S. 4207 · 116th Congress
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.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Kamala Harris
- Introduced
- 2020-07-02
- Latest action
- 2020-07-02 · Introduced in Senate
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.