I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8106 
To provide for disclosures of certain foreign contributions, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2022 
Mr. GOLDEN (for himself, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Ms. PORTER, and Mr. 
GOSAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on 
Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for disclosures of certain foreign contributions, 
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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Fighting Foreign Influence Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
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TITLE I—THINK TANK AND NONPROFIT FOREIGN INFLUENCE 
DISCLOSURE 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Annual disclosure of contributions from foreign governments and po-
litical parties by certain tax-exempt organizations. 
TITLE II—CONGRESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE FOREIGN LOBBYING 
BAN 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Prohibiting certain individuals from acting as agents of foreign prin-
cipals. 
TITLE III—STOP FOREIGN DONATIONS AFFECTING OUR 
ELECTIONS 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Requiring disclosure of credit verification value as condition of ac-
ceptance of online contributions to Federal election. 
Sec. 303. Prohibiting foreign agents from delivering contributions to Federal 
candidates. 
TITLE I—THINK TANK AND NON-
PROFIT FOREIGN INFLUENCE 
DISCLOSURE 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Think Tank and Non-
profit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act’’. 
SEC. 102. ANNUAL DISCLOSURE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 
FOREIGN 
GOVERNMENTS 
AND 
POLITICAL 
PARTIES BY CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT ORGANI-
ZATIONS. 
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 6033(b) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (15), by redesignating 
paragraph (16) as paragraph (17) and by inserting after 
paragraph (15) the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(16) with respect to each government of a for-
eign country (within the meaning of section 1(e) of 
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 
U.S.C. 611(e))) and each foreign political party 
(within the meaning of section 1(f) of such Act (22 
U.S.C. 611(f)) which made aggregate contributions 
and gifts to the organization during the year in ex-
cess of $50,000, the name of such government or 
political party and such aggregate amount, and’’. 
(b) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Section 6104 of such 
Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary shall make publicly available in a 
searchable database the following information: 
‘‘(1) The information furnished under section 
6033(b)(16) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(2) The name of the organization furnishing 
the information described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) The aggregate amount reported under 
paragraph (1) as having been received as contribu-
tions or gifts in each year from each government of 
a foreign country and each foreign political party.’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to returns filed for taxable years 
beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE II—CONGRESSIONAL AND 
EXECUTIVE 
FOREIGN 
LOB-
BYING BAN 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional and Ex-
ecutive Foreign Lobbying Ban Act’’. 
SEC. 202. PROHIBITING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FROM ACT-
ING AS AGENTS OF FOREIGN PRINCIPALS. 
(a) FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS; GENERAL OR 
FLAG OFFICERS OF ARMED FORCES.— 
(1) PROHIBITING REGISTRATION AS AGENT.— 
The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating sections 12 through 
14 as sections 13 through 15; and 
(B) by inserting after section 11 the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 12. PROHIBITING REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN INDI-
VIDUALS. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—No individual may register 
under this Act or otherwise serve as the agent of a foreign 
principal if the individual at any time served as a Member 
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of Congress, as a senior political appointee, or as a general 
or flag officer of the armed forces. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘Member of Congress’ means a 
Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to, the Congress; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘senior political appointee’— 
‘‘(A) means— 
‘‘(i) any individual occupying a full- 
time senior position and who is appointed 
by the President or the Vice President; 
‘‘(ii) any noncareer appointee in the 
Senior Executive Service (or other SES- 
type system); and 
‘‘(iii) any appointee to a position, at 
or above the level of a noncareer member 
of the Senior Executive Service, that has 
been excepted from the competitive service 
by reason of being of a confidential or pol-
icymaking character (schedule C and other 
positions excepted under comparable cri-
teria) in an executive agency; and 
‘‘(B) does not include any individual ap-
pointed as a member of the Senior Foreign 
Service or, except for a general or flag officer 
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of the armed forces, solely as a uniformed serv-
ice commissioned officer.’’. 
