SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Freedom From For-
eign-Based Manipulation in American Elections Act of 
2010’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF BAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EX-
PENDITURES BY FOREIGN NATIONALS TO 
FOREIGN-CONTROLLED 
DOMESTIC 
COR-
PORATIONS. 
(a) APPLICATION OF BAN.—Section 319(b) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441e(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) a corporation (other than a foreign prin-
cipal, as so defined) with respect to which— 
‘‘(A) the number of shares which are 
owned directly or indirectly by foreign prin-
cipals is equal to or greater than 5 percent of 
the total number of outstanding shares of the 
corporation; 
‘‘(B) one or more foreign principals serves 
on the board of directors; or 
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‘‘(C) one or more foreign principals is em-
ployed in a senior executive position.’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES FOR VIO-
LATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 319 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 441e) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) CIVIL MONEY PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A foreign national who vio-
lates subsection (a) shall pay a civil money penalty 
of $1,000,000. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR MAKING DIS-
BURSEMENTS
FOR
ELECTIONEERING
COMMUNICA-
TIONS.—In addition to the penalty under paragraph 
(1), a foreign national who makes a disbursement 
for an electioneering communication shall pay a civil 
money penalty equal to the product of— 
‘‘(A) $50,000; and 
‘‘(B) the number of days on which the 
communication was aired. 
‘‘(3) INELIGIBILITY
FOR
GOVERNMENT
CON-
TRACT.—A foreign national who violates subsection 
(a) shall be ineligible to enter into any contract with 
the United States for the provision of any goods, 
supplies, or services. 
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‘‘(4) NO EFFECT ON CRIMINAL PENALTIES.— 
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to af-
fect the application of any criminal penalty to a for-
eign national who violates subsection (a).’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
309(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘If 
the Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to sec-
tion 319(c) in the case of a violation of such 
section, if the Commission’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking ‘‘In 
any civil action’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to sec-
tion 319(c) in the case of a violation of such 
section, in any civil action’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to contributions, donations, expenditures, inde-
pendent expenditures, and disbursements for election-
eering communications under the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 which are made on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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