No Funding for Foreign Agents Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill defines the covered foreign principals, covered nations, control standards, and covered forms of direct and indirect financial assistance that determine which entities are barred from U.S. funding under the Act and creates clarifies that the Act does not terminate foreign assistance or funding to entities that are not controlled by agents of covered foreign principals. It relies on definition changes and savings clause. The main policy areas are Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy.
Who Benefits and How
Uncontrolled recipients of federal assistance that would otherwise fear exclusion under the Act could face fewer barriers and Foreign assistance programs and implementers could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Entities controlled by agents of covered foreign principals seeking federal awards could face higher barriers and Federal agencies and pass-through entities administering aid, grants, and contracts would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Defines the covered foreign principals, covered nations, control standards, and covered forms of direct and indirect financial assistance that determine which entities are barred from U.S. funding under the Act.
- Creates clarifies that the Act does not terminate foreign assistance or funding to entities that are not controlled by agents of covered foreign principals.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill defines the covered foreign principals, covered nations, control standards, and covered forms of direct and indirect financial assistance that determine which entities are barred from U.S. funding under the Act and creates clarifies that the Act does not terminate foreign assistance or funding to entities that are not controlled by agents of covered foreign principals.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy
Primary Purpose
The bill defines the covered foreign principals, covered nations, control standards, and covered forms of direct and indirect financial assistance that determine which entities are barred from U.S. funding under the Act and creates clarifies that the Act does not terminate foreign assistance or funding to entities that are not controlled by agents of covered foreign principals.
Policy Domains
Funding Ban and Carveouts
Identified Gains
- Uncontrolled recipients of federal assistance that would otherwise fear exclusion under the Act
- Foreign assistance programs and implementers
Identified Costs
- Entities controlled by agents of covered foreign principals seeking federal awards
- Federal agencies and pass-through entities administering aid, grants, and contracts
Sponsors
Jim Banks
R-IN | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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.
Entities controlled by agents of covered foreign principals seeking federal awards, Uncontrolled recipients of federal assistance that would otherwise fear exclusion under the Act
Positive-direction: Uncontrolled recipients of federal assistance that would otherwise fear exclusion under the Act
Negative-direction: Entities controlled by agents of covered foreign principals seeking federal awards
Federal agencies and pass-through entities administering aid, grants, and contracts
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "attorney_general"
- → Attorney General
- "state_department"
- → Department of State
- "federal_government"
- → Government of the United States
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Uses Treasury control regulations and treats majority or dominant-minority voting ownership by agents as control for purposes of the Act.
Means North Korea, China, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Libya, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, or Yemen.
An entity such as a nonprofit or nongovernmental organization that receives direct financial assistance and redistributes it to other service providers.
Includes the government or political parties of a covered nation, persons or entities in a covered nation, and organizations named in the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, subject to specified U.S.-person and U.S.-entity carveouts.
Financial assistance received directly from the U.S. government through contracts, grants, loans, cooperative agreements, or similar agreements.
Government-funded assistance paid to a service provider through vouchers, certificates, or similar beneficiary-directed payment tools.
Includes persons acting under the direction or control of a covered foreign principal, accredited diplomats and officials of covered nations, covered-nation lobbyists, and persons who must register as foreign government agents.
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