S 319
117th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Marketing and advertising
News media and reporting
Public participation and lobbying
Democracy Dies in Darkness Act
Introduced: February 12, 2021
Introduced by:
Wicker, Roger F.
Republican
· Mississippi
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Feb 12, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Democracy Dies in Darkness Act
This bill requires foreign agents to prominently disclose their foreign principal as the source of any paid inserts placed by them in certain U.S.-based publications (e.g., magazines, journals, and news publications). The bill also establishes requirements to make a foreign agent's disclosure of a foreign principal's involvement in certain informational materials more prominent.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1