[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6107 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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.
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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 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to
modify requirements under that Act relating to exemptions, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 Financing Act of 2025'' or the
``PAID OFF Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION
ACT OF 1938.
(a) Treatment of Exemptions Under the Foreign 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 Country of Concern.--Section
1(m) of the State Department 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
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
``(6) Modification to definition of `country 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 described 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 described in
subparagraph (C).
``(C) Joint resolution of approval.--
``(i) In general.--For purposes of
subparagraph (B)(ii), the term `joint
resolution of approval' means only a joint
resolution--
``(I) that does not have a
preamble;
``(II) that includes in the matter
after the resolving clause the
following: `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 ____; and
section 1(m)(1)(A) of the State
Department Basic Authorities Act of (22
U.S.C. 2651a(m)(1)(A)) is amended by
______.', 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
follows: `Joint resolution approving
modifications to definition of
``country of concern'' under section
1(m) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956.'.
``(ii) Referral.--
``(I) Senate.--A resolution
described in clause (i) that is
introduced in the Senate shall be
referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate.
``(II) House of representatives.--A
resolution described in clause (i) that
is introduced in the House of
Representatives shall be referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives.''.
(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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