S.Amdt. 4640

SA 4640. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.

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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 X, add the following:

SEC. 1064. REQUIREMENT FOR THINK TANKS TO DISCLOSE FOREIGN
FUNDING.

(a) Regulations.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
develop and promulgate regulations requiring covered think
tanks and research organizations to submit an annual
disclosure to the Under Secretary of State for Management
detailing the sources of funding specified in paragraph (3).
(2) Covered think tanks and research organizations.--For
purposes of this section, the term ``covered think tanks and
research organizations'' means United States think tanks and
research organizations that--
(A) receive or plan to apply for funding from the
Department of State;
(B) participate or intend to participate in more than three
Department-hosted events in a calendar year; or
(C) meet, correspond, or otherwise engage with Department
of State personnel more than three times in a calendar year.
(3) Covered sources of funding.--
(A) In general.--The sources of funding referred to in
paragraph (1) are--
(i) governments, political parties, state-owned research or
academic institutions, and state-owned enterprises from the
countries specified in subparagraph (B);
(ii) Persons from the countries specified in such
subparagraph; and
(iii) United States and foreign persons, government,
institutions, and companies advocating on behalf of the
interests of the countries specified in such subparagraph
with regard to energy, infrastructure, telecommunications,
information technology, defense, or foreign policy.
(B) Specified countries.--The countries referred to in
subparagraph (A) are--
(i) the Russian Federation;
(ii) the People's Republic of China; and
(iii) any other country the Secretary of State determines
should be subject to the disclosure requirements of this
section.
(b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the effective
date of the regulations promulgated under subsection (a), the
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate
congressional committees describing--
(1) the progress of the Department of State in
implementation of the disclosure requirement mandated
pursuant to subsection (a);
(2) the officials and offices within the Department
responsible for implementing the regulations required under
subsection (a);
(3) any challenges or obstacles to implementation; and
(4) any recommendations to improve upon the regulations
described required under subsection (a) or overcome
challenges to implementation.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
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