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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8155

Introduced

Foreign Propaganda Transparency Act

Sponsor
RMarlin A. Stutzman· Indiana
Introduced
March 27, 2026
Policy area
International Affairs
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.March 27, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8155 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8155

To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act to require certain 
disclosures on informational materials, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 27, 2026

Mr. Stutzman (for himself, Mr. Fry, Mr. Roy, and Mr. Moore of Alabama) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act to require certain 
disclosures on informational materials, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Propaganda Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE.

Section 4(b) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 614(b)) is amended by adding after ``Columbia.'' the 
following new sentence, ``The conspicuous statement shall also detail, 
where applicable, whether the foreign principal is supervised, 
directed, owned, controlled, financed, or subsidized, in whole or in 
part, by: a covered nation as defined in section 4872(f)(2) of title 
10, United States Code, or any other foreign government acting on 
behalf of, at the direction of, under the control of, or for the 
benefit of such a covered nation.''
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