S 4207
116th Congress
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A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended to require news outlets that are agents of a foreign principal to provide adequate disclosure of their status.
Introduced: July 2, 2020
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Became law
Jul 2, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jul 2, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill requires a news outlet that is an agent of a foreign principal to provide certain disclosures. Specifically, any news outlet that is required to register as an agent of a foreign principal must include, in any transmission in or into the United States, that the transmission is made by an agent of a foreign principal and that additional infomation is on file with the Department of Justice.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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