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‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon filing its state-
ment of organization under section 303(a), and 
with each report filed under section 304(a), the 
treasurer of each political committee (other 
than an authorized committee) shall certify 
that— 
‘‘(i) the committee has in place poli-
cies that meet the requirements of para-
graphs (1) and (2); 
‘‘(ii) the committee has designated an 
official to monitor compliance with such 
policies; and 
‘‘(iii) not later than 1 week after the 
beginning of any formal or informal affili-
ation with the committee, all officials, em-
ployees, and agents of such committee 
will— 
‘‘(I) receive notice of such poli-
cies; 
‘‘(II) be informed of the prohibi-
tions under section 319; and 
‘‘(III) sign a certification affirm-
ing their understanding of such poli-
cies and prohibitions. 
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‘‘(B) AUTHORIZED
COMMITTEES.—With 
respect to an authorized committee, the can-
didate shall make the certification required 
under subparagraph (A).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to political 
committees which file a statement of organization 
under section 303(a) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30103(a)) on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) TRANSITION RULE FOR EXISTING COMMIT-
TEES.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, each political committee 
under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
shall file a certification with the Federal Election 
Commission that the committee is in compliance 
with the requirements of section 302(j) of such Act 
(as added by subsection (a)). 
SEC. 103. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. 
Section 309(d)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109(d)(1)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(E) Any person who knowingly and willfully com-
mits a violation of subsection (j) or (b)(9) of section 304 
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or section 302(j) shall be fined not more than $500,000, 
imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(F) Any person who knowingly and willfully conceals 
or destroys any materials relating to a reportable foreign 
contact (as defined in section 304(j)) shall be fined not 
more than $1,000,000, imprisoned not more than 5 years, 
or both.’’. 
SEC. 104. REPORT TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a re-
port relating to notifications received by the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation under section 304(j)(1) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (as added by section 
101(a) of this Act). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include, at a minimum, the following with respect 
to notifications described in subsection (a): 
(1) The number of such notifications received 
from political committees during the year covered by 
the report. 
(2) A description of protocols and procedures 
developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation re-
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lating to receipt and maintenance of records relating 
to such notifications. 
(3) With respect to such notifications received 
during the year covered by the report, a description 
of any subsequent actions taken by the Director re-
sulting from the receipt of such notifications. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional intel-
ligence committees’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003). 
SEC. 105. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this subtitle or the amendments made by 
this subtitle shall be construed— 
(1) to impede legitimate journalistic activities; 
or 
(2) to impose any additional limitation on the 
right to express political views or to participate in 
public discourse of any individual who— 
(A) resides in the United States; 
(B) is not a citizen of the United States or 
a national of the United States, as defined in 
section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)); and 
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(C) is not lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence, as defined by section 101(a)(20) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(20)). 
Subtitle 
B—Strengthening 
Over-
sight of Online Political Adver-
tising 
SEC. 111. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Honest Ads Act’’. 
SEC. 112. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to enhance the integ-
rity of American democracy and national security by im-
proving disclosure requirements for online political adver-
tisements in order to uphold the Supreme Court’s well- 
established standard that the electorate bears the right to 
be fully informed. 
SEC. 113. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF PUBLIC COMMU-
NICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (22) of section 301 of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30101(22)) is amended by striking ‘‘or satellite commu-
nication’’ and inserting ‘‘satellite, paid internet, or paid 
digital communication’’. 
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(b) TREATMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDI-
TURES.—Section 301 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30101) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8)(B)(v), by striking ‘‘on 
broadcasting stations, or in newspapers, magazines, 
or similar types of general public political adver-
tising’’ and inserting ‘‘in any public communica-
tion’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (9)(B)— 
(A) by amending clause (i) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(i) any news story, commentary, or 
editorial distributed through the facilities 
of any broadcasting station or any print, 
online, or digital newspaper, magazine, 
blog, publication, or periodical, unless such 
broadcasting, print, online, or digital facili-
ties are owned or controlled by any polit-
ical party, political committee, or can-
didate;’’; and 
(B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘on broad-
casting stations, or in newspapers, magazines, 
or similar types of general public political ad-
vertising’’ and inserting ‘‘in any public commu-
nication’’. 
