Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2371 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2371 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jason Plummer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Provides that no person shall act as an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern unless he or she has filed with the Attorney General a true and complete registration statement and supplements thereto or unless he or she is exempt from registration under the provisions of the Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act, every person who becomes an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern shall, within 10 days thereafter, file with the Attorney General, in duplicate, a registration statement, under oath on a form prescribed by the Attorney General. Provides that the obligation of an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern to file a registration statement shall, after the 10th day of his or her becoming such agent, continue from day to day, and termination of such status shall not relieve such agent from his or her obligation to file a registration statement for the period during which he or she was an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern. Provides that any person who acted as an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern at any time after January 1, 2014 and until the effective date of the Act shall file with the Attorney General a true and complete retroactive registration statement and supplements thereto. Provides that the registration provisions do not apply to certain agents and foreign principals. Provides penalties for violation. Provides that the Attorney General may at any time make, prescribe, amend, and rescind such rules and forms as the Attorney General may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act. Defines "country of concern" as the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba, the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, or the Syrian Arab Republic, including any agent of or any other entity under significant control of such foreign country of concern, or any other entity deemed by the Governor in consultation with the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. LRB104 03773 RLC 13797 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2371 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jason Plummer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Provides that no person shall act as an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern unless he or she has filed with the Attorney General a true and complete registration statement and supplements thereto or unless he or she is exempt from registration under the provisions of the Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act, every person who becomes an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern shall, within 10 days thereafter, file with the Attorney General, in duplicate, a registration statement, under oath on a form prescribed by the Attorney General. Provides that the obligation of an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern to file a registration statement shall, after the 10th day of his or her becoming such agent, continue from day to day, and termination of such status shall not relieve such agent from his or her obligation to file a registration statement for the period during which he or she was an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern. Provides that any person who acted as an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern at any time after January 1, 2014 and until the effective date of the Act shall file with the Attorney General a true and complete retroactive registration statement and supplements thereto. Provides that the registration provisions do not apply to certain agents and foreign principals. Provides penalties for violation. Provides that the Attorney General may at any time make, prescribe, amend, and rescind such rules and forms as the Attorney General may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act. Defines "country of concern" as the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba, the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, or the Syrian Arab Republic, including any agent of or any other entity under significant control of such foreign country of concern, or any other entity deemed by the Governor in consultation with the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. LRB104 03773 RLC 13797 b LRB104 03773 RLC 13797 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2371 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jason Plummer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Creates the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Provides that no person shall act as an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern unless he or she has filed with the Attorney General a true and complete registration statement and supplements thereto or unless he or she is exempt from registration under the provisions of the Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act, every person who becomes an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern shall, within 10 days thereafter, file with the Attorney General, in duplicate, a registration statement, under oath on a form prescribed by the Attorney General. Provides that the obligation of an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern to file a registration statement shall, after the 10th day of his or her becoming such agent, continue from day to day, and termination of such status shall not relieve such agent from his or her obligation to file a registration statement for the period during which he or she was an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern. Provides that any person who acted as an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern at any time after January 1, 2014 and until the effective date of the Act shall file with the Attorney General a true and complete retroactive registration statement and supplements thereto. Provides that the registration provisions do not apply to certain agents and foreign principals. Provides penalties for violation. Provides that the Attorney General may at any time make, prescribe, amend, and rescind such rules and forms as the Attorney General may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act. Defines "country of concern" as the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba, the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, or the Syrian Arab Republic, including any agent of or any other entity under significant control of such foreign country of concern, or any other entity deemed by the Governor in consultation with the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning foreign agents.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
15	15	5 Foreign Agents Registration Act.
16	16	6 Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to provide
17	17	7 public transparency for the political and propaganda
18	18	8 activities conducted by agents representing principals from
19	19	9 foreign countries of concern.
20	20	10 Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
21	21	11 "Person" means an individual, partnership, association,
22	22	12 corporation, organization, or any other combination of
23	23	13 individuals.
