S. 3610 — No Funding for Foreign Agents Act

This section defines nine terms for purposes of the Act: (1) "agent of a covered foreign principal," encompassing persons acting at the order, request, direction, or control of such a principal (including diplomatic or consular officers and staff of covered nations recognized by the Department of State, registered lobbyists under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, and persons providing or required to provide notice under 18 U.S.C. 951); (2) "controlled," referencing the meaning of "control" in 31 C.F.R. 80.208 (with majority or dominant minority voting interest deemed control); (3) "covered foreign principal," including governments and political parties of covered nations, controlled persons or entities therein (excluding certain U.S. citizens, domiciliaries, and U.S.-organized entities), entities organized under covered nations' laws, and specified terrorist organizations; (4) "covered nation," meaning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, People’s Republic of China, Russian Federation, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Emirate of 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; and (5) through (9) "direct financial assistance," "entity," "indirect financial assistance," "pass-through entity," and "person."

This section provides a rule of construction specifying that nothing in this Act may be construed to terminate (1) U.S. financial assistance to entities not controlled by an agent of a covered foreign principal or (2) any foreign assistance, as defined in section 634(b)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1962 (i.e., economic, military, or other assistance provided by the United States to foreign countries or international organizations).