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(c) DISCLOSURE AND DISCLAIMER STATEMENTS.— 
Subsection (a) of section 318 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30120) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘financing any communication 
through any broadcasting station, newspaper, maga-
zine, outdoor advertising facility, mailing, or any 
other type of general public political advertising’’ 
and inserting ‘‘financing any public communication’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘solicits any contribution 
through any broadcasting station, newspaper, maga-
zine, outdoor advertising facility, mailing, or any 
other type of general public political advertising’’ 
and inserting ‘‘solicits any contribution through any 
public communication’’. 
SEC. 114. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF ELECTIONEERING 
COMMUNICATION. 
(a) EXPANSION TO ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(1) APPLICATION TO QUALIFIED INTERNET AND 
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 304(f)(3) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(3)(A)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘or satellite communica-
tion’’ each place it appears in clauses (i) and 
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(ii) and inserting ‘‘satellite, or qualified internet 
or digital communication’’. 
(B) QUALIFIED
INTERNET
OR
DIGITAL 
COMMUNICATION.—Paragraph (3) of section 
304(f) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(f)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) QUALIFIED
INTERNET
OR
DIGITAL 
COMMUNICATION.—The term ‘qualified internet 
or digital communication’ means any commu-
nication which is placed or promoted for a fee 
on an online platform (as defined in subsection 
(k)(3)).’’. 
(2) NONAPPLICATION
OF
RELEVANT
ELEC-
TORATE
TO
ONLINE
COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 
304(f)(3)(A)(i)(III) 
of 
such 
Act 
(52 
U.S.C. 
30104(f)(3)(A)(i)(III)) is amended by inserting ‘‘any 
broadcast, cable, or satellite’’ before ‘‘communica-
tion’’. 
(3) 
NEWS
EXEMPTION.—Section 
304(f)(3)(B)(i) 
of 
such 
Act 
(52 
U.S.C. 
30104(f)(3)(B)(i)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) a communication appearing in a 
news story, commentary, or editorial dis-
tributed through the facilities of any 
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broadcasting station or any online or dig-
ital newspaper, magazine, blog, publica-
tion, or periodical, unless such broad-
casting, online, or digital facilities are 
owned or controlled by any political party, 
political committee, or candidate;’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to communications 
made on or after January 1, 2020. 
SEC. 115. APPLICATION OF DISCLAIMER STATEMENTS TO 
ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS MANNER REQUIRE-
MENT.—Subsection (a) of section 318 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30120(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘shall clearly state’’ each place 
it appears in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and in-
serting ‘‘shall state in a clear and conspicuous man-
ner’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following flush 
sentence: ‘‘For purposes of this section, a commu-
nication does not make a statement in a clear and 
conspicuous manner if it is difficult to read or hear 
or if the placement is easily overlooked.’’. 
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(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR QUALIFIED INTERNET OR 
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 318 of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 30120) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES FOR QUALIFIED INTERNET OR 
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SPECIAL RULES WITH RESPECT TO STATE-
MENTS.—In the case of any communication to which 
this section applies which is a qualified internet or 
digital 
communication 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
304(f)(3)(D)) which is disseminated through a me-
dium in which the provision of all of the information 
specified in this section is not possible, the commu-
nication shall, in a clear and conspicuous manner— 
‘‘(A) state the name of the person who 
paid for the communication; and 
‘‘(B) provide a means for the recipient of 
the communication to obtain the remainder of 
the information required under this section with 
minimal effort and without receiving or viewing 
any additional material other than such re-
quired information. 
