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didate for any such office, during such 6-year 
period; 
‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who be-
comes a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995, before the date on 
which such individual becomes such a registered 
lobbyist; or 
‘‘(C) in the case of an individual who be-
comes an agent of a foreign principal that 
would require registration under section 2 of 
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 
as amended (22 U.S.C. 612), before the date on 
which such individual becomes such an agent of 
a foreign principal. 
‘‘(2) MEANS OF DISPOSAL; PRIORITIZATION.— 
Beginning on the date the 6-year period described in 
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) ends (or, in the 
case of an individual described in subparagraph (B) 
of such paragraph, the date on which the individual 
becomes a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995, or, in the case of an indi-
vidual described in subparagraph (C) of such para-
graph, the date on which the individual becomes a 
registered agent of a foreign principal under the 
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amend-
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ed), contributions or donations that remain available 
to an individual described in such paragraph shall be 
disposed of, not later than 30 days after such date, 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) First, to pay any debts or obligations 
owed in connection with the campaign for elec-
tion for Federal office of the individual. 
‘‘(B) Second, to the extent such contribu-
tion or donations remain available after the ap-
plication of subparagraph (A), through any of 
the following means of disposal (or a combina-
tion thereof), in any order the individual con-
siders appropriate: 
‘‘(i) Returning such contributions or 
donations to the individuals, entities, or 
both, who made such contributions or do-
nations. 
‘‘(ii) Making contributions to an orga-
nization described in section 170(c) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(iii) Making transfers to a national, 
State, or local committee of a political 
party.’’.
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SEC. 6202. 1-YEAR TRANSITION PERIOD FOR CERTAIN INDI-
VIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual de-
scribed in subsection (b), any contributions or donations 
remaining available to the individual shall be disposed of— 
(1) not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this section; and 
(2) in accordance with the prioritization speci-
fied in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection 
(c)(2) of section 313 of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114), as amended 
by section 6201. 
(b) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—An individual de-
scribed in this subsection is an individual who, as of the 
date of the enactment of this section— 
(1)(A) is not a candidate with respect to an 
election for any Federal office for a period of not 
less than 6 years beginning on the day after the date 
of the most recent such election in which the indi-
vidual was a candidate for any such office; or 
(B) is an individual who becomes a registered 
lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; 
and 
(2) would be in violation of subsection (c) of 
section 313 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
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1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114), as amended by section 
6201. 
Subtitle D—Recommendations to 
Ensure Filing of Reports Before 
Date of Election 
SEC. 6301. RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE FILING OF RE-
PORTS BEFORE DATE OF ELECTION. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Federal Election Commission shall 
submit a report to Congress providing recommendations, 
including recommendations for changes to existing law, on 
how to ensure that each political committee under the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, including a com-
mittee which accepts donations or contributions that do 
not comply with the limitations, prohibitions, and report-
ing requirements of such Act, will file a report under sec-
tion 304 of such Act prior to the date of the election for 
which the committee receives contributions or makes dis-
bursements, without regard to the date on which the com-
mittee first registered under such Act, and shall include 
specific recommendations to ensure that such committees 
will not delay until after the date of the election the re-
porting of the identification of persons making contribu-
tions that will be used to repay debt incurred by the com-
mittee.
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Subtitle E—Severability 
SEC. 6401. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this title or amendment made by 
this title, or the application of a provision or amendment 
to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitu-
tional, the remainder of this title and amendments made 
by this title, and the application of the provisions and 
amendment to any person or circumstance, shall not be 
affected by the holding. 
DIVISION C—ETHICS 
TITLE VII—ETHICAL STANDARDS 
Subtitle A—Supreme Court Ethics 
Sec. 7001. Code of conduct for Federal judges. 
Subtitle B—Foreign Agents Registration 
Sec. 7101. Establishment of FARA investigation and enforcement unit within 
Department of Justice. 
Sec. 7102. Authority to impose civil money penalties. 
Sec. 7103. Disclosure of transactions involving things of financial value con-
ferred on officeholders. 
Sec. 7104. Ensuring online access to registration statements. 
Sec. 7105. Disclaimer requirements for materials posted on online platforms by 
agents of foreign principals on behalf of clients. 
Sec. 7106. Clarification of treatment of individuals who engage with the United 
States in political activities for a foreign principal in any place 
as agents of foreign principals. 
Sec. 7107. Analysis and report on challenges to enforcement of Foreign Agents 
Registration Act of 1938. 
Subtitle C—Lobbying Disclosure Reform 
Sec. 7201. Expanding scope of individuals and activities subject to require-
ments of Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. 
Sec. 7202. Prohibiting receipt of compensation for lobbying activities on behalf 
of foreign countries violating human rights. 
Sec. 7203. Requiring lobbyists to disclose status as lobbyists upon making any 
lobbying contacts. 
Subtitle D—Recusal of Presidential Appointees 
Sec. 7301. Recusal of appointees.
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Subtitle E—Clearinghouse on Lobbying Information 
Sec. 7401. Establishment of clearinghouse. 
Subtitle F—Severability 
Sec. 7501. Severability. 
Subtitle A—Supreme Court Ethics 
SEC. 7001. CODE OF CONDUCT FOR FEDERAL JUDGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 57 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 964. Code of conduct 
‘‘Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, the Judicial Conference shall issue 
a code of conduct, which applies to each justice and judge 
of the United States, except that the code of conduct may 
include provisions that are applicable only to certain cat-
egories of judges or justices.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 57 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
by adding after the item related to section 963 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘964. Code of conduct.’’.
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Subtitle B—Foreign Agents 
Registration 
SEC. 7101. ESTABLISHMENT OF FARA INVESTIGATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT UNIT WITHIN DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE. 