24	24	14 "Foreign principal" means:
25	25	15 (1) a government of a foreign country and a foreign
26	26	16 political party;
27	27	17 (2) a person outside of the United States, unless it
28	28	18 is established that such person is an individual and a
29	29	19 citizen of and domiciled within the United States, or that
30	30	20 such person is not an individual and is organized under or
31	31	21 created by the laws of the United States or of any State or
32	32	22 other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United
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36	36	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2371 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jason Plummer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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39	39	Creates the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Provides that no person shall act as an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern unless he or she has filed with the Attorney General a true and complete registration statement and supplements thereto or unless he or she is exempt from registration under the provisions of the Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act, every person who becomes an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern shall, within 10 days thereafter, file with the Attorney General, in duplicate, a registration statement, under oath on a form prescribed by the Attorney General. Provides that the obligation of an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern to file a registration statement shall, after the 10th day of his or her becoming such agent, continue from day to day, and termination of such status shall not relieve such agent from his or her obligation to file a registration statement for the period during which he or she was an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern. Provides that any person who acted as an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern at any time after January 1, 2014 and until the effective date of the Act shall file with the Attorney General a true and complete retroactive registration statement and supplements thereto. Provides that the registration provisions do not apply to certain agents and foreign principals. Provides penalties for violation. Provides that the Attorney General may at any time make, prescribe, amend, and rescind such rules and forms as the Attorney General may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act. Defines "country of concern" as the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba, the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, or the Syrian Arab Republic, including any agent of or any other entity under significant control of such foreign country of concern, or any other entity deemed by the Governor in consultation with the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security.
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67	67	1 States and has its principal place of business within the
68	68	2 United States;
69	69	3 (3) a partnership, association, corporation,
70	70	4 organization, or other combination of persons organized
71	71	5 under the laws of or having its principal place of
72	72	6 business in a foreign country; or
73	73	7 (4) a partnership, association, corporation,
74	74	8 organization, or other combination of persons that is at
75	75	9 least 20% beneficially owned by a partnership,
76	76	10 association, corporation, organization, or other
77	77	11 combination of persons organized under the laws of or
78	78	12 having its principal place of business in a foreign
79	79	13 country.
80	80	14 "Agent of a foreign principal" means:
81	81	15 (1) any person who acts as an agent, representative,
82	82	16 employee, or servant, or any person who acts in any other
83	83	17 capacity at the order, request, or under the direction or
84	84	18 control of a foreign principal or of a person any of whose
85	85	19 activities are directly or indirectly supervised,
86	86	20 directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or
87	87	21 in part by a foreign principal, and who directly or
88	88	22 through any other person:
89	89	23 (i) engages within this State in political
90	90	24 activities for or in the interests of such foreign
91	91	25 principal;
92	92	26 (ii) acts within this State as a public-relations
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103	103	1 counsel, publicity agent, information-service employee
104	104	2 or political consultant for or in the interests of
105	105	3 such foreign principal;
106	106	4 (iii) within this State solicits, collects,
107	107	5 disburses, or dispenses contributions, loans, money,
108	108	6 or other things of value for or in the interest of such
109	109	7 foreign principal; or
110	110	8 (iv) within this State represents the interests of
111	111	9 such foreign principal before any agency or official
112	112	10 of the government or of a unit of local government; and
113	113	11 (2) any person who agrees, consents, assumes or
114	114	12 purports to act as, or who is or holds himself or herself
115	115	13 out to be, whether or not pursuant to contractual
116	116	14 relationship, an agent of a foreign principal as defined
117	117	15 in clause (1) of this definition.
118	118	16 "Agent of a foreign principal" does not include any news
119	119	17 or press service or association organized under the laws of
120	120	18 the United States or of any State or other place subject to the
121	121	19 jurisdiction of the United States, or any newspaper, magazine,
122	122	20 periodical, or other publication for which there is on file
123	123	21 with the United States Postal Service information in
124	124	22 compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3611, published in the United
125	125	23 States, solely by virtue of any bona fide news or journalistic
126	126	24 activities, including the solicitation or acceptance of
127	127	25 advertisements, subscriptions, or other compensation therefor,
128	128	26 so long as it is at least 80% beneficially owned by, and its
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139	139	1 officers and directors, if any, are citizens of the United
140	140	2 States, and such news or press service or association,
141	141	3 newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other publication, is not
142	142	4 owned, directed, supervised, controlled, subsidized, or
143	143	5 financed, and none of its policies are determined by any
144	144	6 foreign principal defined in this Section, or by any agent of a
145	145	7 foreign principal required to register under this Act.
