Sec. 1301. Federal campaign reporting of foreign contacts
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Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30104 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Not later than 1 week after a reportable foreign contact, each political committee shall notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Commission of the reportable foreign contact and provide a summary of the circumstances with respect to such reportable foreign contact. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, not later than 1 week after receiving a notification from a political committee under this paragraph, shall submit to the political committee, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives written or electronic confirmation of receipt of the notification.
Not later than 3 days after a reportable foreign contact— each candidate and each immediate family member of a candidate shall notify the treasurer or other designated official of the principal campaign committee of such candidate of the reportable foreign contact and provide a summary of the circumstances with respect to such reportable foreign contact; and each official, employee, or agent of a political committee shall notify the treasurer or other designated official of the committee of the reportable foreign contact and provide a summary of the circumstances with respect to such reportable foreign contact.
In this subsection: The term reportable foreign contact means any direct or indirect contact or communication that— is between— a candidate, an immediate family member of the candidate, a political committee, or any official, employee, or agent of such committee; and an individual that the person described in subclause
(I)knows, has reason to know, or reasonably believes is a covered foreign national; and the person described in clause (i)(I) knows, has reason to know, or reasonably believes involves— an offer or other proposal for a contribution, donation, expenditure, disbursement, or solicitation described in section 319; or coordination or collaboration with, an offer or provision of information or services to or from, or persistent and repeated contact with, a covered foreign national in connection with an election. The term reportable foreign contact shall not include any contact or communication with a covered foreign national by an elected official or an employee of an elected official solely in an official capacity as such an official or employee. The term reportable foreign contact shall not include any contact or communication with a covered foreign national by any person which is made for purposes of enabling the observation of elections in the United States by a foreign national or the observation of elections outside of the United States by a candidate, political committee, or any official, employee, or agent of such committee. A contact or communication by an elected official or an employee of an elected official shall not be considered to be made solely in an official capacity for purposes of clause (i), and a contact or communication shall not be considered to be made for purposes of enabling the observation of elections for purposes of clause (ii), if the contact or communication involves a contribution, donation, expenditure, disbursement, or solicitation described in section 319. In this paragraph, the term covered foreign national means— a foreign principal (as defined in section 1(b) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 ( 22 U.S.C. 611(b) )) that is a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party; any person who acts as an agent, representative, employee, or servant, or any person who acts in any other capacity at the order, request, or under the direction or control, of a foreign principal described in subclause
(I)or of a person any of whose activities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in major part by a foreign principal described in subclause (I); or any person included in the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury pursuant to authorities relating to the imposition of sanctions relating to the conduct of a foreign principal described in subclause (I). In the case of a citizen of the United States, subclause
(II)of clause
(i)applies only to the extent that the person involved acts within the scope of that person’s status as the agent of a foreign principal described in subclause
(I)of clause (i). In this subsection, the term immediate family member means, with respect to a candidate, a parent, parent-in-law, spouse, adult child, or sibling. . The amendment made by paragraph
(1)shall apply with respect to reportable foreign contacts which occur on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 304(b) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 30104(b) ) is amended— by striking and at the end of paragraph (7); by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(8)and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: for any reportable foreign contact (as defined in subsection (j)(3))— the date, time, and location of the contact; the date and time of when a designated official of the committee was notified of the contact; the identity of individuals involved; and a description of the contact, including the nature of any contribution, donation, expenditure, disbursement, or solicitation involved and the nature of any activity described in subsection (j)(3)(A)(ii)(II) involved. . The amendments made by paragraph
(1)shall apply with respect to reports filed on or after the expiration of the 60-day period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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