S.Amdt. 4348

SA 4348. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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 end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1283. FOREIGN INFLUENCE TRANSPARENCY.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Foreign Influence Transparency Act''.
(b) Limiting Exemption From Foreign Agent Registration
Requirement for Persons Engaging in Activities in Furtherance
of Certain Pursuits to Activities Not Promoting Political
Agenda of Foreign Governments.--
(1) In general.--Section 3(e) of the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 613(e)) is inserting
before the semicolon at the end the following: ``, but only
if the activities do not promote the political agenda of a
government of a foreign country;''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall apply with respect to activities carried out on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Disclosures of Foreign Gifts and Agreements.--
(1) In general.--Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f) is amended--
(A) in the section heading, by adding ``and agreements'' at
the end;
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ``$250,000'' and
inserting ``$50,000'';
(C) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by inserting
before the period at the end the following: ``, including the
content of each such contract''; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period the
following: ``, including the content of each such contract'';
(D) in subsection (e), by inserting ``, including the
contents of any contracts,'' after ``reports'';
(E) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as
subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively;
(F) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
``(e) Confucius Institute Agreements.--
``(1) Defined term.--In this subsection, the term
`Confucius Institute' means a cultural institute directly or
indirectly funded by the Government of the People's Republic
of China.
``(2) Disclosure requirement.--Any institution that has
entered into an agreement with a Confucius Institute shall
immediately make the full text of such agreement available--
``(A) on the publicly accessible website of the
institution;
``(B) to the Department of Education;
``(C) to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate; and
``(D) to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House
of Representatives.''; and
(G) in subsection (i), as redesignated--
(i) in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph (A) to read
as follows:
``(A) a foreign government, including--
``(i) any agency of a foreign government, and any other
unit of foreign governmental authority, including any foreign
national, State, local, and municipal government;
``(ii) any international or multinational organization
whose membership is composed of any unit of foreign
government described in clause (i); and
``(iii) any agent or representative of any such unit or
such organization, while acting as such;''; and
(ii) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the semicolon at
the end the following: ``, or the fair market value of an in-
kind gift''.
(2) Effect of noncompliance with disclosure requirement.--
Any institution of higher education (as defined in section
101of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that
is not in compliance with the disclosure requirements set
forth in section 117 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1011f) shall be
ineligible to enroll foreign students under the Student and
Exchange Visitor Program.
(3) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1)
shall apply with respect to gifts received or contracts or
agreements entered into, or other activities carried out, on
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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