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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8176 

To provide for disclosures of certain foreign contributions, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 30, 2024 

Mr. GOLDEN of Maine introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees 

on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for disclosures of certain foreign contributions, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Fighting Foreign Influence Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—THINK TANK AND NONPROFIT FOREIGN INFLUENCE 

DISCLOSURE 


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Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Annual disclosure of contributions from foreign governments and political parties by certain tax-exempt organizations. 

TITLE II—CONGRESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE FOREIGN LOBBYING 

BAN 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Sec. 202. Prohibiting certain individuals from acting as agents of foreign principals. 

TITLE III—STOP FOREIGN DONATIONS AFFECTING OUR 

ELECTIONS 

Sec. 301. Short title. 

Sec. 302. Requiring disclosure of credit verification value as condition of acceptance of online contributions to Federal election. 

Sec. 303. Prohibiting foreign agents from delivering contributions to Federal 

candidates. 

1 TITLE I—THINK TANK AND NON2 PROFIT FOREIGN INFLUENCE 

3 DISCLOSURE 

4 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Think Tank and Non6 profit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act’’. 

7 SEC. 102. ANNUAL DISCLOSURE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 

8 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND POLITICAL 

9 PARTIES BY CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT ORGANI10 ZATIONS. 

11 (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 6033(b) of 

12 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (15), by redesignating 

14 paragraph (16) as paragraph (17) and by inserting after 

15 paragraph (15) the following new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(16) with respect to each government of a for17 eign country (within the meaning of section 1(e) of 


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1 the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 

2 U.S.C. 611(e))) and each foreign political party 

3 (within the meaning of section 1(f) of such Act (22 

4 U.S.C. 611(f)) which made aggregate contributions 

5 and gifts to the organization during the year in ex6 cess of $50,000, the name of such government or 

7 political party and such aggregate amount, and’’. 

8 (b) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Section 6104 of such 

9 Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 

10 subsection: 

11 ‘‘(e) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMA12 TION.—The Secretary shall make publicly available in a 

13 searchable database the following information: 

14 ‘‘(1) The information furnished under section 

15 6033(b)(16) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

16 ‘‘(2) The name of the organization furnishing 

17 the information described in paragraph (1). 

18 ‘‘(3) The aggregate amount reported under 

19 paragraph (1) as having been received as contribu20 tions or gifts in each year from each government of 

21 a foreign country and each foreign political party.’’. 

22 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

23 this section shall apply to returns filed for taxable years 

24 beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 TITLE II—CONGRESSIONAL AND 

2 EXECUTIVE FOREIGN LOB3 BYING BAN 

4 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional and Ex6 ecutive Foreign Lobbying Ban Act’’. 

7 SEC. 202. PROHIBITING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FROM ACT8 ING AS AGENTS OF FOREIGN PRINCIPALS. 

9 (a) FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS; GENERAL OR

10 FLAG OFFICERS OF ARMED FORCES.— 

11 (1) PROHIBITING REGISTRATION AS AGENT.— 

12 The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 

13 amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) is amended— 

14 (A) by redesignating sections 12 through 

15 14 as sections 13 through 15; and 

16 (B) by inserting after section 11 the fol17 lowing new section: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 12. PROHIBITING REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN INDI19 VIDUALS. 

20 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—No individual may register 

21 under this Act or otherwise serve as the agent of a foreign 

22 principal if the individual at any time served as a Member 

23 of Congress, as a senior political appointee, or as a general 

24 or flag officer of the Armed Forces. 

25 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Member of Congress’ means a 

2 Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resi3 dent Commissioner to, the Congress; and 

4 ‘‘(2) the term ‘senior political appointee’— 

5 ‘‘(A) means— 

6 ‘‘(i) any individual occupying a full7 time senior position and who is appointed 

8 by the President or the Vice President; 

9 ‘‘(ii) any noncareer appointee in the 

10 Senior Executive Service (or other SES11 type system); and 

12 ‘‘(iii) any appointee to a position, at 

13 or above the level of a noncareer member 

14 of the Senior Executive Service, that has 

15 been excepted from the competitive service 

16 by reason of being of a confidential or pol17 icymaking character (schedule C and other 

18 positions excepted under comparable cri19 teria) in an executive agency; and 

20 ‘‘(B) does not include any individual ap21 pointed as a member of the Senior Foreign 

22 Service or, except for a general or flag officer 

23 of the Armed Forces, solely as a uniformed 

24 service commissioned officer.’’. 


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1 (2) OTHER REPRESENTATION OF FOREIGN EN2 TITIES.—Section 207(f)(1) of title 18, United States 

3 Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘within 1 year’’ 

4 the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of a person who is 

5 subject to any of such restrictions and who is a 

6 Member of Congress, a senior political appointee (as 

7 that term is defined in section 12 of the Foreign 

8 Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 

9 U.S.C. 611 et seq.)), or a general or flag officer of 

10 the Armed Forces, at any time)’’. 

