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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 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”.