146	146	8 "Government of a foreign country" means any person or
147	147	9 group of persons exercising sovereign de facto or de jure
148	148	10 political jurisdiction over any country, other than the United
149	149	11 States, or over any part of such country, and includes any
150	150	12 subdivision of any such group and any group or agency to which
151	151	13 such sovereign de facto or de jure authority or functions are
152	152	14 directly or indirectly delegated. The term shall include any
153	153	15 faction or body of insurgents within a country assuming to
154	154	16 exercise governmental authority whether such faction or body
155	155	17 of insurgents has or has not been recognized by the United
156	156	18 States.
157	157	19 "Foreign political party" means any organization or any
158	158	20 other combination of individuals in a country other than the
159	159	21 United States, or any unit or branch thereof, having for an aim
160	160	22 or purpose, or which is engaged in any activity devoted in
161	161	23 whole or in part to, the establishment, administration,
162	162	24 control, or acquisition of administration or control, of a
163	163	25 government of a foreign country or a subdivision thereof, or
164	164	26 the furtherance or influencing of the political or public
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175	175	1 interests, policies, or relations of a government of a foreign
176	176	2 country or a subdivision thereof.
177	177	3 "Public-relations counsel" means any person who engages
178	178	4 directly or indirectly in informing, advising, or in any way
179	179	5 representing a principal in any public relations matter
180	180	6 pertaining to political or public interests, policies, or
181	181	7 relations of such principal.
182	182	8 "Publicity agent" means any person who engages directly or
183	183	9 indirectly in the publication or dissemination of oral,
184	184	10 visual, graphic, written, or pictorial information or matter
185	185	11 of any kind, including publication by means of advertising,
186	186	12 books, periodicals, newspapers, lectures, broadcasts, motion
187	187	13 pictures, or otherwise.
188	188	14 "Information-service employee" means any person who is
189	189	15 engaged in furnishing, disseminating, or publishing accounts,
190	190	16 descriptions, information, or data with respect to the
191	191	17 political, industrial, employment, economic, social, cultural,
192	192	18 or other benefits, advantages, facts, or conditions of any
193	193	19 country other than the United States or of any government of a
194	194	20 foreign country or of a foreign political party or of a
195	195	21 partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other
196	196	22 combination of individuals organized under the laws of, or
197	197	23 having its principal place of business in, a foreign country.
198	198	24 "Registration statement" means the registration statement
199	199	25 required to be filed with the Attorney General under Section
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211	211	1 under Section 15 or 20, and includes all documents and papers
212	212	2 required to be filed therewith or amendatory thereof or
213	213	3 supplemental thereto, whether attached thereto or incorporated
214	214	4 therein by reference.
215	215	5 "United States", when used in a geographical sense, means
216	216	6 the several States, the District of Columbia, the Territories,
217	217	7 the insular possessions, and all other places now or hereafter
218	218	8 subject to the civil or military jurisdiction of the United
219	219	9 States.
220	220	10 "Prints" means newspapers and periodicals, books,
221	221	11 pamphlets, sheet music, visiting cards, address cards,
222	222	12 printing proofs, engravings, photographs, pictures, drawings,
223	223	13 plans, maps, patterns to be cut out, catalogs, prospectuses,
224	224	14 advertisements, and printed, engraved, lithographed, or
225	225	15 autographed notices of various kinds, and, in general, all
226	226	16 impressions or reproductions obtained on paper or other
227	227	17 material assimilable to paper, on parchment or on cardboard,
228	228	18 by means of printing, engraving, lithography, autography, or
229	229	19 any other easily recognizable mechanical process, with the
230	230	20 exception of the copying press, stamps with movable or
231	231	21 immovable type, and the typewriter.
232	232	22 "Political activities" means any activity that the person
233	233	23 engaging in believes will, or that the person intends to, in
234	234	24 any way influence any agency or official of the State or a unit
235	235	25 of local government, or any section of the public within this
236	236	26 State with reference to formulating, adopting, or changing the
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247	247	1 domestic or foreign policies of the United States or with
248	248	2 reference to the political or public interests, policies, or
249	249	3 relations of a government of a foreign country or a foreign
250	250	4 political party.
