Text of Senate Amendment 6008

On 2026-06-23, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6008" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6008

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3142] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6008. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT OF 1938. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation, and Obscured Foreign Financing Act of 2026'' or the ``PAID OFF Act of 2026''. (b) Treatment of Exemptions Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938.--Section 3 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 613), is amended-- (1) in the matter preceding subsection (a), by inserting ``, except as provided in subsection (i)'' after ``principals''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(i) Limitations.--The exemptions under subsections (d)(1), (d)(2), and (h) shall not apply to any agent of a foreign principal that is a corporate or government entity that is owned or controlled by 1 or more of the identified countries listed in clauses (i) through (v) of section 1(m)(1)(A) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)(1)(A)).''. (c) Mechanism to Amend Definition of ``Country of Concern''.--Section 1(m) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)) is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: ``(6) Modification to definition of `country of concern'.-- ``(A) In general.--The Secretary of State may, in consultation with the Attorney General, propose the addition or deletion of countries described in paragraph (1)(A). ``(B) Submission.--Any proposal described in subparagraph (A) shall-- ``(i) be submitted to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and ``(ii) become effective upon enactment of a joint resolution of approval as described in subparagraph (C). ``(C) Joint resolution of approval.-- ``(i) In general.--For purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii), the term `joint resolution of approval' means only a joint resolution-- ``(I) that does not have a preamble; ``(II) that includes in the matter after the resolving clause the following: `That Congress approves the modification of the definition of ``country of concern'' under section 1(m) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as submitted by the Secretary of State on ____; and section 1(m)(1)(A) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)(1)(A)) is amended by ______