or relations of a 
     foreign country or of a political party or pertaining to the 
     foreign or domestic policies of the United States 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.''.
       (c) Reports to the Congress.--Section 11 of the Foreign 
     Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 621) 
     is amended by striking ``political propaganda'' and inserting 
     ``informational material''.
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