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A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to limit the exemption from the registration requirements of such Act for persons engaging in activities in furtherance of bona fide religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or the fine arts to activities which do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the disclosures of foreign gifts by institutions, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2583| Senate 
| Updated: 3/21/2018
Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Republican Senator

Florida

Cosponsors (1)
Tom Cotton (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Foreign Influence Transparency Act This bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to limit the exemption from foreign agent registration with the Department of Justice for a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts to only those activities that do not promote a foreign government's political agenda. The Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended to require institutions to report to the Department of Education a gift or contract from a foreign source whose annual value is $50,000 or more. The fair market value of in-kind-gifts is included in such limit. (Currently, a report is due if the annual value is $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with a foreign source.) A report shall: (1) include the contents of any such contracts, and (2) make such contents available for public disclosure.
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Timeline
Mar 20, 2018

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-5336
Introduced in House
Mar 21, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Mar 21, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • March 20, 2018

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-5336
    Introduced in House


  • March 21, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 21, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 115-5336: To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to limit the exemption from the registration requirements of such Act for persons engaging in activities in furtherance of bona fide religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or the fine arts to activities which do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the disclosures of foreign gifts by institutions, and for other purposes.
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A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to limit the exemption from the registration requirements of such Act for persons engaging in activities in furtherance of bona fide religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or the fine arts to activities which do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the disclosures of foreign gifts by institutions, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2583| Senate 
| Updated: 3/21/2018
Foreign Influence Transparency Act This bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to limit the exemption from foreign agent registration with the Department of Justice for a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts to only those activities that do not promote a foreign government's political agenda. The Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended to require institutions to report to the Department of Education a gift or contract from a foreign source whose annual value is $50,000 or more. The fair market value of in-kind-gifts is included in such limit. (Currently, a report is due if the annual value is $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with a foreign source.) A report shall: (1) include the contents of any such contracts, and (2) make such contents available for public disclosure.
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Timeline
Mar 20, 2018

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-5336
Introduced in House
Mar 21, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Mar 21, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • March 20, 2018

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-5336
    Introduced in House


  • March 21, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 21, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Republican Senator

Florida

Cosponsors (1)
Tom Cotton (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 115-5336: To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to limit the exemption from the registration requirements of such Act for persons engaging in activities in furtherance of bona fide religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or the fine arts to activities which do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the disclosures of foreign gifts by institutions, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Art, artists, authorshipCultural exchanges and relationsGeneral science and technology mattersGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationInternational exchange and broadcastingPerforming artsPublic participation and lobbyingReligionTeaching, teachers, curricula