S.Amdt. 2666

SA 2666. 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 end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1291. REQUIREMENT FOR THINK TANKS TO DISCLOSE FOREIGN
FUNDING.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered organization.--The term ``covered
organization'' means any United States think tank that--
(A) receives at least $2,500 in funding from the Department
in a single fiscal year;
(B) has significant participation in more than 3
Department-hosted events in a fiscal year that relate to a
subject or purpose for which the covered source of funding
was provided to the covered organization; or
(C) hosts an event, panel, presentation, or meeting with
any Department official at the Office Director level or above
more than 3 times in a fiscal year on a subject or purpose
for which the covered source of funding was provided to the
covered organization.
(2) Foreign governmental entity.--The term ``foreign
governmental entity'' means--
(A) any department, agency, or other entity of a foreign
government at the national, regional, or local level;
(B) any governing party or coalition of a foreign
government at the national, regional, or local level;
(C) any entity majority-owned or majority-controlled by a
foreign government at the national, regional, or local level;
or
(D) any company, economic project, cultural organization,
exchange program, or nongovernmental organization that is
more than 33 percent owned or controlled by the government of
such country, or their advisors, consultants, or
representatives.
(3) Think tank.--The term ``think tank'' means a stand-
alone institution, organization, corporation, or group that
studies public policy issues with the primary objective of
providing information, ideas, and recommendations to United
States Government entities regarding the development and
implementation of policy.
(b) Rulemaking.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
develop and promulgate regulations requiring covered
organizations to submit an annual disclosure to the Under
Secretary of State for Management that describes--
(A) any funding, cooperative research or staffing
agreements, or joint projects received from or executed with
the covered sources of funding specified in paragraph (2) the
purpose or subject of which relates to a topic such covered
organizations engage on with the Department; and
(B) any practices or processes undertaken by a covered
organization to ensure that its research agenda or products
are not influenced by foreign donors.
(2) Covered sources of funding.--The sources of funding
referred to in paragraph (1) are foreign governmental
entities and political parties from the People's Republic of
China or from the Russian Federation.
(c) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the effective
date of the regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection
(b), the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the
appropriate congressional committees that describes--
(1) the status of implementing such regulations and any
challenges or obstacles to implementation;
(2) the offices within the Department responsible for
implementing the regulations; and
(3) any recommendations to improve upon such regulations.
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