,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dgac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #b1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,schatz 7for himself and ,mrs4
 ,blackburn7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to authorize the ,federal            
,communications ,commission to specify  
additional sources from which a radio   
station licensee must obtain information
 to enable the licensee to announce that
 a foreign governmental entity has paid 
for a broadcast4  #a4 ,announcement of  
payment for broadcast ,section #cag7;c7 
of the ,communications ,act of #aicd    
7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #cag7;c77 is amended to  
read as follows3  7c7 7#a7 ,the licensee
 of each radio station shall exercise   
reasonable diligence to obtain          
information to enable such licensee to  
make the announcement required by this  
section4  7#b7 ,in carrying out         
paragraph 7#a71 the licensee of a radio 

station shall consult-- 7,a7 its        
employees2  7,b7 other persons with whom
 it deals directly in connection with   
any program or program matter for       
broadcast2 and  7,c7 any additional     
source of information the ,commission   
designates that may enable the licensee 
to verify whether the matter broadcast  
by the radio station was paid for or    
furnished by a foreign governmental     
entity4  7#c7 ,the licensee of a radio  
station shall-- 7,a7 obtain the         
information required under paragraph    
7#a7-- 7i7 when the licensee enters into
 an agreement to lease time on the radio
 station2 and  7ii7 when the licensee   
renews any agreement described in clause
 7i72 and  7,b7 keep a record of the    
information required under paragraph    
7#a74  7#d7 ,for purposes of this       
subsection-- 7,a7 the term agent of a   
foreign principal means an agent of a   
foreign principal1 as defined in section
 #a7;c7 of the ,foreign ,agents         
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 

7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa7;c77-- 7i7 that is  
registered as such with the ,attorney   
,general under section #b of that ,act  
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fab72  7ii7 if the      
agent's foreign principal-- 7,i7 is a   
government of a foreign country or a    
foreign political party2 or  7,,ii7 is  
directly or indirectly operated1        
supervised1 directed1 owned1 controlled1
 financed1 or subsidized by the         
government of a foreign country or a    
foreign political party2 and  7iii7 that
 is acting in its capacity as an agent  
of such foreign principal described in  
clause 7ii72  7,b7 the term foreign     
governmental entity includes-- 7i7 the  
government of a foreign country2  7ii7 a
 foreign political party2  7iii7 an     
agent of a foreign principal2 and  7iv7 
a ,united ,states-based foreign media   
outlet 7as defined in section #fbd72    
7,c7 the term foreign political party   
has the meaning given the term in       
section #a7;f7 of the ,foreign ,agents  
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 

7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa7;f772 and  7,d7 the 
term government of a foreign country has
 the meaning given the term in section  
#a7;e7 of the ,foreign ,agents          
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa7;e774  4