I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6107 
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to 
modify requirements under that Act relating to exemptions, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2025 
Mr. PFLUGER (for himself and Mr. CROW) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committees on the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 
as amended, to modify requirements under that Act re-
lating to exemptions, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Adversary 
Influence, Disinformation, and Obscured Foreign Financ-
ing Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘PAID OFF Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE FOREIGN 
AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT OF 1938. 
(a) TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE FOR-
EIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT OF 1938.—Section 3 
of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 613), is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subsection (a), by 
inserting ‘‘, except as provided in subsection (i)’’ 
after ‘‘principals’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) LIMITATIONS.—The exemptions 
under subsections (d)(1), (d)(2), and (h) 
shall not apply to any agent of a foreign 
principal that is a corporate or government 
entity that is owned or controlled by or 
more of the identified countries listed in 
clauses 
(i) 
through 
(v) 
of 
section 
1(m)(1)(A) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities 
Act 
of 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2651a(m)(1)(A)).’’. 
(b) MECHANISM TO AMEND DEFINITION OF COUN-
TRY OF CONCERN.—Section 1(m) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 
paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and 
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) MODIFICATION TO DEFINITION OF ‘COUN-
TRY OF CONCERN’.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
State may, in consultation with the Attorney 
General, propose the addition or deletion of 
countries described in paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(B) 
SUBMISSION.—Any 
proposal 
de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) be submitted to the Chairman 
and Ranking Member of the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives; and 
‘‘(ii) become effective upon enactment 
of a joint resolution of approval as de-
scribed in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(C) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (B)(ii), the term ‘joint reso-
lution of approval’ means only a joint reso-
lution— 
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‘‘(I) that does not have a pre-
amble; 
‘‘(II) that includes in the matter 
after the resolving clause the fol-
lowing: ‘That Congress approves the 
modification of the definition of 
‘‘country of concern’’ under section 
(m) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956, as submitted 
by 
the 
Secretary 
of 
State 
on 
llll; and section 1(m)(1)(A) of 
the State Department Basic Authori-
ties 
Act 
of 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2651a(m)(1)(A)) 
is 
amended 
by 
llllll.’, the blank spaces 
being appropriately filled in with the 
appropriate date and the amendatory 
language required to modify the list of 
countries in paragraph (1)(A) of this 
subsection by adding or deleting 1 or 
more countries; and 
‘‘(III) the title of which is as fol-
lows: 
‘Joint 
resolution 
approving 
modifications to definition of ‘‘country 
of concern’’ under section 1(m) of the 
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State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956.’. 
‘‘(ii) REFERRAL.— 
‘‘(I) SENATE.—A resolution de-
scribed in clause (i) that is introduced 
in the Senate shall be referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
‘‘(II) HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—A resolution described in 
clause (i) that is introduced in the 
House of Representatives shall be re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the House of Representa-
tives.’’. 
(c) SUNSET.—The amendments made by this section 
shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
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