Foreign Influence Transparency Act

Senate Bill 3313 - Foreign Influence Transparency Act: Overview, Status, and Impact

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Explore the details of Senate Bill 3313 Foreign Influence Transparency Act currently in Congress. Get insights into its purpose, current status, sponsors, and potential impact on International Affairs. Stay informed on legislative developments.

2/8/2022, 11:14 PM

Congressional Summary of S 3313

Foreign Influence Transparency Act

This bill addresses foreign influence in higher education and in certain other academic, religious, and artistic pursuits.

Current law exempts from foreign agent registration requirements a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts. The bill specifies that this exemption applies only to those activities that do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government.

Under current law, an institution of higher education is required to disclose to the Department of Education a gift or contract that is from a foreign source and is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with a foreign source. The bill instead requires the institution to disclose such a gift or contract that is valued at $50,000 or more.

An institution must include in its disclosure report the contents of any such contract and make the contents available for public disclosure.

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Current Status of Bill S 3313

Bill S 3313 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since February 13, 2020. Bill S 3313 was introduced during Congress 116 and was introduced to the Senate on February 13, 2020. Bill S 3313's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. as of February 13, 2020

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 3313

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Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 3313

Primary Policy Focus

International Affairs

Potential Impact Areas

- Art, artists, authorship

- Cultural exchanges and relations

- General science and technology matters

- Government studies and investigations

- Higher education

- International exchange and broadcasting

- Performing arts

- Public participation and lobbying

- Religion

- Teaching, teachers, curricula

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 3313

Foreign Influence Transparency Act

A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to limit the exemption from the registration requirements of such Act for persons engaging in activities in furtherance of bona fide religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or the fine arts to activities which do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the disclosures of foreign gifts by institutions, and for other purposes.