11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

12 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any individual 

13 whose service as a Member of Congress or as a general 

14 or flag officer of the Armed Forces terminates on or after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 TITLE III—STOP FOREIGN DONA17 TIONS AFFECTING OUR ELEC18 TIONS 

19 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Foreign Dona21 tions Affecting Our Elections Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 302. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF CREDIT 

2 VERIFICATION VALUE AS CONDITION OF AC3 CEPTANCE OF ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS TO 

4 FEDERAL ELECTION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Federal Elec6 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102) is amended 

7 by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(j)(1) No political committee shall accept any inter9 net credit card contribution unless— 

10 ‘‘(A) the individual or entity making such con11 tribution is required, at the time such individual 

12 makes such contribution, to disclose the credit 

13 verification value of such credit card; and 

14 ‘‘(B)(i) the billing address associated with such 

15 credit card is located in the United States; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a contribution made by an 

17 individual who is a United States national or lawful 

18 permanent resident living outside of the United 

19 States, the individual provides the committee with— 

20 ‘‘(I) the United States mailing address the 

21 individual uses for voter registration purposes; 

22 ‘‘(II) a copy of the individual’s United 

23 States passport; 

24 ‘‘(III) a copy of the individual’s permanent 

25 resident card; or 


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1 ‘‘(IV) a copy of a comparable acceptable 

2 identification document, or the unique identi3 fying number from such a document, for the in4 dividual. 

5 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (c), in the 

6 case of an internet credit card contribution— 

7 ‘‘(A) no later than 10 days after receiving the 

8 contribution, the person who receives the contribu9 tion shall forward to the treasurer such contribution, 

10 the name and address of the person making the con11 tribution, and the date of receipt; and 

12 ‘‘(B) the treasurer of a political committee shall 

13 keep an account of the name and address of any 

14 person making any such contribution, together with 

15 the date and amount of such contribution by any 

16 person. 

17 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘internet credit card 

18 contribution’ means a contribution that— 

19 ‘‘(A) is made using a credit card; and 

20 ‘‘(B) is received through an internet website.’’. 

21 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

22 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions 

23 made after the expiration of the 180-day period which be24 gins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 303. PROHIBITING FOREIGN AGENTS FROM DELIV2 ERING CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL CAN3 DIDATES. 

4 (a) PROHIBITION.—Section 315 of the Federal Elec5 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116) is amended 

6 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(k) PROHIBITING DELIVERY OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY

8 FOREIGN AGENTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual de11 scribed in subparagraph (B) may not deliver a 

12 contribution to a candidate or an authorized 

13 committee of a candidate which is made by an14 other person. 

15 ‘‘(B) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—An indi16 vidual described in this subparagraph is any of 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) An individual who is required 

19 under the Foreign Agents Registration Act 

20 of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et 

21 seq.), to register as the agent of a foreign 

22 principal described in section 1(b)(1) of 

23 such Act (22 U.S.C. 611(b)(1)). 

24 ‘‘(ii) An individual who is required 

25 under such Act to register as the agent of 

26 a foreign principal described in section 


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1 1(b)(2) or 1(b)(3) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

2 611(b)(2) or (b)(3)), but only if the bene3 ficial owner of such foreign principal is a 

4 foreign principal described in section 

5 1(b)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 611(b)(1)), 

6 as determined in accordance with section 

7 5336(a)(3) of title 31, United States Code. 

8 ‘‘(iii) An individual who would be re9 quired to register under such Act as the 

10 agent of a foreign principal described in 

11 clause (ii) but for the exemption under sec12 tion 3(h) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 613(h)). 

13 ‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS

14 CREDITED TO FOREIGN AGENTS.—If a con15 tribution made to a candidate or an authorized 

16 committee of a candidate is credited to an indi17 vidual described in subparagraph (B) by the 

18 committee or candidate involved through 

19 records, designations, or other means of recog20 nizing that a certain amount of money has been 

21 raised by the individual, the individual shall be 

22 deemed to have delivered the contribution to the 

23 candidate or committee for purposes of this 

24 subsection. 


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1 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

2 this subsection may be construed to prohibit any in3 dividual from making a contribution to a candidate 

4 for election for Federal office or from encouraging 

5 any other person to make a contribution to or other6 wise support or oppose a candidate for election for 

7 Federal office. 

8 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

9 term ‘deliver’ means to transport, carry, transfer, or 

10 otherwise transmit, either physically or electroni11 cally.’’. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

13 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions 

14 made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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