,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dhh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #af1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself and ,mr4  
,cotton7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill
  ,to modify the ,freedom of            
,information ,act1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,first ,opportunity 
for ,information to ,americans ,act of  
#bjbc or the ,,foia ,fix ,act of #bjbc4 
#b4 ,,foia requests ,section #eeb of    
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is     
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 
in paragraph 7#c77;,a71 by inserting or 
paragraph 7#i7 after subparagraph 7,e72 
and  7,b7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#i7 7,a7 ,except as        
provided in subparagraph 7,d71 an agency
 may not make any record available under
 this subsection to any requester that--
 7i7 is an individual who is not a      
citizen of the ,united ,states or an    

alien lawfully admitted for permanent   
residence2  7ii7 is an entity that does 
not have a principal place of business  
or headquarters located in a ,state1 the
 ,district of ,columbia1 or any         
territory or possession of the ,united  
,states2 or  7iii7 is an entity that is 
a subsidiary of an entity with a        
principal place of business or          
headquarters located in-- 7,i7 the      
,people's ,republic of ,china2  7,,ii7  
the ,russian ,federation2  7,,iii7 the  
,democratic ,people's ,republic of      
,korea2  7,,iv7 the ,islamic ,republic  
of ,iran2  7,v7 the ,republic of ,cuba2 
7,,vi7 the ,syrian ,arab ,republic2 or  
7,,vii7 the regime of ,nicols ,maduro in
 ,venezuela4  7,b7 ,knowingly assisting1
 conspiring1 or abetting a request for  
information under this section on behalf
 of an individual or entity that is     
prohibited from receiving the           
information under subparagraph 7,a7 is  
punishable by a fine of up #aj1jjj per  
violation and not more than #a year in  

prison4  7,c7 ,each agency shall        
promulgate regulations as necessary to  
carry out subparagraph 7,a74  7,d7      
,subparagraph 7,a7 shall not apply to a 
requester that is seeking official      
copies of the immigration court         
proceedings of the requester4  7#aj7    
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section1 an agency may determine   
the manner in which a request is        
fulfilled under this subsection if the  
agency has a reasonable belief that     
fulfilling the request in the manner    
requested by the requester-- 7,a7 is    
likely to result in the exposure of     
material or information that is not     
responsive to the request1 including any
 data describing the structure1 data    
elements1 interrelationships1 or other  
characteristics of electronic records   
otherwise responsive to the request2 or 
7,b7 poses a material security risk to  
the agency or another entity in the     
,federal ,government4  2 and  7#b7 in   
subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#h71

 by striking or at the end2 and  7,b7 in
 paragraph 7#i71 by striking the period 
at the end and inserting 2 or2 and  7,c7
 by adding at the end the following3    
7#aj7 records or information1 such as   
blueprints1 schematics1 formulae1       
technical expertise1 or other similar   
information that is susceptible to      
reverse engineering-- 7,a7 the          
disclosure of which is likely to damage 
the interests of the ,united ,states2   
7,b7 that is materially related to the  
study of an emerging or foundational    
technology identified by the ,department
 of ,commerce2 and  7,c7 for which the  
interest of the public in disclosure    
does not outweigh the interests         
described in subparagraph 7,a74  4