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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 4736 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to clarify the coverage of political activities directed within... · Sec. 102

Sec. 102. Application of press exemption to other forms of media

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Section 1(d) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 611(d)(1) ), is amended to read as follows: The term agent of a foreign principal does not include any bona fide media outlet organized under the laws of the United States or of any State or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or any bona fide media outlet for which there is on file with the United States Postal Service information in compliance with section 3685 of title 39, United States Code, published in the United States, solely by virtue of any bona fide news or journalistic activities, including the solicitation or acceptance of paid advertisements, subscriptions, free social media access which is made available to the general public, or other compensation therefor, so long as it is at least 80 per centum beneficially owned by, and its officers and directors, if any, are citizens of the United States, and such media outlet is not owned, directed, supervised, controlled, subsidized, or financed, and none of its policies are determined by, any foreign principal defined in subsection (b), or by any agent of a foreign principal required to register under this Act. .
Section 1 of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 611 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The term media outlet means any of the following: Any newspaper, magazine, or periodical. Any broadcast, satellite or cable television or radio station. Any Internet-based website, application, or platform. .
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