Sec. 3. Informational materials
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Section 1 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 611 ) is amended— in subsection (1), by striking Expect and inserting Except ; and by inserting after subsection
(i)the following: The term informational materials means any oral, visual, graphic, written, or pictorial information or matter of any kind, including matter published by means of advertising, books, periodicals, newspapers, lectures, broadcasts, motion pictures, or any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or otherwise. . Section 4 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 614 ) is amended— in section (a)— by inserting , including electronic mail and social media, after United States mails ; and by striking , not later than forty-eight hours after the beginning of the transmittal thereof, file with the Attorney General two copies thereof and inserting file such materials with the Attorney General in conjunction with, and at the same intervals as, disclosures required under section 2(b). ; and in subsection (b)— by striking It shall and inserting
(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall ; and by inserting at the end the following: Foreign agents described in paragraph
(1)may omit disclosure required under that paragraph in individual messages, posts, or transmissions on social media on behalf of a foreign principal if the social media account or profile from which the information is sent includes a conspicuous statement that— the account is operated by, and distributes information on behalf of, the foreign agent; and additional information about the account is on file with the Department of Justice in Washington, District of Columbia. Informational materials disseminated by an agent of a foreign principal as part of an activity that is exempt from registration, or an activity which by itself would not require registration, need not be filed under this subsection. .
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