251	251	5 "Political consultant" means any person who engages in
252	252	6 informing or advising any other person with reference to the
253	253	7 policies or the political or public interest, policies, or
254	254	8 relations of a foreign country or of a foreign political
255	255	9 party.
256	256	10 "Country of concern" means the People's Republic of China,
257	257	11 the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the
258	258	12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba,
259	259	13 the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, or the Syrian Arab
260	260	14 Republic, including any agent of or any other entity under
261	261	15 significant control of such foreign country of concern, or any
262	262	16 other entity deemed by the Governor in consultation with the
263	263	17 Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and
264	264	18 Office of Homeland Security.
265	265	19 Section 15. Requirements to register as a foreign agent.
266	266	20 (a) No person shall act as an agent of a foreign principal
267	267	21 from a country of concern unless he or she has filed with the
268	268	22 Attorney General a true and complete registration statement
269	269	23 and supplements thereto as required by subsections (a) and (b)
270	270	24 or unless he or she is exempt from registration under the
271	271	25 provisions of this Act. Except as otherwise provided in the
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282	282	1 Act, every person who becomes an agent of a foreign principal
283	283	2 from a country of concern shall, within 10 days thereafter,
284	284	3 file with the Attorney General, in duplicate, a registration
285	285	4 statement, under oath on a form prescribed by the Attorney
286	286	5 General. The obligation of an agent of a foreign principal
287	287	6 from a country of concern to file a registration statement
288	288	7 shall, after the 10th day of his or her becoming such agent,
289	289	8 continue from day to day, and termination of such status shall
290	290	9 not relieve such agent from his or her obligation to file a
291	291	10 registration statement for the period during which he or she
292	292	11 was an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern.
293	293	12 The registration statement shall include the following, which
294	294	13 shall be regarded as material for the purposes of this
295	295	14 subsection:
296	296	15 (1) registrant's name, principal business address, and
297	297	16 all other business addresses in the United States or
298	298	17 elsewhere, and all residence addresses, if any;
299	299	18 (2) status of the registrant; if an individual,
300	300	19 nationality; if a partnership, name, residence addresses,
301	301	20 and nationality of each partner and a true and complete
302	302	21 copy of its articles of copartnership; if an association,
303	303	22 corporation, organization, or any other combination of
304	304	23 individuals, the name, residence addresses, and
305	305	24 nationality of each director and officer and of each
306	306	25 person performing the functions of a director or officer
307	307	26 and a true and complete copy of its charter, articles of
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318	318	1 incorporation, association, constitution, and bylaws, and
319	319	2 amendments thereto; a copy of every other instrument or
320	320	3 document and a statement of the terms and conditions of
321	321	4 every oral agreement relating to its organization, powers,
322	322	5 and purposes; and a statement of its ownership and
323	323	6 control;
324	324	7 (3) a comprehensive statement of the nature of
325	325	8 registrant's business; a complete list of registrant's
326	326	9 employees and a statement of the nature of the work of
327	327	10 each; the name and address of every foreign principal from
328	328	11 a country of concern for whom the registrant is acting,
329	329	12 assuming or purporting to act or has agreed to act; the
330	330	13 character of the business or other activities of every
331	331	14 such foreign principal from a country of concern, and, if
332	332	15 any such foreign principal from a country of concern be
333	333	16 other than a natural person, a statement of the ownership
334	334	17 and control of each; and the extent, if any, to which each
335	335	18 such foreign principal from a country of concern is
336	336	19 supervised, directed, owned, controlled, financed, or
337	337	20 subsidized, in whole or in part, by any government of a
338	338	21 foreign country or foreign political party, or by any
339	339	22 other foreign principal from a country of concern;
340	340	23 (4) copies of each written agreement and the terms and
341	341	24 conditions of each oral agreement, including all
342	342	25 modifications of such agreements, or, where no contract
343	343	26 exists, a full statement of all the circumstances, by
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354	354	1 reason of which the registrant is an agent of a foreign
355	355	2 principal from a country of concern; a comprehensive
356	356	3 statement of the nature and method of performance of each
357	357	4 such contract, and of the existing and proposed activity
358	358	5 or activities engaged in or to be engaged in by the
359	359	6 registrant as agent of a foreign principal from a country
360	360	7 of concern for each such foreign principal from a country
361	361	8 of concern, including a detailed statement of any such
362	362	9 activity which is a political activity;
363	363	10 (5) the nature and amount of contributions, income,
364	364	11 money, or thing of value, if any, that the registrant has
