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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2305 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2305

 To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended to 
 treat certain tax-exempt organizations receiving funding from foreign 
 principals of foreign countries of concern as agents of a foreign 
 principal under such Act, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 16, 2025

 Mr. Budd (for himself, Mr. Justice, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Ricketts) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Relations

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 A BILL

 To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended to 
 treat certain tax-exempt organizations receiving funding from foreign 
 principals of foreign countries of concern as agents of a foreign 
 principal under such Act, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Registration Obligations for 
Nonprofit Transparency Act'' or the ``FRONT Act''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING FUNDING 
 FROM FOREIGN PRINCIPALS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF CONCERN 
 UNDER FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT.

    (a) Coverage.--The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating sections 12, 13, and 14 as sections 
 13, 14, and 15, respectively; and

    (2) by inserting after 

section 11 (22 U.S.C. 621) the 
 following:

``

SEC. 12. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING 
 FUNDING FROM FOREIGN PRINCIPALS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF 
 CONCERN.

 ``

    (a) Applicability.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--For the purposes of this Act, an 
 organization described in subsection

    (b) is an agent of a 
 foreign principal.
 ``

    (2) Exceptions.--
 ``
        (A) Nonapplication of waiver for entities filing 
 reports under lobbying disclosure act of 1995.--

Section 3

    (h) shall not apply to an organization described in 
 paragraph

    (1) or

    (2) of subsection

    (b) of this section.
 ``
        (B) Waiver for organizations soliciting funds 
 outside united states for humanitarian assistance.--
 

Section 3
            (d) (3) shall apply to an organization 
 described in subsection

    (b) of this section 
 notwithstanding that the organization solicits and 
 collects funds and contributions outside of the United 
 States.
 ``

    (b) Description.--An organization is described in this subsection 
if--
 ``

    (1) the organization is a partnership, association, 
 corporation, organization, or any other combination of 
 individuals described in paragraphs

    (3) through

    (6) of 

section 501
            (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
 taxation under such Code;
 ``

    (2) the organization receives income, money, or any other 
 thing of value from a foreign principal of a foreign country of 
 concern; and
 ``

    (3) the organization is not otherwise considered an agent 
 of a foreign principal under 

section 1.
 ``
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-As used in this section:
 ``

    (1) The term `foreign country of concern' means--
 ``
        (A) the People's Republic of China;
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        (B) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
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            (C) the Russian Federation;
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            (D) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
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        (E) the Republic of Cuba;
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        (F) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; or
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        (G) any other country determined to be a foreign 
 country of concern by the Secretary of State.
 ``

    (2) The term `foreign principal of a foreign country of 
 concern' includes--
 ``
        (A) the government of a foreign country of 
 concern;
 ``
        (B) a political party of a foreign country of 
 concern;
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            (C) a national of a foreign country of concern;
 ``
            (D) a partnership, association, corporation, 
 organization or other combination of persons organized 
 under the laws of, or having its principal place of 
 business in, a foreign country of concern; or
 ``
        (E) a partnership, association, corporation, 
 organization or other combination of persons organized 
 under the laws of, or having its principal place of 
 business in, a foreign country other than a foreign 
 country of concern that receives more than half of its 
 funding from an entity described in subparagraphs
        (A) through
            (D) .
 ``

    (3) The term `government of a foreign country of concern' 
 includes--
 ``
        (A) any person or group of persons exercising 
 sovereign de facto or de jure political jurisdiction 
 over a foreign country of concern, or over any part of 
 such country, and includes any subdivision of any such 
 group and any group or agency to which such sovereign 
 de facto or de jure authority or functions are directly 
 or indirectly delegated; and
 ``
        (B) any faction or body of insurgents within a 
 foreign country of concern, or a faction or body of 
 insurgents recognized by a foreign country of concern, 
 that are in another country assuming to exercise 
 governmental authority whether such faction or body of 
 insurgents has or has not been recognized by the United 
 States.
 ``

    (4) The term `political party of a foreign country of 
 concern' includes any organization or any other combination of 
 individuals in a foreign country of concern, or any unit or 
 branch thereof, having for an aim or purpose, or which is 
 engaged in any activity devoted in whole or in part to, the 
 establishment, administration, control, or acquisition of 
 administration or control of the government of a foreign 
 country of concern or subdivision thereof, or the furtherance 
 or influencing of the political or public interests, policies, 
 or relations of a government of foreign country of concern or a 
 subdivision thereof.''.

    (b) Modification of Contents of Reports.--

Section 2

    (a) of the 
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 612

    (a) ) 
is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (4) --
        (A) by striking ``Copies'' and inserting ``
        (A) Except as provided in subparagraph
        (B) , copies''; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (B) In the case of an organization described in 

section 12

    (b) , a statement that the registrant is an agent of a foreign 
 principal pursuant to 

section 12

    (a)

    (1) , copies of each written 
 agreement, and the terms and conditions of each oral agreement, 
 including all modifications of such agreements, or, where no 
 contract exists, a full statement of the existing and proposed 
 activity or activities engaged in or to be engaged in by the 
 registrant as a direct or indirect result of receiving income, 
 money, or any other thing of value from a foreign principal of 
 a foreign country of concern (as defined in 

section 12
            (c) (2) ), 
 including a detailed statement of any such activity which is a 
 political activity.''; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (9) --
        (A) by striking ``Copies'' and inserting ``
        (A) Except as provided in subparagraph
        (B) , copies''; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (B) In the case of an organization described in 

section 12

    (b) , a statement that the registrant is an agent of a foreign 
 principal pursuant to 

section 12

    (a)

    (1) , copies of each written 
 agreement and the terms and conditions of each oral agreement, 
 including all modifications of such agreements, or, where no 
 contract exists, a full statement of the existing and proposed 
 activity or activities engaged in or to be engaged in by the 
 registrant as a direct or indirect result of receiving income, 
 money, or any other thing of value from a foreign principal of 
 a foreign country of concern (as defined in 

section 12

    (a)

    (1) ) 
 or for any person other than a foreign principal any activities 
 which require his registration hereunder.''.
            (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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