I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5336 
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to limit the exemption 
from the registration requirements of such Act for persons engaging 
in activities in furtherance of bona fide religious, scholastic, academic, 
or scientific pursuits or the fine arts to activities which do not promote 
the political agenda of a foreign government, to amend the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to clarify the disclosures of foreign gifts by 
institutions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2018 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 
to limit the exemption from the registration requirements 
of such Act for persons engaging in activities in further-
ance of bona fide religious, scholastic, academic, or sci-
entific pursuits or the fine arts to activities which do 
not promote the political agenda of a foreign government, 
to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify 
the disclosures of foreign gifts by institutions, and for 
other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Foreign Influence 
Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITING EXEMPTION FROM FOREIGN AGENT REG-
ISTRATION REQUIREMENT FOR PERSONS EN-
GAGING IN ACTIVITIES IN FURTHERANCE OF 
CERTAIN PURSUITS TO ACTIVITIES NOT PRO-
MOTING POLITICAL AGENDA OF FOREIGN 
GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) LIMITATION ON EXEMPTION.—Section 3(e) of the 
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 
613(e)) is amended by striking the semicolon at the end 
and inserting the following: ‘‘, but only if the activities 
do not promote the political agenda of a government of 
a foreign country;’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to activities carried 
out on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. DISCLOSURES OF FOREIGN GIFTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
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(3) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘, including 
the contents of any contracts,’’ after ‘‘reports’’; and 
(4) in subsection (h)(3), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, or the fair 
market value of an in-kind gift’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to gifts received 
or contracts entered into, or other activities carried out, 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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