Sec. 1. Announcement of payment for broadcast
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Section 317(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 317(c) ) is amended to read as follows: The licensee of each radio station shall exercise reasonable diligence to obtain information to enable such licensee to make the announcement required by this section. In carrying out paragraph (1), the licensee of a radio station shall consult— its employees; other persons with whom it deals directly in connection with any program or program matter for broadcast; and any additional source of information the Commission designates that may enable the licensee to verify whether the matter broadcast by the radio station was paid for or furnished by a foreign governmental entity.
The licensee of a radio station shall— obtain the information required under paragraph (1)— when the licensee enters into an agreement to lease time on the radio station; and when the licensee renews any agreement described in clause (i); and keep a record of the information required under paragraph (1). For purposes of this subsection— the term agent of a foreign principal means an agent of a foreign principal, as defined in section 1(c) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 611(c) )— that is registered as such with the Attorney General under section 2 of that Act ( 22 U.S.C. 612 ); if the agent's foreign principal— is a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party; or is directly or indirectly operated, supervised, directed, owned, controlled, financed, or subsidized by the government of a foreign country or a foreign political party; and that is acting in its capacity as an agent of such foreign principal described in clause (ii); the term foreign governmental entity includes— the government of a foreign country; a foreign political party; an agent of a foreign principal; and a United States-based foreign media outlet (as defined in section 624); the term foreign political party has the meaning given the term in section 1(f) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 611(f) ); and the term government of a foreign country has the meaning given the term in section 1(e) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 611(e) ). .
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