(d) CIVIL ACTION.— 
(1) COURT ORDERS.—Whenever it appears that 
a covered entity has failed to comply with the re-
quirements of this Act, including any rule or regula-
tion promulgated under this Act, a civil action may 
be brought by the Attorney General in an appro-
priate district court of the United States, or the ap-
propriate United States court of any territory or 
other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States, to request such court to compel compliance 
with the requirements of this Act. 
(2) COSTS.—For knowing or willful failure to 
comply with the requirements of this Act, including 
any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, a 
covered entity shall pay to the Treasury of the 
United States the full costs to the United States of 
obtaining compliance, including all associated costs 
of investigation and enforcement. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General may pro-
mulgate regulations to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CONDUCT INTENDING TO DIRECTLY OR IN-
DIRECTLY INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY OR PUBLIC 
OPINION.—The term ‘‘conduct intending to directly 
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or indirectly influence public policy or public opin-
ion’’ means, with respect to a covered entity, any ac-
tivity that the covered entity engaging in believes 
will, or that the covered entity intends to, in any 
way influence any agency or official of the Govern-
ment of the United States or any section of the pub-
lic within the United States with reference to formu-
lating, adopting, or changing the domestic or foreign 
policies of the United States or with reference to the 
political or public interests, policies, or relations of 
a government of a foreign country or a foreign polit-
ical party. 
(2) CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘contract’’ means 
any agreement for the acquisition by purchase, lease, 
or barter of property or services by the foreign prin-
cipal, for the direct benefit or use of either of the 
parties. 
(3) COUNTRY
OF
CITIZENSHIP.—The term 
‘‘country of citizenship’’, with respect to a foreign 
principal, includes— 
(A) the principal residence for a foreign 
principal who is a natural person; or 
(B) the country of incorporation or the 
principal place of business for a foreign prin-
cipal which is a legal entity. 
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(4) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’— 
(A) means a nonprofit organization or a 
not-for-profit social welfare organization that— 
(i) spends more than 20 percent of its 
resources within any given calendar year 
on conduct intending to directly or indi-
rectly influence public policy or public 
opinion; or 
(ii) is affiliated with or is a sub-unit 
of an ‘‘institution’’ subject to section 117 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1011f) that— 
(I) engages in or publishes sub-
stantial policy-related research or 
scholarship; or 
(II) hosts, sponsors, or otherwise 
promotes annual, or on a more fre-
quent basis, events featuring report-
ers, journalists, or U.S. or foreign 
government officials; and 
(B) excludes— 
(i) an ‘‘institution’’ subject to section 
117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1011f); and 
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(ii) an entity organized and operated 
exclusively for religious purposes. 
(5) FOREIGN PRINCIPAL.—The term ‘‘foreign 
principal’’ includes— 
(A) a government of a foreign country and 
a foreign political party; 
(B) a person outside of the United States, 
unless it is established that such person is an 
individual and a citizen of the United States, or 
that such person is not an individual and is or-
ganized under or created by the laws of the 
United States or of any State or other place 
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States 
and has its principal place of business within 
the United States; and 
(C) a partnership, association, corporation, 
organization, or other combination of persons 
organized under the laws of or having its prin-
cipal place of business in a foreign country. 
(6) GIFT, DONATION, OR CONTRIBUTION.—The 
term ‘‘gift, donation, or contribution’’ means any 
gift of money, property, or in-kind contribution given 
directly or indirectly to a covered entity by a foreign 
principal. 
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(7) NOT-FOR-PROFIT SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANI-
ZATION.—The term ‘‘not-for-profit social welfare or-
ganization’’ means an organization described in sec-
tion 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such 
code. 
(8) NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization de-
scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 
501(a) of such code. 
(9) RESTRICTED
OR
CONDITIONAL
GIFT
OR 
CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘restricted or conditional gift 
or contract’’ means any endowment, gift, grant, con-
tract, award, present, or property of any kind which 
includes provisions regarding— 
(A) the employment, assignment, com-
pensation, or termination of researchers, schol-
ars, or experts; 
(B) the earmarking of funds for depart-
ments, centers, research or lecture programs, or 
new positions for researchers, scholars, or ex-
perts; 
(C) the subject matter, nature, or contents 
of research, analysis or any information pub-
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