I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7264 
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to treat certain 
tax-exempt organizations receiving funding from Russian foreign prin-
cipals as agents of a foreign principal under such Act, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2022 
Mr. BUDD (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. PERRY, Mrs. MILLER of 
Illinois, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. BABIN, Mr. ROY, 
and Mr. TIFFANY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 
to treat certain tax-exempt organizations receiving fund-
ing from Russian foreign principals as agents of a for-
eign principal under such Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Russian 
Influence in our Politics Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZA-
TIONS RECEIVING FUNDING FROM RUSSIAN 
FOREIGN 
PRINCIPALS 
UNDER 
FOREIGN 
AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT. 
(a) COVERAGE.—The Foreign Agents Registration 
Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 12, 13, and 14 as 
sections 13, 14, and 15, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 11 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 12. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT ORGA-
NIZATIONS RECEIVING FUNDING FROM RUS-
SIAN FOREIGN PRINCIPALS. 
‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of 
this section, for the purposes of this Act an organi-
zation described in subsection (b) is an agent of a 
foreign principal. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) NONAPPLICATION
OF
WAIVER
FOR 
ENTITIES
FILING
REPORTS
UNDER
LOBBYING 
DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1995.—Section 3(h) shall 
not apply to an organization described in sub-
section (b)(1) and (b)(2). 
‘‘(B) WAIVER FOR ORGANIZATIONS SOLIC-
ITING
FUNDS
OUTSIDE
UNITED
STATES
FOR 
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HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE.—Section 3(d)(3) 
shall apply to an organization described in sub-
section (b) notwithstanding that the organiza-
tion solicits and collects funds and contributions 
outside of the United States. 
‘‘(b) DESCRIPTION.—An organization is described in 
this subsection if— 
‘‘(1) the organization is a partnership, associa-
tion, corporation, organization, or any other com-
bination 
of 
individuals 
described 
in 
section 
501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), or 501(c)(6) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
taxation under such Code; 
‘‘(2) the organization receives income, money, 
or any other thing of value from a Russian foreign 
principal; and 
‘‘(3) the organization is not otherwise consid-
ered an agent of a foreign principal under section 1. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Russian foreign principal’ in-
cludes— 
‘‘(A) the government of the Russian Fed-
eration; 
‘‘(B) a political party of the Russian Fed-
eration; 
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‘‘(C) a national of the Russian Federation; 
‘‘(D) a partnership, association, corpora-
tion, organization or other combination of per-
sons organized under the laws of or having its 
principal place of business in the Russian Fed-
eration; or 
‘‘(E) a partnership, association, corpora-
tion, organization or other combination of per-
sons organized under the laws of or having its 
principal place of business in a foreign country 
other than the Russian Federation that receives 
more than half of its funding from an entity de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (D). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘government of the Russian Fed-
eration’ includes any person or group of persons ex-
ercising sovereign de facto or de jure political juris-
diction over the Russian Federation, or over any 
part of such country, and includes any subdivision of 
any such group and any group or agency to which 
such sovereign de facto or de jure authority or func-
tions are directly or indirectly delegated. Such term 
shall include any faction or body of insurgents with-
in such country, or a faction or body of insurgents 
recognized by the Russian Federation that are in an-
other country assuming to exercise governmental au-
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thority whether such faction or body of insurgents 
has or has not been recognized by the United States. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘political party of the Russian 
Federation’ includes any organization or any other 
combination of individuals in the Russian Federa-
tion, or any unit or branch thereof, having for an 
aim or purpose, or which is engaged in any activity 
devoted in whole or in part to, the establishment, ad-
ministration, control, or acquisition of administra-
tion or control of the government of the Russian 
Federation or subdivision thereof, or the furtherance 
or influencing of the political or public interests, 
policies, or relations of a government of the Russian 
Federation or a subdivision thereof.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF CONTENTS OF REPORTS.— 
Section 2(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 612(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Copies’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
copies’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) In the case of an organization described in 
section 12(b), a statement that the registrant is an 
agent of a foreign principal pursuant to section 
12(a), copies of each written agreement, and the 
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terms and conditions of each oral agreement, includ-
ing all modifications of such agreements, or, where 
no contract exists, a full statement of the existing 
and proposed activity or activities engaged in or to 
be engaged in by the registrant as a direct or indi-
rect result of receiving income, money, or any other 
thing of value from a Russian foreign principal (as 
defined in section 12(c)(1)), including a detailed 
statement of any such activity which is a political 
activity.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (9)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Copies’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
copies’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) In the case of an organization described in 
section 12(b), a statement that the registrant is an 
agent of a foreign principal pursuant to section 
12(a), copies of each written agreement and the 
terms and conditions of each oral agreement, includ-
ing all modifications of such agreements, or, where 
no contract exists, a full statement of the existing 
and proposed activity or activities engaged in or to 
be engaged in by the registrant as a direct or indi-
rect result of receiving income, money, or any other 
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thing of value from a Russian foreign principal (as 
defined in section 12(c)(1)) or for any person other 
than a foreign principal any activities which require 
his registration hereunder.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE OF RECEIPTS AND ACTIVITIES BY 
CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS SINCE THE RUS-
SIAN FEDERATION’S INVASION OF CRIMEA. 