‘‘(2) SAFE HARBOR FOR DETERMINING CLEAR 
AND
CONSPICUOUS
MANNER.—A statement in a 
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qualified internet or digital communication (as de-
fined in section 304(f)(3)(D)) shall be considered to 
be made in a clear and conspicuous manner as pro-
vided in subsection (a) if the communication meets 
the following requirements: 
‘‘(A) TEXT
OR
GRAPHIC
COMMUNICA-
TIONS.—In the case of a text or graphic com-
munication, the statement— 
‘‘(i) appears in letters at least as large 
as the majority of the text in the commu-
nication; and 
‘‘(ii) meets the requirements of para-
graphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) AUDIO
COMMUNICATIONS.—In the 
case of an audio communication, the statement 
is spoken in a clearly audible and intelligible 
manner at the beginning or end of the commu-
nication and lasts at least 3 seconds. 
‘‘(C) VIDEO
COMMUNICATIONS.—In the 
case of a video communication which also in-
cludes audio, the statement— 
‘‘(i) is included at either the beginning 
or the end of the communication; and 
‘‘(ii) is made both in— 
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‘‘(I) a written format that meets 
the requirements of subparagraph (A) 
and appears for at least 4 seconds; 
and 
‘‘(II) an audible format that 
meets the requirements of subpara-
graph (B). 
‘‘(D) OTHER
COMMUNICATIONS.—In the 
case of any other type of communication, the 
statement is at least as clear and conspicuous 
as the statement specified in subparagraph (A), 
(B), or (C).’’. 
(2) NONAPPLICATION
OF
CERTAIN
EXCEP-
TIONS.—The 
exceptions 
provided 
in 
section 
110.11(f)(1)(i) and (ii) of title 11, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or any successor to such rules, shall 
have no application to qualified internet or digital 
communications (as defined in section 304(f)(3)(D) 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as 
added by this Act). 
(c) MODIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS 
FOR CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 318(d) of such 
Act (52 U.S.C. 30120(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘which is transmitted 
through radio’’ and inserting ‘‘which is in an 
audio format’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘BY RADIO’’ in the heading 
and inserting ‘‘AUDIO FORMAT’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘which is transmitted 
through television’’ and inserting ‘‘which is in 
video format’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘BY TELEVISION’’ in the 
heading and inserting ‘‘VIDEO FORMAT’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘transmitted through radio 
or television’’ and inserting ‘‘made in audio or 
video format’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘through television’’ in the 
second sentence and inserting ‘‘in video for-
mat’’. 
SEC. 116. POLITICAL RECORD REQUIREMENTS FOR ONLINE 
PLATFORMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104), as amend-
ed by section 101(a), is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
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ficers or members of the executive com-
mittee or of the board of directors of such 
person, and, if the person purchasing the 
advertisement is acting as the agent of a 
foreign principal under the Foreign Agents 
Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 611 et seq.), a statement that the 
person is acting as the agent of a foreign 
principal and the identification of the for-
eign principal involved. 
‘‘(3) ONLINE PLATFORM.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘online platform’ means any 
public-facing website, web application, or digital ap-
plication (including a social network, ad network, or 
search engine) which— 
‘‘(A) sells qualified political advertise-
ments; and 
‘‘(B) has 50,000,000 or more unique 
monthly United States visitors or users for a 
majority of months during the preceding 12 
months. 
‘‘(4) QUALIFIED POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT.— 
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualified 
political advertisement’ means any advertisement 
(including search engine marketing, display adver-
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tisements, video advertisements, native advertise-
ments, and sponsorships) that— 
‘‘(A) is made by or on behalf of a can-
didate; or 
‘‘(B) communicates a message relating to 
any political matter of national importance, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) a candidate; 
‘‘(ii) any election to Federal office; or 
‘‘(iii) a national legislative issue of 
public importance. 
‘‘(5) TIME TO MAINTAIN FILE.—The informa-
tion required under this subsection shall be made 
available as soon as possible and shall be retained by 
the online platform for a period of not less than 4 
years. 
‘‘(6) SAFE HARBOR FOR PLATFORMS MAKING 
BEST EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY REQUESTS WHICH ARE 
SUBJECT
TO
RECORD
MAINTENANCE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In accordance with rules established by the 
Commission, if an online platform shows that the 
platform used best efforts to determine whether or 
not a request to purchase a qualified political adver-
tisement was subject to the requirements of this sub-
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section, the online platform shall not be considered 
to be in violation of such requirements. 
