S.Amdt. 6008

SA 6008. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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:

SEC. __. TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE FOREIGN AGENTS
REGISTRATION ACT OF 1938.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation, and
Obscured Foreign Financing Act of 2026'' or the ``PAID OFF
Act of 2026''.
(b) Treatment of Exemptions Under the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938.--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.--The exemptions under subsections
(d)(1), (d)(2), and (h) shall not apply to any agent of a
foreign principal that is a corporate or government entity
that is owned or controlled by 1 or more of the identified
countries listed in clauses (i) through (v) of section
1(m)(1)(A) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)(1)(A)).''.
(c) Mechanism to Amend Definition of ``Country of
Concern''.--Section 1(m) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs
(7) and (8), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
``(6) Modification to definition of `country of concern'.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary of State may, in
consultation with the Attorney General, propose the addition
or deletion of countries described in paragraph (1)(A).
``(B) Submission.--Any proposal described in subparagraph
(A) shall--
``(i) 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
``(ii) become effective upon enactment of a joint
resolution of approval as described in subparagraph (C).
``(C) Joint resolution of approval.--
``(i) In general.--For purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii),
the term `joint resolution of approval' means only a joint
resolution--

``(I) that does not have a preamble;
``(II) that includes in the matter after the resolving
clause the following: `That Congress approves the
modification of the definition of ``country of concern''
under section 1(m) of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956, as submitted by the Secretary of State on ____;
and section 1(m)(1)(A) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)(1)(A)) is amended
by ______