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Rick Scott (R-FL)

Foreign Government-Owned Media FARA Registration Act

S. 5682 · Senate bill International Affairs

A Republican bill with no cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/30/2026.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is titled the Foreign Government-Owned Media FARA Registration Act. It amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to clarify that foreign government-owned media operating in the United States must register as a foreign agent. The text updates the definition of an agent of a foreign principal to include foreign-owned or controlled news services operating in the United States, unless they meet specific independence and editorial freedom requirements under foreign law. It excludes certain U.S.-organized publications that are at least 80 per centum beneficially owned by U.S. citizens and not controlled by a foreign principal. Additionally, the bill requires the Attorney General to submit an annual report to Congress detailing the administration of the Act. This report must include a list of each foreign media outlet operating in the United States that is owned, controlled, or financed by a foreign government, along with their registration status and an explanation if they are not registered.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?

    The bill requires the Attorney General to submit an annual report to Congress detailing foreign media outlets operating in the United States and their registration status.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.