365	365	12 received within the preceding 180 days from each such
366	366	13 foreign principal from a country of concern, either as
367	367	14 compensation or for disbursement or otherwise, and the
368	368	15 form and time of each such payment and from whom received;
369	369	16 (6) a detailed statement of every activity which the
370	370	17 registrant is performing or is assuming or purporting or
371	371	18 has agreed to perform for himself, herself, or any other
372	372	19 person other than a foreign principal from a country of
373	373	20 concern and which requires his registration hereunder,
374	374	21 including a detailed statement of any such activity which
375	375	22 is a political activity;
376	376	23 (7) the name, business, and residence addresses, and
377	377	24 if an individual, the nationality, of any person other
378	378	25 than a foreign principal from a country of concern for
379	379	26 whom the registrant is acting, assuming or purporting to
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390	390	1 act or has agreed to act under such circumstances as
391	391	2 require his or her registration hereunder; the extent to
392	392	3 which each such person is supervised, directed, owned,
393	393	4 controlled, financed, or subsidized, in whole or in part,
394	394	5 by any government of a foreign country or foreign
395	395	6 political party or by any other foreign principal from a
396	396	7 country of concern; and the nature and amount of
397	397	8 contributions, income, money, or thing of value, if any,
398	398	9 that the registrant has received during the preceding 180
399	399	10 days from each such person in connection with any of the
400	400	11 activities referred to in clause (6) of this subsection,
401	401	12 either as compensation or for disbursement or otherwise,
402	402	13 and the form and time of each such payment and from whom
403	403	14 received;
404	404	15 (8) a detailed statement of the money and other things
405	405	16 of value spent or disposed of by the registrant during the
406	406	17 preceding 180 days in furtherance of or in connection with
407	407	18 activities which require his or her registration hereunder
408	408	19 and which have been undertaken by him either as an agent of
409	409	20 a foreign principal from a country of concern or for
410	410	21 himself or any other person or in connection with any
411	411	22 activities relating to his becoming an agent of such
412	412	23 principal from a country of concern, and a detailed
413	413	24 statement of any contributions of money or other things of
414	414	25 value made by him during the preceding 180 days (other
415	415	26 than contributions the making of which is prohibited under
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426	426	1 the terms of 18 U.S.C. 613 in connection with an election
427	427	2 to any political office or in connection with any primary
428	428	3 election, convention, or caucus held to select candidates
429	429	4 for any political office);
430	430	5 (9) copies of each written agreement and the terms and
431	431	6 conditions of each oral agreement, including all
432	432	7 modifications of such agreements, or, where no contract
433	433	8 exists, a full statement of all the circumstances, by
434	434	9 reason of which the registrant is performing or assuming
435	435	10 or purporting or has agreed to perform for himself or for a
436	436	11 foreign principal from a country of concern or for any
437	437	12 person other than a foreign principal from a country of
438	438	13 concern any activities which require his or her
439	439	14 registration hereunder;
440	440	15 (10) such other statements, information, or documents
441	441	16 pertinent to the purposes of this subsection as the
442	442	17 Attorney General, having due regard for the national
443	443	18 security and the public interest, may from time to time
444	444	19 require; and
445	445	20 (11) such further statements and such further copies
446	446	21 of documents as are necessary to make the statements made
447	447	22 in the registration statement and supplements thereto, and
448	448	23 the copies of documents furnished therewith, not
449	449	24 misleading.
450	450	25 (b) Every agent of a foreign principal from a country of
451	451	26 concern who has filed a registration statement required by
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462	462	1 subsection (a) shall, within 30 days after the expiration of
463	463	2 each period of 6 months succeeding such filing, file with the
464	464	3 Attorney General a supplement thereto under oath, on a form
465	465	4 prescribed by the Attorney General, which shall set forth with
466	466	5 respect to such preceding 6 months' period such facts as the
467	467	6 Attorney General, having due regard for the national security
468	468	7 and the public interest, may deem necessary to make the
469	469	8 information required under this Section accurate, complete,
470	470	9 and current with respect to such period. In connection with
471	471	10 the information furnished under clauses (3), (4), (6), and (9)
472	472	11 of subsection (a), the registrant shall give notice to the
473	473	12 Attorney General of any changes therein within 10 days after
474	474	13 such changes occur. If the Attorney General, having due regard
475	475	14 for the national security and the public interest, determines
476	476	15 that it is necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, the
477	477	16 Attorney General may, in any particular case, require
478	478	17 supplements to the registration statement to be filed at more
479	479	18 frequent intervals in respect to all or particular items of
480	480	19 information to be furnished.
