,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dcd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ae1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 ,mr4       
,rubio1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1 ,mr4 ,risch1 and 
,mrs4 ,fischer7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,foreign ,agents ,registration ,act of  
#aich1 as amended1 to modify            
requirements under that ,act relating to
 exemptions1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,preventing ,adversary          
,influence1 ,disinformation1 and        
,obscured ,foreign ,financing ,act of   
#bjbc or the ,,paid ,,off ,act of #bjbc4
  #b4 ,treatment of exemptions under    
,,fara  7a7 ,definition ,section #a of  
the ,foreign ,agents ,registration ,act 
of #aich1 as amended 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4     
#faa7 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  7q7 ,the term country of

 concern means-- 7#a7 the ,people's     
,republic of ,china2  7#b7 the ,russian 
,federation2  7#c7 the ,islamic         
,republic of ,iran2  7#d7 the           
,democratic ,people's ,republic of      
,korea2  7#e7 the ,republic of ,cuba2   
and  7#f7 the ,syrian ,arab ,republic4  
4  7b7 ,exemptions ,section #c of the   
,foreign ,agents ,registration ,act of  
#aich1 as amended 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fac71 
is amended1 in the matter preceding     
subsection 7a71 by inserting 1 except   
that the exemptions under subsections   
7d77#a7 and 7h7 shall not apply to any  
agent of a foreign principal that is a  
country of concern before the colon4    
7c7 ,sunset ,the amendments made by     
subsections 7a7 and 7b7 shall terminate 
on ,october #a1 #bjbf4