S. 4901 – PAID OFF Act of 2022

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The PAID OFF Act of 2022 amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act to tighten exemption rules. It says that the exemptions normally found in subsections (d)(1) and (h) will no longer apply to agents representing foreign principals that are designated as foreign adversaries under the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act. This change means more foreign agents tied to listed adversary countries must register and disclose their activities.

Key Provisions

Amends Section 3 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act to state that the exemptions in subsections (d)(1) and (h) do not apply to any agent of a foreign principal that is listed as a foreign adversary under the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4858)

Foreign Relations Committee

September 20, 2022

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Introduced in Senate

September 20, 2022

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4858)

Foreign Relations Committee

September 20, 2022

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Sen. John CornynR-TX · Sep 20, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to modify requirements…

Sen. John CornynR-TX · Sep 20, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to modify requirements…

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Introduced in SenateIssued September 20, 2022

II

117th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 4901

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 20, 2022

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Hagerty, and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to modify requirements under that Act relating to exemptions, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation, and Obscured Foreign Financing Act of 2022 or the PAID OFF Act of 2022.

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Treatment of exemptions under FARA

Section 3 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 613), is amended, in the matter preceding subsection (a), by inserting , except that the exemptions under subsections (d)(1) and (h) shall not apply to any agent of a foreign principal that is listed as a foreign adversary (as defined in section 8(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c))) in accordance with that Act before the colon.