Sec. 4. Modification of FARA disclosure requirements
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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 (p), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semi-colon; and by adding at the end the following: The term paid publication supplement means any informational material for which an agent of a foreign principal pays to be included as a part of, inserted within, or attached to, a covered publication based in the United States. The term covered publication — means a print or digital— news publication; magazine; journal; and informational publication; and includes a blog or social media website that runs advertisements. .
Section 4 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 614 ) is amended— by inserting
(1)after
(b); in paragraph (1), as so designated, by striking The Attorney General and inserting Subject to paragraphs
(2)through (4), the Attorney General ; and by adding at the end the following: A conspicuous statement required to be placed in an informational material under paragraph
(1)shall— be clearly readable; have a font color that contrasts with the background color; and be placed at the top of the first page of the informational material. An informational material that is a paid publication supplement shall include the following disclosure as a part of the conspicuous statement required under paragraph (1): This supplement was paid for and prepared on behalf of [name of agent of foreign principal], an official publication of [name of foreign principal]. . If a covered publication in which an informational material that is a paid publication supplement is published is not involved in the creation of the paid publication supplement, the disclosure required under paragraph
(3)shall include the following statement: [Name of covered publication] was not involved in the creation of this supplement. .
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