PAID OFF Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Eliminates certain FARA exemptions for agents of foreign principals owned or controlled by countries of concern and creates a joint-resolution process to modify the list of such countries.
Who Benefits and How
FARA enforcement and transparency around lobbying for countries of concern could be strengthened.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Affected foreign agents would lose access to some FARA exemptions and Congress and the State Department would need to use a formal approval process to modify the country list.
Key Provisions
- Removes FARA exemptions for agents of foreign principals owned or controlled by countries of concern.
- Creates a joint-resolution approval process for adding or removing countries from the statutory countries-of-concern list.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Eliminates certain FARA exemptions for agents of foreign principals owned or controlled by countries of concern and creates a joint-resolution process to modify the list of such countries.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Policy, Finance, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Eliminates certain FARA exemptions for agents of foreign principals owned or controlled by countries of concern and creates a joint-resolution process to modify the list of such countries.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- FARA enforcement and transparency efforts focused on countries of concern
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Agents of foreign principals tied to countries of concern and officials using the new list-change process
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedCommittee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment …
Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Fischer, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Agents of foreign principals tied to countries of concern who lose FARA exemptions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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