,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bc1  
#bjbe ,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mrs4         
,fischer1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1 ,mr4 ,tillis1  
,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 and ,mr4   
,kennedy7 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  ,treatment of 
exemptions under the ,foreign ,agents   
,registration ,act of #aich  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,preventing         
,adversary ,influence1 ,disinformation1 
and ,obscured ,foreign ,financing ,act  
of #bjbe or the ,,paid ,,off ,act of    
#bjbe4  #b4  ,treatment of exemptions   
under the ,foreign ,agents ,registration
 ,act of #aich  ,section #c of the      
,foreign ,agents ,registration ,act of  

#aich1 as amended 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fac71 
is amended--  7#a7 in the matter        
preceding subsection 7a71 by inserting 1
 except as provided in subsection 7i7   
after principals2 and  7#b7 by adding at
 the end the following3  7i7            
,limitations ,the exemptions under      
subsections 7d77#a71 7d77#b71 and 7h7   
shall not apply to any agent of a       
foreign principal that is a corporate or
 government entity that is owned or     
controlled by #a or more of the         
identified countries listed in clauses  
7i7 through 7v7 of section              
#a7m77#a77;,a7 of the ,state ,department
 ,basic ,authorities ,act of #aief 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #bfea;a7m77#a77;,a774  4  #c4 
,mechanism to amend definition of       
country of concern  ,section #a7m7 of   
the ,state ,department ,basic           
,authorities ,act of #aief 7#bb         
,u4,s4,c4 #bfea;a7m77 is amended--  7#a7
 by redesignating paragraphs 7#f7 and   
7#g7 as paragraphs 7#g7 and 7#h71       
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    

after paragraph 7#e7 the following3     
7#f7  ,modification to definition of    
country of concern  7,a7  ,in general   
,the ,secretary of ,state may1 in       
consultation with the ,attorney         
,general1 propose the addition or       
deletion of countries described in      
paragraph 7#a77;,a74  7,b7  ,submission 
,any proposal described in subparagraph 
7,a7 shall-- 7i7 be submitted to the    
,chairman and ,ranking ,member of the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate and the ,chairman and ,ranking 
,member of the ,committee on the        
,judiciary of the ,house of             
,representatives2 and  7ii7 become      
effective upon enactment of a joint     
resolution of approval as described in  
subparagraph 7,c74  7,c7  ,joint        
resolution of approval  7i7  ,in general
  ,for purposes of subparagraph         
7,b77ii71 the term joint resolution of  
approval means only a joint resolution--
  7,i7 that does not have a preamble2   
7,,ii7 that includes in the matter after

 the resolving clause the following3    
,that ,congress approves the            
modification of the definition of       
country of concern under section #a7m7  
of the ,state ,department ,basic        
,authorities ,act of #aief1 as submitted
 by the ,secretary of ,state on 2 and   
section #a7m77#a77;,a7 of the ,state    
,department ,basic ,authorities ,act of 
#aief 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4                    
#bfea;a7m77#a77;,a77 is amended by 41   
the blank spaces being appropriately    
filled in with the appropriate date and 
the amendatory language required to     
modify the list of countries in         
paragraph 7#a77;,a7 of this subsection  
by adding or deleting #a or more        
countries2 and  7,,iii7 the title of    
which is as follows3 ,joint resolution  
approving modifications to definition of
 country of concern under section #a7m7 
of the ,state ,department ,basic        
,authorities ,act of #aief44  7ii7      
,referral  7,i7  ,senate  ,a resolution 
described in clause 7i7 that is         

introduced in the ,senate shall be      
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,relations of the ,senate4  7,,ii7      
,house of ,representatives  ,a          
resolution described in clause 7i7 that 
is introduced in the ,house of          
,representatives shall be referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the 
,house of ,representatives4  4  #d4     
,sunset  ,the amendments made by this   
,act shall terminate on the date that is
 #e years after the date of enactment of
 this ,act4