(a) APPLICABILITY TO PRIOR RECEIPTS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a 
qualifying organization shall submit a statement to the At-
torney General containing the following information: 
(1) The organization’s current name, principal 
business address, and all other business addresses in 
the United States or elsewhere. 
(2) If the organization is a partnership, the 
current name, residence addresses, and nationality 
of each partner and a true and complete copy of its 
articles of copartnership; if an association, corpora-
tion, organization, or any other combination of indi-
viduals, the current name, residence addresses, and 
nationality of each current director and officer and 
of each person performing the functions of a director 
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or officer and a true and complete copy of its char-
ter, articles of incorporation, association, constitu-
tion, and bylaws, and amendments thereto; a copy of 
every other instrument or document and a statement 
of the terms and conditions of every oral agreement 
relating to its organization, powers, and purposes; 
and a statement of its ownership and control. 
(3) Copies of each written agreement, and the 
terms and conditions of each oral agreement, includ-
ing all modifications of such agreements, or, where 
no contract exists, a full statement of the activities 
engaged in by the organization as a direct or indi-
rect result of receiving on or after February 1, 2014, 
income, money, or any other thing of value from a 
Russian foreign principal, including a detailed state-
ment of any such activity which is a political activ-
ity. 
(4) A detailed statement of the money and 
other things of value spent or disposed of by the 
qualifying organization as a direct or indirect result 
of receiving on or after February 1, 2014, income, 
money, or any other thing of value from a Russian 
foreign principal, and a detailed statement of any 
independent expenditures, contributions of money, or 
other things of value (regardless of source) made on 
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or after February 1, 2014, (other than contributions 
the making of which is prohibited under the terms 
of section 613 of title 18, United States Code) in 
connection with an election to any political office or 
in connection with any primary election, convention, 
or caucus held to select candidates for any political 
office. 
(5) Such other statements, information, or doc-
uments pertinent to the purposes of this Act as the 
Attorney General, having due regard for the national 
security and the public interests of the United 
States, may require. 
(6) Such further statements and such further 
copies of documents as are necessary to make the 
statement and supplements thereto, and the copies 
of documents furnished therewith, not misleading. 
(b) EXCEPTION
FOR DISCONTINUED ENTITIES.— 
Subsection (a) does not apply to a qualifying organization 
that has permanently ceased operations on or before the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) PENALTY.—A qualifying organization that know-
ingly fails to submit the statement required under sub-
section (a) shall be fined not more than $10,000. 
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(d) 
CLARIFYING
REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENT 
UNDER FARA.—Nothing in this section shall be con-
strued— 
(1) to require a qualifying organization to reg-
ister as an agent of a foreign principal under section 
2 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 
as amended (22 U.S.C. 612) if the organization is 
not described in section 12(b) of such Act (as added 
by section 2(a)) on or after the effective date of sec-
tion 12(b) of such Act; or 
(2) to waive the requirement of subsection (a) 
in the case of a qualifying organization which is de-
scribed in section 12(b) of such Act (as added by 
section 2(a)) on or after the effective date of section 
12(b) of such Act. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘critical mineral’’ means any min-
eral included on the list of critical minerals pub-
lished in the notice of the Secretary of the Interior 
entitled ‘‘Final List of Critical Minerals 2018’’ (83 
Fed. Reg. 23295 (May 18, 2018)). 
(2) The term ‘‘political activities’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 1(o) of the For-
eign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended 
(22 U.S.C. 611(o)). 
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(3) The term ‘‘qualifying organization’’ means 
an organization which meets each of the following: 
(A) The organization is a partnership, as-
sociation, corporation, organization, or any 
other combination of individuals described in 
section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), or 
501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and exempt from taxation under such Code. 
(B) On or after February 1, 2014, the or-
ganization knowingly received income, money, 
or any other thing of value from a Russian for-
eign principal. 
(C) The organization has engaged in polit-
ical activities to discourage producing oil, petro-
leum products, natural gas, or critical minerals 
in the United States. 
(4) The term ‘‘Russian foreign principal’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 12(c)(1) of 
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended (as added by section 2(a)). 
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