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Foreign Influence Transparency Act

Introduced: March 20, 2018 Introduced by: Wilson, Joe Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Mar 20, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Mar 20, 2018
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Mar 20, 2018
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1703)
Mar 20, 2018
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Foreign Influence Transparency Act

This bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to limit the exemption from foreign agent registration with the Department of Justice for a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts to only those activities that do not promote a foreign government's political agenda.

The Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended to require institutions to report to the Department of Education a gift or contract from a foreign source whose annual value is $50,000 or more. The fair market value of in-kind-gifts is included in such limit. Currently, a report is due if the annual value is $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with a foreign source.

What's happening now March 20, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2