,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bj1 #bjai,mr4  
,swalwell of ,california introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal     
,election ,campaign ,act of #aiga to    
require corporations to report          
disbursements made by foreign nationals 
for purposes of disseminating           
campaign-related public communications  
and to inquire whether persons providing
 such disbursements are foreign         
nationals1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,corporate ,duty to ,report ,act of 
#bjai4  #b4 ,responsibilities of        
corporations relating to disbursements  
from foreign nationals for purposes of  
disseminating campaign-related public   
communications  7a7 ,responsibilities   
described  7#a7 ,in general ,section    
#cai of the ,federal ,election ,campaign
 ,act of #aiga 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #cjaba7 is

 amended--  7,a7 by redesignating       
subsection 7b7 as subsection 7c72 and   
7,b7 by inserting after subsection 7a7  
the following new subsection3  7b7      
,responsibilities of corporations       
relating to disbursements from foreign  
nationals for purposes of disseminating 
campaign-,related public communications 
7#a7 ,duties to report receipt of       
disbursements  7,a7 ,requirement ,it    
shall be unlawful for a corporation     
which receives a disbursement and knows 
that the disbursement is made in whole  
or in part for purposes of disseminating
 a campaign-related public communication
 described in paragraph 7#c7 and knows  
that the person providing the           
disbursement is a foreign national to   
fail to notify the ,federal ,bureau of  
,investigation of the receipt of the    
disbursement4  7,b7 ,good faith reliance
 on affirmation by person providing     
disbursement ,it is an affirmative      
defense to an allegation that a         
corporation committed a violation of    

subparagraph 7,a7 that the corporation  
relied in good faith on an affirmation  
by the person providing a disbursement  
described in such subparagraph that--   
7i7 the disbursement is not made in     
whole or in part for purposes of        
disseminating a campaign-related public 
communication described in paragraph    
7#c72 or  7ii7 the person providing the 
disbursement is not a foreign national4 
7,c7 ,penalty ,a violation of           
subparagraph 7,a7 shall result in a fine
 under title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1
 of not more than #a1jjj1jjj for each   
such violation4  7#b7 ,duty to inquire  
whether disbursement is for campaign    
purposes and whether person providing   
disbursement is a foreign national  7,a7
 ,requirement ,it shall be unlawful for 
a corporation which receives a          
disbursement which is made in whole or  
in part for purposes of disseminating a 
public communication 7as defined in     
section #cja7bb77--  7i7 to fail to     
inquire whether the communication is a  

campaign-related public communication   
described in paragraph 7#c72 and  7ii7  
if the corporation determines that the  
communication is a campaign-related     
public communication71 to fail to       
inquire whether the person providing the
 disbursement is a foreign national4    
7,b7 ,civil money penalty ,a corporation
 which violates subparagraph 7,a7 shall 
be subject to a civil money penalty in  
accordance with section #cji1 except    
that the amount of the penalty may not  
exceed #ejj1jjj for each such violation4
  7#c7 ,campaign-related public         
communications described ,in this       
subsection1 a campaign-related public   
communication is-- 7,a7 a public        
communication 7as defined in section    
#cja7bb77 which is funded in whole or in
 part with an independent expenditure2  
or  7,b7 an electioneering communication
 described in section #cjd7;f77#c74  4  
7#b7 ,effective date ,the amendments    
made by this section shall take effect  
upon the expiration of the #a-year      

period which begins on the date of the  
enactment of this ,act4  7b7            
,promulgation of regulations ,not later 
than one year after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,federal    
,election ,commission shall promulgate  
regulations providing additional        
indicators beyond the pertinent facts   
described in section #aaj4bj7;a77#e7 of 
title #aa1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations 7as in effect on the date  
of enactment of this ,act7 that may lead
 a reasonable person to conclude that   
there is a substantial probability that 
the source of the funds solicited1      
accepted1 or received is a foreign      
national1 as defined in section #cai7;c7
 of the ,federal ,election ,act of #aiga
 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #cjaba7;c771 as         
redesignated by subsection 7a77#a71 or  
to inquire whether the source of the    
funds solicited1 accepted1 or received  
is a foreign national1 as so defined4   
,regulations promulgated under the      
proceeding sentence shall also provide  

guidance to political committees and    
campaigns to not engage in racial or    
ethnic profiling in making such a       
conclusion or inquiry4