‘‘(7) PENALTIES.—For penalties for failure by 
online platforms, and persons requesting to purchase 
a qualified political advertisement on online plat-
forms, to comply with the requirements of this sub-
section, see section 309.’’. 
(b) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Election 
Commission shall establish rules— 
(1) requiring common data formats for the 
record required to be maintained under section 
304(k) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (as added by subsection (a)) so that all online 
platforms submit and maintain data online in a com-
mon, machine-readable and publicly accessible for-
mat; 
(2) establishing search interface requirements 
relating to such record, including searches by can-
didate name, issue, purchaser, and date; and 
(3) establishing the criteria for the safe harbor 
exception provided under paragraph (6) of section 
304(k) of such Act (as added by subsection (a)). 
(c) REPORTING.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and biannually there-
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after, the Chairman of the Federal Election Commission 
shall submit a report to Congress on— 
(1) matters relating to compliance with and the 
enforcement of the requirements of section 304(k) of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as 
added by subsection (a); 
(2) recommendations for any modifications to 
such section to assist in carrying out its purposes; 
and 
(3) identifying ways to bring transparency and 
accountability to political advertisements distributed 
online for free. 
SEC. 117. PREVENTING CONTRIBUTIONS, EXPENDITURES, 
INDEPENDENT 
EXPENDITURES, 
AND 
DIS-
BURSEMENTS FOR ELECTIONEERING COM-
MUNICATIONS BY FOREIGN NATIONALS IN 
THE FORM OF ONLINE ADVERTISING. 
Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF BROADCAST STATIONS, 
PROVIDERS OF CABLE AND SATELLITE TELEVISION, AND 
ONLINE PLATFORMS.— 
‘‘(1) RESPONSIBILITIES DESCRIBED.—Each tel-
evision or radio broadcast station, provider of cable 
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or satellite television, or online platform (as defined 
in section 304(k)(3)) shall make reasonable efforts 
to ensure that communications described in section 
318(a) and made available by such station, provider, 
or platform are not purchased by a foreign national, 
directly or indirectly. For purposes of the previous 
sentence, a station, provider, or online platform shall 
not be considered to have made reasonable efforts 
under this paragraph in the case of the availability 
of a communication unless the station, provider, or 
online platform directly inquires from the individual 
or entity making such purchase whether the pur-
chase is to be made by a foreign national, directly 
or indirectly. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR DISBURSEMENT PAID 
WITH
CREDIT
CARD.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1), a television or radio broadcast station, provider 
of cable or satellite television, or online platform 
shall be considered to have made reasonable efforts 
under such paragraph in the case of a purchase of 
the availability of a communication which is made 
with a credit card if— 
‘‘(A) the individual or entity making such 
purchase is required, at the time of making 
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such purchase, to disclose the credit verification 
value of such credit card; and 
‘‘(B) the billing address associated with 
such credit card is located in the United States 
or, in the case of a purchase made by an indi-
vidual who is a United States citizen living out-
side of the United States, the individual pro-
vides the television or radio broadcast station, 
provider of cable or satellite television, or online 
platform with the United States mailing ad-
dress the individual uses for voter registration 
purposes.’’. 
SEC. 118. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON MEDIA LITERACY AND 
ONLINE POLITICAL CONTENT CONSUMPTION. 
(a) INDEPENDENT STUDY.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Elec-
tion Commission shall commission an independent study 
and report on media literacy with respect to online polit-
ical content consumption among voting-age Americans. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study and report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An evaluation of media literacy skills, such 
as the ability to evaluate sources, synthesize multiple 
accounts into a coherent understanding of an issue, 
understand the context of communications, and re-
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sponsibly create and share information, among vot-
ing-age Americans. 
(2) An analysis of the effects of media literacy 
education and particular media literacy skills on the 
ability to critically consume online political content, 
including political advertising. 
(3) Recommendations for improving voting-age 
Americans’ ability to critically consume online polit-
ical content, including political advertising. 
