S.Amdt. 2154

SA 2154. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Grassley, and
Mr. Risch) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

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SEC. [___]. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS UNDER FARA.

(a) Exemptions.--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.--
``(1) In general.--The exemptions under subsection (d)(1),
(d)(2), or (h) shall not apply to any agent of a foreign
principal, wherever located, that is owned or controlled by 1
of the identified countries described in paragraph (2).
``(2) Identified countries.--The countries described in
this paragraph are:
``(A) The People's Republic of China.
``(B) The Russian Federation.
``(C) The Islamic Republic of Iran.''.
(b) Modification to Countries.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of State may, in
consultation with the Attorney General of the United States,
propose the addition or deletion of countries described in
section 3(i) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938,
as amended, as added by this Act.
(2) Submission.--Any proposal described in paragraph (1)--
(A) shall 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
(B) shall become effective upon enactment of a joint
resolution of approval as described in subsection (c).
(c) Joint Resolution of Approval.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (b), the term
``joint resolution of approval'' means only a joint
resolution--
(A) that does not have a preamble;
(B) that includes in the matter after the resolving clause
the following: ``That Congress approves the modification of
countries relating to the treatment of certain exemptions
under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as
amended, as submitted by the Secretary of State on ____; and
section 3(i) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938,
as amended (22 U.S.C. 613) is amended by ______