clearly state the name and permanent street address, tele-
phone number, or World Wide Web address of the person. 
‘‘(b) SPECIFICATIONS.—Except as provided in regu-
lations, any Federal judicial nomination communication 
described in subsection (a) shall be subject to the same 
specifications and additional requirements that apply to 
communications described in section 318(a)(3). 
‘‘SEC. 353. PROHIBITIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN NA-
TIONALS AND FOREIGN-INFLUENCED COR-
PORATIONS. 
‘‘It shall be unlawful for— 
‘‘(1) a foreign national or foreign-influenced 
corporation, directly or indirectly, to spend or make 
an express or implied promise to spend money or 
other thing of value in connection with a Federal ju-
dicial nomination communication; or 
‘‘(2) a person to solicit, accept, or receive 
money or any other thing of value from a foreign na-
tional or a foreign-influenced corporation in connec-
tion with a Federal judicial nomination communica-
tion. 
‘‘SEC. 354. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘When used in this subtitle: 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL JUDICIAL NOMINATION COMMU-
NICATION.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Federal ju-
dicial nomination communication’ means any 
communication— 
‘‘(i) that is by means of any broad-
cast, cable, or satellite, paid internet, or 
paid digital communication, paid pro-
motion, newspaper, magazine, outdoor ad-
vertising facility, mass mailing, telephone 
bank, telephone messaging effort of more 
than 500 substantially similar calls or elec-
tronic messages within a 30-day period, or 
any other form of general public political 
advertising; and 
‘‘(ii) that is susceptible to no reason-
able interpretation other than promoting, 
supporting, attacking, or opposing the 
nomination or Senate confirmation of an 
individual as a Federal judge or justice. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Such term shall not in-
clude any news story, commentary, or editorial 
distributed through the facilities of any broad-
casting station or any print, online, or digital 
newspaper, magazine, publication, or periodical, 
unless such facilities are owned or controlled by 
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any political party, political committee, or can-
didate. 
‘‘(2) COVERED ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘cov-
ered organization’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) A corporation. 
‘‘(B) A partnership. 
‘‘(C) An organization described in section 
501(c) of such Code and exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of such Code. 
‘‘(D) A labor organization (as defined in 
section 316(b)). 
‘‘(E) A political organization (as defined in 
section 527(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986). 
‘‘(F) A political committee under this Act. 
‘‘(3) BENEFICIAL
OWNER.—The term ‘bene-
ficial owner’ means, with respect to any entity, a 
natural person who, directly or indirectly through 
any contract, arrangement, understanding, relation-
ship, or otherwise— 
‘‘(A) exercises substantial control over an 
entity; 
‘‘(B) owns 25 percent or more of an entity; 
or 
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‘‘(C) receives substantial economic benefits 
from the assets of an entity. 
‘‘(4) FOREIGN NATIONAL.—The term ‘foreign 
national’ has the meaning given such term under 
section 319(b). 
‘‘(5) FOREIGN-INFLUENCED CORPORATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘foreign-in-
fluenced corporation’ means a corporation for 
which at least one of the following conditions is 
met: 
‘‘(i) Any single foreign owner holds, 
owns, controls, or otherwise has direct or 
indirect beneficial ownership of 5 percent 
or more of the total equity, outstanding 
voting shares, membership units, or other 
applicable ownership interests of the cor-
poration. 
‘‘(ii) Foreign owners, in aggregate, 
hold, own, control, or otherwise have direct 
or indirect beneficial ownership of 20 per-
cent or more of the total equity, out-
standing voting shares, membership units, 
or other applicable ownership interests of 
the corporation. 
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‘‘(iii) A foreign owner participates di-
rectly or indirectly in the corporation’s de-
cision-making process with respect to the 
corporation’s activities related to Federal 
judicial nomination communications. 
‘‘(B) FOREIGN OWNER.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘foreign 
owner’ means— 
‘‘(I) a foreign investor; or 
‘‘(II) a corporation wherein a for-
eign investor holds, owns, controls, or 
otherwise has directly or indirectly ac-
quired beneficial ownership of equity 
or voting shares in an amount that is 
equal to or greater than 50 percent of 
the total equity or outstanding voting 
shares. 
‘‘(ii) FOREIGN INVESTOR.—The term 
‘foreign investor’ means a person that— 
‘‘(I) holds, owns, controls, or oth-
erwise has direct or indirect beneficial 
ownership of equity, outstanding vot-
ing shares, membership units, or 
other applicable ownership interests of 
a corporation; and 
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‘‘(II) is— 
‘‘(aa) a government of a for-
eign country; 
‘‘(bb) 
a 
foreign 
political 
party; 
‘‘(cc) a partnership, associa-
tion, corporation, organization, or 
other combination of persons or-
ganized under the laws of or hav-
ing its principal place of business 
in a foreign country; or 
‘‘(dd) an individual who is 
not a citizen of the United States 
or a national of the United 
States and who is not lawfully 
admitted for permanent resi-
dence.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such title is fur-
ther amended by inserting before section 301 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Subtitle A—Federal Campaign 
Funds’’. 
Æ 
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