,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #egg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #c1 #bjba,mr4
 ,rubio 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,portman1    
,mr4 ,cotton1 and ,mr4 ,hagerty7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,foreign ,agents ,registration
 ,act of #aich to limit the exemption   
from the registration requirements of   
such ,act for persons engaging in       
activities in furtherance of bona fide  
religious1 scholastic1 academic1 or     
scientific pursuits or the fine arts to 
activities which do not promote the     
political agenda of a foreign           
government1 to amend the ,higher        
,education ,act of #aife to clarify the 
disclosures of foreign gifts by         
institutions1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,foreign ,influence             
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,limiting      

exemption from foreign agent            
registration requirement for persons    
engaging in activities in furtherance of
 certain pursuits to activities not     
promoting political agenda of foreign   
governments  7a7 ,limitation on         
exemption ,section #c7;e7 of the        
,foreign ,agents ,registration ,act of  
#aich 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fac7;e77 is       
amended by striking the semicolon at the
 end and inserting the following3 1 but 
only if the activities do not promote   
the political agenda of a government of 
a foreign country24  7b7 ,effective date
 ,the amendment made by subsection 7a7  
shall apply with respect to activities  
carried out on or after the date of the 
enactment of this ,act4  #c4            
,disclosures of foreign gifts and       
agreements  7a7 ,in general ,section    
#aag of the ,higher ,education ,act of  
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajaa;f7 is        
amended-- 7#a7 in the section heading1  
by adding and agreements at the end2    
7#b7 in subsection 7a71 by striking     

#bej1jjj and inserting #ej1jjj2  7#c7 in
 subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph     
7#a71 in the first sentence1 by         
inserting before the period at the end  
the following3 1 including the content  
of each such contract2 and  7,b7 in     
paragraph 7#b71 by inserting before the 
period the following3 1 including the   
content of each such contract2  7#d7 in 
subsection 7e71 by inserting 1 including
 the contents of any contracts1 after   
reports2  7#e7 by redesignating         
subsections 7e71 7f71 7g71 and 7h7 as   
subsections 7f71 7g71 7h71 and 7i71     
respectively2  7#f7 by inserting after  
subsection 7d7 the following3  7e7      
,confucius ,institute agreements  7#a7  
,defined term ,in this subsection1 the  
term ,confucius ,institute means a      
cultural institute directly or          
indirectly funded by the ,government of 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china4  7#b7
 ,disclosure requirement ,any           
institution that has entered into an    
agreement with a ,confucius ,institute  

shall immediately make the full text of 
such agreement available-- 7,a7 on the  
publicly accessible website of the      
institution2  7,b7 to the ,department of
 ,education2  7,c7 to the ,committee on 
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions of the ,senate2 and  7,d7 to  
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
of the ,house of ,representatives4  2   
and  7#g7 in subsection 7i71 as         
redesignated-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#b71  
by amending subparagraph 7,a7 to read as
 follows3  7,a7 a foreign government1   
including-- 7i7 any agency of a foreign 
government1 and any other unit of       
foreign governmental authority1         
including any foreign national1 ,state1 
local1 and municipal government2  7ii7  
any international or multinational      
organization whose membership is        
composed of any unit of foreign         
government described in clause 7i72 and 
7iii7 any agent or representative of any
 such unit or such organization1 while  
acting as such2  2 and  7,b7 in         

paragraph 7#c71 by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following3 1 or
 the fair market value of an in-kind    
gift4  7b7 ,effect of noncompliance with
 disclosure requirement ,any institution
 of higher education 7as defined in     
section #aja of the ,higher ,education  
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja77    
that is not in compliance with the      
disclosure requirements set forth in    
section #aag of such ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4
 #ajaa;f7 shall be ineligible to enroll 
foreign students under the ,student and 
,exchange ,visitor ,program4  7c7       
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to gifts received or contracts or       
agreements entered into1 or other       
activities carried out1 on or after the 
date of the enactment of this ,act4