Section 8 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 
1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 618) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) DEDICATED ENFORCEMENT UNIT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Attorney General shall establish a unit within 
the counterespionage section of the National Secu-
rity Division of the Department of Justice with re-
sponsibility for the enforcement of this Act. 
‘‘(2) POWERS.—The unit established under this 
subsection is authorized to— 
‘‘(A) take appropriate legal action against 
individuals suspected of violating this Act; and 
‘‘(B) coordinate any such legal action with 
the United States Attorney for the relevant ju-
risdiction. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In operating the unit es-
tablished under this subsection, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall, as appropriate, consult with the Director
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of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
the activities of the unit established under this sub-
section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 and each 
succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 7102. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE CIVIL MONEY PEN-
ALTIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHING AUTHORITY.—Section 8 of the 
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 618) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) REGISTRATION
STATEMENTS.—Whoever 
fails to file timely or complete a registration state-
ment as provided under section 2(a) shall be subject 
to a civil money penalty of not more than $10,000 
per violation. 
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENTS.—Whoever fails to file 
timely or complete supplements as provided under 
section 2(b) shall be subject to a civil money penalty 
of not more than $1,000 per violation. 
‘‘(3) OTHER VIOLATIONS.—Whoever knowingly 
fails to—
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‘‘(A) remedy a defective filing within 60 
days after notice of such defect by the Attorney 
General; or 
‘‘(B) comply with any other provision of 
this Act, 
shall upon proof of such knowing violation by a pre-
ponderance of the evidence, be subject to a civil 
money penalty of not more than $200,000, depend-
ing on the extent and gravity of the violation. 
‘‘(4) NO
FINES
PAID
BY
FOREIGN
PRIN-
CIPALS.—A civil money penalty paid under para-
graph (1) may not be paid, directly or indirectly, by 
a foreign principal. 
‘‘(5) USE OF FINES.—All civil money penalties 
collected under this subsection shall be used to de-
fray the cost of the enforcement unit established 
under subsection (i).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 7103. DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING 
THINGS OF FINANCIAL VALUE CONFERRED 
ON OFFICEHOLDERS. 
(a) REQUIRING
AGENTS
TO
DISCLOSE
KNOWN 
TRANSACTIONS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of the Foreign 
Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 612(a)) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and 
(11) as paragraphs (11) and (12); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) To the extent that the registrant has 
knowledge of any transaction which occurred in the 
preceding 60 days and in which the foreign principal 
for whom the registrant is acting as an agent con-
ferred on a Federal or State officeholder any thing 
of financial value, including a gift, profit, salary, fa-
vorable regulatory treatment, or any other direct or 
indirect economic or financial benefit, a detailed 
statement describing each such transaction.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to state-
ments filed on or after the expiration of the 90-day 
period which begins on the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE
FOR CURRENT 
REGISTRANTS.—Not later than the expiration of the 90- 
day period which begins on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, each registrant who (prior to the expiration of
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such period) filed a registration statement with the Attor-
ney General under section 2(a) of the Foreign Agents Reg-
istration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 612(a)) and 
who has knowledge of any transaction described in para-
graph (10) of section 2(a) of such Act (as added by sub-
section (a)(1)) which occurred at any time during which 
the registrant was an agent of the foreign principal in-
volved, shall file with the Attorney General a supplement 
to such statement under oath, on a form prescribed by 
the Attorney General, containing a detailed statement de-
scribing each such transaction. 
SEC. 7104. ENSURING ONLINE ACCESS TO REGISTRATION 
STATEMENTS. 
(a) REQUIRING
STATEMENTS
FILED
BY
REG-
ISTRANTS TO BE IN DIGITIZED FORMAT.—Section 2(g) 
of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 612(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘in 
electronic form’’ and inserting ‘‘in a digitized format 
which will enable the Attorney General to meet the re-
quirements of section 6(d)(1) (relating to public access to 
an electronic database of statements and updates)’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF 
REGISTRATION STATEMENTS
AND UPDATES.—Section 
6(d)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 616(d)(1)) is amended—
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(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘to the extent technically practicable,’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘includes 
the information’’ and inserting ‘‘includes in a 
digitized format the information’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to statements filed 
on or after the expiration of the 180-day period which be-
gins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 7105. DISCLAIMER REQUIREMENTS FOR MATERIALS 
POSTED ON ONLINE PLATFORMS BY AGENTS 
OF FOREIGN PRINCIPALS ON BEHALF OF CLI-
ENTS. 
(a) METHOD AND FORM OF DISCLAIMER; PRESERVA-
TION OF DISCLAIMERS BY CERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA PLAT-
FORMS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS DESCRIBED.—Section 4(b) 
of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 614(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(b) It shall be unlawful’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(b)(1) It shall be unlawful’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
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waiver of the restrictions under subsection (a) 
before the covered employee engages in the ac-
tion otherwise prohibited by such subsection if 
the head of the covered agency determines and 
certifies in writing that, in light of all the rel-
evant circumstances, the interest of the Federal 
Government in the covered employee’s partici-
pation outweighs the concern that a reasonable 
person may question the integrity of the agen-
cy’s programs or operations. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—For any waiver granted 
under paragraph (1), the individual who granted the 
waiver shall— 
‘‘(A) provide a copy of the waiver to the 
Director not more than 48 hours after the waiv-
er is granted; and 
‘‘(B) publish the waiver on the website of 
the applicable agency not more than 30 cal-
endar days after granting such waiver. 
‘‘(3) REVIEW.—Upon receiving a written waiver 
under paragraph (1)(A), the Director shall— 
‘‘(A) review the waiver to determine wheth-
er the Director has any objection to the 
issuance of the waiver; and 
‘‘(B) if the Director so objects—