119-s3050

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 3050 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 3050

 To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to 
 modify requirements under that Act relating to exemptions, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 October 23, 2025

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. 
 Hagerty, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Welch, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Kennedy) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to 
 modify requirements under that Act relating to exemptions, 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. TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE FOREIGN AGENTS 
 REGISTRATION ACT OF 1938.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Adversary Influence, 
Disinformation, and Obscured Foreign Financing Act of 2025'' or the 
``PAID OFF Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION 
 ACT OF 1938.

 

Section 3 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 613), is amended--

    (1) in the matter preceding subsection

    (a) , by inserting 
 ``, except as provided in subsection
            (i) '' after 
 ``principals''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (i) Limitations.--The exemptions under subsections
            (d) (1) ,
            (d) (2) , and

    (h) shall not apply to any agent of a foreign principal 
that is a corporate or government entity that is owned or controlled by 
1 or more of the identified countries listed in clauses
            (i) through
            (v) of 

section 1
            (m) (1)
        (A) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a
            (m) (1)
        (A) ).''.

SEC. 3. MECHANISM TO AMEND DEFINITION OF ``COUNTRY OF CONCERN''.

 

Section 1
            (m) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
(22 U.S.C. 2651a
            (m) ) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraphs

    (6) and

    (7) as paragraphs

    (7) and

    (8) , respectively; and

    (2) by inserting after paragraph

    (5) the following:
 ``

    (6) Modification to definition of `country of concern'.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The Secretary of State may, in 
 consultation with the Attorney General, propose the 
 addition or deletion of countries described in 
 paragraph

    (1)
        (A) .
 ``
        (B) Submission.--Any proposal described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) shall--
 ``
            (i) be submitted to the Chairman and 
 Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign 
 Relations of the Senate and the Chairman and 
 Ranking Member of the Committee on the 
 Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and
 ``
            (ii) become effective upon enactment of a 
 joint resolution of approval as described in 
 subparagraph
            (C) .
 ``
            (C) Joint resolution of approval.--
 ``
            (i) In general.--For purposes of 
 subparagraph
        (B)
            (ii) , the term `joint 
 resolution of approval' means only a joint 
 resolution--
 ``
            (I) that does not have a 
 preamble;
 ``
            (II) that includes in the matter 
 after the resolving clause the 
 following: `That Congress approves the 
 modification of the definition of 
 ``country of concern'' under 

section 1
            (m) of the State Department Basic 
 Authorities Act of 1956, as submitted 
 by the Secretary of State on ____; and 
 

section 1
            (m) (1)
        (A) of the State 
 Department Basic Authorities Act of 
 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a
            (m) (1)
        (A) ) is 
 amended by ______.', the blank spaces 
 being appropriately filled in with the 
 appropriate date and the amendatory 
 language required to modify the list of 
 countries in paragraph

    (1)
        (A) of this 
 subsection by adding or deleting 1 or 
 more countries; and
 ``
            (III) the title of which is as 
 follows: `Joint resolution approving 
 modifications to definition of 
 ``country of concern'' under 

section 1
            (m) of the State Department Basic 
 Authorities Act of 1956.'.
 ``
            (ii) Referral.--
 ``
            (I) Senate.--A resolution 
 described in clause
            (i) that is 
 introduced in the Senate shall be 
 referred to the Committee on Foreign 
 Relations of the Senate.
 ``
            (II) House of representatives.--A 
 resolution described in clause
            (i) that 
 is introduced in the House of 
 Representatives shall be referred to 
 the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
 House of Representatives.''.

SEC. 4. SUNSET.

 The amendments made by this Act shall terminate on the date that is 
5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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