(c) DEADLINE.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the entity conducting the 
study and report under subsection (a) shall submit the re-
port to the Commission. 
(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 
days after receiving the report under subsection (c), the 
Commission shall submit the report to the Committee on 
House Administration of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate, together with such comments on the report as the 
Commission considers appropriate. 
(e) DEFINITION OF MEDIA LITERACY.—The term 
‘‘media literacy’’ means the ability to— 
(1) access relevant and accurate information 
through media; 
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(2) critically analyze media content and the in-
fluences of media; 
(3) evaluate the comprehensiveness, relevance, 
credibility, authority, and accuracy of information; 
(4) make educated decisions based on informa-
tion obtained from media and digital sources; 
(5) operate various forms of technology and 
digital tools; and 
(6) reflect on how the use of media and tech-
nology may affect private and public life. 
TITLE II—CLOSING LOOPHOLES 
ALLOWING 
SPENDING 
BY 
FOREIGN 
NATIONALS 
IN 
ELECTIONS 
SEC. 201. CLARIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON PARTICIPA-
TION BY FOREIGN NATIONALS IN ELECTION- 
RELATED ACTIVITIES. 
(a) 
CLARIFICATION
OF
PROHIBITION.—Section 
319(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 
U.S.C. 30121(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) a foreign national to direct, dictate, con-
trol, or directly or indirectly participate in the deci-
sion making process of any person (including a cor-
poration, labor organization, political committee, or 
political organization) with regard to such person’s 
Federal or non-Federal election-related activity, in-
cluding any decision concerning the making of con-
tributions, donations, expenditures, or disbursements 
in connection with an election for any Federal, 
State, or local office or any decision concerning the 
administration of a political committee.’’. 
(b) CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.—Section 319 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30121), as amended by section 
117, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION
OF COMPLIANCE REQUIRED 
PRIOR TO CARRYING OUT ACTIVITY.—Prior to the mak-
ing in connection with an election for Federal office of any 
contribution, donation, expenditure, independent expendi-
ture, or disbursement for an electioneering communication 
by a corporation, labor organization (as defined in section 
316(b)), limited liability corporation, or partnership dur-
ing a year, the chief executive officer of the corporation, 
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labor organization, limited liability corporation, or part-
nership (or, if the corporation, labor organization, limited 
liability corporation, or partnership does not have a chief 
executive officer, the highest ranking official of the cor-
poration, labor organization, limited liability corporation, 
or partnership), shall file a certification with the Commis-
sion, under penalty of perjury, that a foreign national did 
not direct, dictate, control, or directly or indirectly partici-
pate in the decision making process relating to such activ-
ity in violation of subsection (a)(3), unless the chief execu-
tive officer has previously filed such a certification during 
that calendar year.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect upon the expiration of the 
180-day period which begins on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 202. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF FOREIGN 
MONEY BAN TO CERTAIN DISBURSEMENTS 
AND ACTIVITIES. 
(a) APPLICATION
TO DISBURSEMENTS
TO SUPER 
PACS.—Section 319(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121(a)(1)(A)) is 
amended by striking the semicolon and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, including any disbursement to a political com-
mittee which accepts donations or contributions that do 
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donation solicited, accepted, or received is from 
a foreign national; and 
‘‘(C) with respect to an activity described 
in subsection (a)(3), that the person directing, 
dictating, controlling, or directly or indirectly 
participating in the decision making process is 
a foreign national. 
‘‘(2) PERTINENT
FACTS.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), pertinent facts include, but are not 
limited to, that the person making the contribution, 
donation, expenditure, independent expenditure, or 
disbursement, or that the person from whom the 
contribution or donation is solicited, accepted, or re-
ceived, or that the person directing, dictating, con-
trolling, or directly or indirectly participating in the 
decision making process— 
‘‘(A) uses a foreign passport or passport 
number for identification purposes; 
‘‘(B) provides a foreign address; 
‘‘(C) uses a check or other written instru-
ment drawn on a foreign bank, or by a wire 
transfer from a foreign bank, in carrying out 
the activity; or 
‘‘(D) resides abroad. 
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