481	481	20 (c) The registration statement and supplements thereto
482	482	21 shall be executed under oath as follows: If the registrant is
483	483	22 an individual, by him or her; if the registrant is a
484	484	23 partnership, by the majority of the members thereof; if the
485	485	24 registrant is a person other than an individual or a
486	486	25 partnership, by a majority of the officers thereof or persons
487	487	26 performing the functions of officers or by a majority of the
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498	498	1 board of directors thereof or persons performing the functions
499	499	2 of directors, if any.
500	500	3 (d) The fact that a registration statement or supplement
501	501	4 thereto has been filed shall not necessarily be deemed a full
502	502	5 compliance with this Act and the rules thereunder on the part
503	503	6 of the registrant; nor shall it indicate that the Attorney
504	504	7 General has in any way passed upon the merits of such
505	505	8 registration statement or supplement thereto; nor shall it
506	506	9 preclude prosecution, as provided for in this Act, for willful
507	507	10 failure to file a registration statement or supplement thereto
508	508	11 when due or for a willful false statement of a material fact
509	509	12 therein or the willful omission of a material fact required to
510	510	13 be stated therein or the willful omission of a material fact or
511	511	14 copy of a material document necessary to make the statements
512	512	15 made in a registration statement and supplements thereto, and
513	513	16 the copies of documents furnished therewith, not misleading.
514	514	17 (e) If any agent of a foreign principal from a country of
515	515	18 concern, required to register under the provisions of this
516	516	19 Act, has previously thereto registered with the Attorney
517	517	20 General under this Act, the Attorney General, in order to
518	518	21 eliminate inappropriate duplication, may permit the
519	519	22 incorporation by reference in the registration statement or
520	520	23 supplements thereto filed hereunder of any information or
521	521	24 documents previously filed by such agent of a foreign
522	522	25 principal from a country of concern under the provisions of
523	523	26 said section.
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534	534	1 Section 20. Retroactive transparency. Any person who acted
535	535	2 as an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern at
536	536	3 any time after January 1, 2014 and until the effective date of
537	537	4 this Act shall file with the Attorney General a true and
538	538	5 complete retroactive registration statement and supplements
539	539	6 thereto as required under Section 15.
540	540	7 Section 25. Exemptions. The requirements of Sections 15
541	541	8 and Section 20 of this Act do not apply to the following agents
542	542	9 of foreign principals:
543	543	10 (1) a duly accredited diplomatic or consular officer
544	544	11 of a foreign government who is so recognized by the United
545	545	12 States Department of State, while said officer is engaged
546	546	13 exclusively in activities which are recognized by the
547	547	14 United States Department of State as being within the
548	548	15 scope of the functions of such officer;
549	549	16 (2) any official of a foreign government, if such
550	550	17 government is recognized by the United States, who is not
551	551	18 a public-relations counsel, publicity agent,
552	552	19 information-service employee, or a citizen of the United
553	553	20 States, whose name and status and the character of whose
554	554	21 duties as such official are of public record in the United
555	555	22 States Department of State, while the official is engaged
556	556	23 exclusively in activities which are recognized by the
557	557	24 Department of State as being within the scope of the
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568	568	1 functions of such official;
569	569	2 (3) any member of the staff of, or any person employed
570	570	3 by, a duly accredited diplomatic or consular officer of a
571	571	4 foreign government who is so recognized by the United
572	572	5 States Department of State, other than a public-relations
573	573	6 counsel, publicity agent, or information-service employee,
574	574	7 whose name and status and the character of whose duties as
575	575	8 such member or employee are of public record in the United
576	576	9 States Department of State, while said member or employee
577	577	10 is engaged exclusively in the performance of activities
578	578	11 which are recognized by the United States Department of
579	579	12 State as being within the scope of the functions of such
580	580	13 member or employee; and
581	581	14 (4) any person qualified to practice law in this
582	582	15 State, insofar as the person engages or agrees to engage
583	583	16 in the legal representation of a disclosed foreign
584	584	17 principal from a country of concern before any State court
585	585	18 of law or any agency of the government of the State or a
586	586	19 unit of local government; provided, that for the purposes
587	587	20 of this Act legal representation does not include attempts
588	588	21 to influence or persuade agency personnel or officials
589	589	22 other than in the course of judicial proceedings, criminal
590	590	23 or civil law enforcement inquiries, investigations, or
591	591	24 proceedings, or agency proceedings required by statute or
592	592	25 rule to be conducted on the record.