(2) OTHER REPRESENTATION OF FOREIGN EN-
TITIES.—Section 207(f)(1) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘within 1 year’’ 
the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of a person who is 
subject to any of such restrictions and who is a 
Member of Congress, a senior political appointee (as 
that term is defined in section 12 of the Foreign 
Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 611 et seq.)), or a general or flag officer of 
the armed forces, at any time)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any individual 
whose service as a Member of Congress or as a general 
or flag officer of the Armed Forces terminates on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE III—STOP FOREIGN DONA-
TIONS AFFECTING OUR ELEC-
TIONS 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Foreign Dona-
tions Affecting Our Elections Act’’. 
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SEC. 
302. 
REQUIRING 
DISCLOSURE 
OF 
CREDIT 
VERIFICATION VALUE AS CONDITION OF AC-
CEPTANCE OF ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
FEDERAL ELECTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j)(1) No political committee shall accept any Inter-
net credit card contribution unless— 
‘‘(A) the individual or entity making such con-
tribution is required, at the time such individual 
makes such contribution, to disclose the credit 
verification value of such credit card; and 
‘‘(B)(i) the billing address associated with such 
credit card is located in the United States; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a contribution made by an 
individual who is a United States national or lawful 
permanent resident living outside of the United 
States, the individual provides the committee with— 
‘‘(I) the United States mailing address the 
individual uses for voter registration purposes; 
‘‘(II) a copy of the individual’s United 
States passport; 
‘‘(III) a copy of the individual’s permanent 
resident card; or 
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‘‘(IV) a copy of a comparable acceptable 
identification document, or the unique identi-
fying number from such a document, for the in-
dividual. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (c), in the 
case of an Internet credit card contribution— 
‘‘(A) no later than 10 days after receiving the 
contribution, the person who receives the contribu-
tion shall forward to the treasurer such contribution, 
the name and address of the person making the con-
tribution, and the date of receipt; and 
‘‘(B) the treasurer of a political committee shall 
keep an account of the name and address of any 
person making any such contribution, together with 
the date and amount of such contribution by any 
person. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘Internet credit card 
contribution’ means a contribution that— 
‘‘(A) is made using a credit card; and 
‘‘(B) is received through an Internet website.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions 
made after the expiration of the 180-day period which be-
gins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 303. PROHIBITING FOREIGN AGENTS FROM DELIV-
ERING CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL CAN-
DIDATES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 315 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) PROHIBITING DELIVERY OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY 
FOREIGN AGENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—An individual de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) may not deliver a 
contribution to a candidate or an authorized 
committee of a candidate which is made by an-
other person. 
‘‘(B) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—An indi-
vidual described in this subparagraph is any of 
the following: 
‘‘(i) An individual who is required 
under the Foreign Agents Registration Act 
of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et 
seq.), to register as the agent of a foreign 
principal described in section 1(b)(1) of 
such Act (22 U.S.C. 611(b)(1)). 
‘‘(ii) An individual who is required 
under such Act to register as the agent of 
a foreign principal described in section 
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1(b)(2) or 1(b)(3) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
611(b)(2) or (b)(3)), but only if the bene-
ficial owner of such foreign principal is a 
foreign principal described in section 
1(b)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 611(b)(1)), 
as determined in accordance with section 
5336(a)(3) of title 31, United States Code. 
‘‘(iii) An individual who would be re-
quired to register under such Act as the 
agent of a foreign principal described in 
clause (ii) but for the exemption under sec-
tion 3(h) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 613(h)). 
‘‘(C) 
TREATMENT
OF
CONTRIBUTIONS 
CREDITED
TO
FOREIGN
AGENTS.—If a con-
tribution made to a candidate or an authorized 
committee of a candidate is credited to an indi-
vidual described in subparagraph (B) by the 
committee 
or 
candidate 
involved 
through 
records, designations, or other means of recog-
nizing that a certain amount of money has been 
raised by the individual, the individual shall be 
deemed to have delivered the contribution to the 
candidate or committee for purposes of this 
subsection. 
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‘‘(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection may be construed to prohibit any in-
dividual from making a contribution to a candidate 
for election for Federal office or from encouraging 
any other person to make a contribution to or other-
wise support or oppose a candidate for election for 
Federal office. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘deliver’ means to transport, carry, transfer, or 
otherwise transmit, either physically or electroni-
cally.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions 
made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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