‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each television or radio 
broadcast station, provider of cable or satellite tele-
vision, or online platform (as defined in section 
304(j)(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. 
‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the Commission shall promulgate regulations on 
what constitutes reasonable efforts under paragraph 
(1).’’. 
SEC. 10. REQUIRING ONLINE PLATFORMS TO DISPLAY NO-
TICES IDENTIFYING SPONSORS OF POLIT-
ICAL ADVERTISEMENTS AND TO ENSURE NO-
TICES CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT WHEN AD-
VERTISEMENTS ARE SHARED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104), as amend-
ed by section 8(a), is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) ENSURING DISPLAY AND SHARING OF SPONSOR 
IDENTIFICATION
IN
ONLINE
POLITICAL
ADVERTISE-
MENTS.— 
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‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Any online platform that 
displays a qualified political advertisement (regard-
less of whether such qualified political advertisement 
was purchased directly from the online platform) 
shall— 
‘‘(A) display with the advertisement a visi-
ble notice identifying the sponsor of the adver-
tisement (or, if it is not practical for the plat-
form to display such a notice, a notice that the 
advertisement is sponsored by a person other 
than the platform); and 
‘‘(B) ensure that the notice will continue to 
be displayed if a viewer of the advertisement 
shares the advertisement with others on that 
platform. 
‘‘(2) SAFE HARBOR.—An online platform shall 
not be treated as having failed to comply with the 
requirements 
of 
paragraph 
(1)(A) 
for 
the 
misidentification of a person as the sponsor of the 
advertisement if— 
‘‘(A) the person placing the online adver-
tisement designated the person displayed in the 
advertisement as the sponsor; and 
‘‘(B) the online platform relied on such 
designation in good faith. 
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‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘online platform’ has the 
meaning given such term in subsection (j)(3); 
‘‘(B) the term ‘‘qualified political adver-
tisement’ has the meaning given such term in 
subsection (j)(4); and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘sponsor’ means the person 
purchasing the advertisement.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to advertisements 
displayed on or after the 120-day period which begins on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall take effect 
without regard to whether or not the Federal Election 
Commission has promulgated regulations to carry out 
such amendments. 
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