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603	603	1 Section 30. Filing and labeling of informational
604	604	2 materials.
605	605	3 (a) Every person within this State who is an agent of a
606	606	4 foreign principal from a country of concern and who is
607	607	5 required to register under the provisions of this Act and who
608	608	6 transmits or causes to be transmitted in the United States
609	609	7 mails or by any means or instrumentality of interstate or
610	610	8 foreign commerce any informational materials for or in the
611	611	9 interests of such foreign principal from a country of concern
612	612	10 (i) in the form of prints, or (ii) in any other form which is
613	613	11 reasonably adapted to being, or which the person believes will
614	614	12 be, or which the person intends to be, disseminated or
615	615	13 circulated among 2 or more persons shall, not later than 48
616	616	14 hours after the beginning of the transmittal thereof, file
617	617	15 with the Attorney General 2 copies thereof.
618	618	16 (b) It is unlawful for any person within the United States
619	619	17 who is an agent of a foreign principal from a country of
620	620	18 concern and required to register under the provisions of this
621	621	19 Act to transmit or cause to be transmitted in the United States
622	622	20 mails or by any means or instrumentality of interstate or
623	623	21 foreign commerce any informational materials for or in the
624	624	22 interests of such foreign principal from a country of concern
625	625	23 without placing in such informational materials a conspicuous
626	626	24 statement that the materials are distributed by the agent on
627	627	25 behalf of the foreign principal from a country of concern, and
628	628	26 that additional information is on file with the Attorney
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639	639	1 General. The Attorney General may by rule define what
640	640	2 constitutes a conspicuous statement for the purposes of this
641	641	3 Section.
642	642	4 (c) The copies of informational materials required by this
643	643	5 Section to be filed with the Attorney General shall be
644	644	6 available for public inspection under such rules as Attorney
645	645	7 General may prescribe.
646	646	8 (d) It is unlawful for any person within this State who is
647	647	9 an agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern
648	648	10 required to register under the provisions of this Act to
649	649	11 transmit, convey, or otherwise furnish to any agency or
650	650	12 official of the government of this State (including a member
651	651	13 or committee of either House of the General Assembly or a
652	652	14 member or committee of a unit of local government) for or in
653	653	15 the interests of such foreign principal from a country of
654	654	16 concern any political propaganda or to request from any such
655	655	17 agency or official for or in the interests of such foreign
656	656	18 principal from a country of concern any information or advice
657	657	19 with respect to any matter pertaining to the political or
658	658	20 public interests, policies or relations of a foreign country
659	659	21 of concern or of a political party from a country of concern or
660	660	22 pertaining to the foreign or domestic policies of the United
661	661	23 States or this State unless the propaganda or the request is
662	662	24 prefaced or accompanied by a true and accurate statement to
663	663	25 the effect that such person is registered as an agent of such
664	664	26 foreign principal from a country of concern under this Act.
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675	675	1 (e) Whenever any agent of a foreign principal from a
676	676	2 country of concern required to register under this Section
677	677	3 appears before any committee of the General Assembly or a unit
678	678	4 of local government to testify for or in the interests of such
679	679	5 foreign principal from a country of concern, the agent shall,
680	680	6 at the time of such appearance, furnish the committee with a
681	681	7 copy of his most recent registration statement filed with the
682	682	8 Attorney General as an agent of such foreign principal from a
683	683	9 country of concern for inclusion in the records of the
684	684	10 committee as part of the agent's testimony.
