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 ‘‘Chinese Communist 
Party Influence Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEALING CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM REG-
ISTRATION UNDER FOREIGN AGENTS REG-
ISTRATION ACT OF 1938 BY AGENTS REP-
RESENTING CHINESE BUSINESS ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Foreign Agents Registration 
Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 3 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3A. SPECIAL RULES FOR AGENTS REPRESENTING 
CHINESE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS. 
‘‘(a) REPEAL OF EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION 
FOR PERSONS PROVIDING PRIVATE AND NONPOLITICAL 
REPRESENTATION OF BONA FIDE TRADE OR COMMER-
CIAL INTERESTS.—Section 3(d)(1) shall not apply to an 
agent of a covered Chinese business organization. 
‘‘(b) REPEAL OF EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION 
FOR PERSONS FILING DISCLOSURE REPORTS UNDER 
LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1995.— 
‘‘(1) REPEAL.—Section 3(h) shall not apply to 
an agent of a covered Chinese business organization. 
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‘‘(2) TIMING
FOR
FILING
OF
REGISTRATION 
STATEMENTS.—In the case of an agent of a covered 
Chinese business organization who has registered 
under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), after the agent files the first 
registration required under section 2(a) in connec-
tion with the agent’s representation of the covered 
Chinese business organization, the agent shall file all 
subsequent statements, information, or documents 
required under section 2 at the same time, and in 
the same frequency, as the reports filed with the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Sec-
retary of the Senate (as the case may be) under sec-
tion 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1604) in connection with the agent’s rep-
resentation of the covered Chinese business organi-
zation. 
‘‘(c) COVERED CHINESE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered Chinese 
business organization’ means— 
‘‘(1) an entity described in section 1(b)(3) 
which is organized under the laws of, or has its prin-
cipal place of business in, the People’s Republic of 
China (including any subsidiary or affiliate of such 
an entity), except that such term does not include a 
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subsidiary or affiliate of an entity which is organized 
under the laws of, and has its principal place of 
business in, a country other than the People’s Re-
public of China; or 
‘‘(2) an entity designated by the Attorney Gen-
eral as subject to the extrajudicial direction of the 
Chinese Communist Party.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) REPEAL OF EXEMPTION.—Section 3 of such 
Act (22 U.S.C. 613) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘in 
private’’ and inserting ‘‘except as provided in 
section 3A(a), in private’’; and 
(B) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘Any 
agent’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 
section 3A(b), any agent’’. 
(2) TIMING
OF
FILING
OF
REGISTRATION 
STATEMENTS.—Section 2(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
612(b)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘six months succeeding such filing’’ and inserting 
‘‘six months succeeding such filing (except as pro-
vided in section 3A(b)(2))’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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