,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #g1 #bjah,mr4  
,swalwell of ,california 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of         
,california1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1  
,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1  
,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4        
,gallego1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,mrs4 ,demings1   
,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4      
,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1   
,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 and ,mr4     
,welch7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require  
candidates for election for public      
office to notify the ,federal ,bureau of
 ,investigation upon receiving          
unsolicited information about other     
candidates in the election from a       
foreign power or an agent of a foreign  
power1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,duty to ,report ,act of #bjah4  #b4

 ,requiring candidates receiving        
information on opponents from foreign   
powers to notify ,,fbi  7a7             
,notification requirement ,if a         
candidate1 an individual who is an      
immediate family member of a candidate1 
or any individual affiliated with a     
campaign of a candidate knowingly       
receives or is offered unsolicited      
information about any of the other      
candidates for election for that office 
which is from a source the candidate or 
individual knows is a foreign power or  
an agent of a foreign power 7or if the  
candidate or individual recklessly      
disregards the fact that the source is a
 foreign power or an agent of a foreign 
power71 or receives an unsolicited      
notification that a foreign power or an 
agent of a foreign power has such       
information in its possession1 the      
candidate or individual shall notify the
 ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation of  
the receipt or offer of the information 
or the notification 7as the case may    

be74  7b7 ,exceptions ,subsection 7a7   
does not apply with respect to-- 7#a7   
information which a candidate or        
individual knows or may reasonably      
believe is in the public domain2 or     
7#b7 information which no person would  
reasonably believe could be used to the 
advantage of the campaign of the        
candidate who receives the information  
or to whom the information is offered   
7or whose immediate family member or    
individual affiliated with the campaign 
receives or is offered the information74
  7c7 ,penalty ,whoever fails to comply 
with subsection 7a7 shall be fined under
 title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 or   
imprisoned not more than #b years1 or   
both4  #c4 ,definitions  ,in this ,act1 
the following definitions apply3 7#a7   
,the term agent of a foreign power and  
the term foreign power each has the     
meaning given such term in section #aja 
of the ,foreign ,intelligence           
,surveillance ,act of #aigh 7#ej        
,u4,s4,c4 #ahja74  7#b7 ,the term       

candidate means an individual who seeks 
nomination for1 or election to1 any     
,federal1 ,state1 or local public       
office4  7#c7 ,the term immediate family
 member means1 with respect to a        
candidate1 a parent1 parent-in-law1     
spouse1 child1 or sibling4  7#d7 ,the   
term individual affiliated with a       
campaign means1 with respect to a       
candidate1 an employee of any           
organization legally authorized under   
,federal1 ,state1 or local law to       
support the candidate's campaign for    
nomination for1 or election to1 any     
,federal1 ,state1 or local public       
office1 as well as any independent      
contractor of such an organization and  
any individual who performs services for
 the organization on an unpaid basis    
7including an intern or volunteer74