685	685	11 Section 35. Maintenance of books and records. Every agent
686	686	12 of a foreign principal from a country of concern registered
687	687	13 under this Act shall keep and preserve while the person is an
688	688	14 agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern such
689	689	15 books of account and other records with respect to all his
690	690	16 activities, the disclosure of which is required under the
691	691	17 provisions of this Act, in accordance with such business and
692	692	18 accounting practices, as the Attorney General, having due
693	693	19 regard for the national security and the public interest, may
694	694	20 by rule prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the
695	695	21 enforcement of the provisions of this Act and shall preserve
696	696	22 the same for a period of 3 years following the termination of
697	697	23 such status. Until rules are in effect under this Section
698	698	24 every agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern
699	699	25 shall keep books of account and shall preserve all written
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710	710	1 records with respect to his activities. Such books and records
711	711	2 shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of any
712	712	3 official charged with the enforcement of this Act. It shall be
713	713	4 unlawful for any person knowingly to conceal, destroy,
714	714	5 obliterate, mutilate, or falsify, or to attempt to conceal,
715	715	6 destroy, obliterate, mutilate, or falsify, or to cause to be
716	716	7 concealed, destroyed, obliterated, mutilated, or falsified,
717	717	8 any books or records required to be kept under the provisions
718	718	9 of this Act.
719	719	10 Section 40. Public transparency and examination of
720	720	11 official records.
721	721	12 (a) The Attorney General shall retain in permanent form
722	722	13 one copy of all registration statements furnished under this
723	723	14 Act, and the same shall be public records and open to public
724	724	15 examination and inspection at such reasonable hours, under
725	725	16 such rules, as the Attorney General may prescribe, and copies
726	726	17 of the same shall be furnished to every applicant at such
727	727	18 reasonable fee as the Attorney General may prescribe.
728	728	19 (b) The Attorney General shall, promptly upon receipt,
729	729	20 transmit one copy of every registration statement filed
730	730	21 hereunder and one copy of every amendment or supplement
731	731	22 thereto filed hereunder, to the United States Secretary of
732	732	23 State for such comment and use as the United States Secretary
733	733	24 of State may determine to be appropriate from the point of view
734	734	25 of the foreign relations of the United States. Failure of the
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745	745	1 Attorney General so to transmit such copy shall not be a bar to
746	746	2 prosecution under this Act.
747	747	3 (c) The Attorney General is authorized to furnish to
748	748	4 departments and agencies in the executive branch and
749	749	5 committees of the General Assembly such information obtained
750	750	6 by the Attorney General in the administration of this Act,
751	751	7 including the names of registrants under this Act, copies of
752	752	8 registration statements, or parts thereof, or other documents
753	753	9 or information filed under this Act, as may be appropriate in
754	754	10 the light of the purposes of this Act.
755	755	11 (d) The Attorney General shall every 6 months report to
756	756	12 the General Assembly concerning administration of this Act,
757	757	13 including registrations filed pursuant to this Act, and the
758	758	14 nature, sources and content of political propaganda
759	759	15 disseminated and distributed.
760	760	16 (e) The Attorney General shall every month report on a web
761	761	17 portal administered by the Attorney General concerning
762	762	18 administration of this Act, including registrations filed
763	763	19 pursuant to this Act, and the nature, sources and content of
764	764	20 political propaganda disseminated and distributed.
765	765	21 Section 45. Liability of officers. Each officer, or person
766	766	22 performing the functions of an officer, and each director, or
767	767	23 person performing the functions of a director, of an agent of a
768	768	24 foreign principal from a country of concern which is not an
769	769	25 individual shall be under obligation to cause such agent to
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780	780	1 execute and file a registration statement and supplements
781	781	2 thereto as and when such filing is required under subsections
782	782	3 (a) and (b) of Section 15 or of Section 20 and shall also be
783	783	4 under obligation to cause such agent to comply with all the
784	784	5 requirements of Sections 30 and 35 and all other requirements
785	785	6 of this Act. Dissolution of any organization acting as an
786	786	7 agent of a foreign principal from a country of concern shall
787	787	8 not relieve any officer, or person performing the functions of
788	788	9 an officer, or any director, or person performing the
789	789	10 functions of a director, from complying with the provisions of
790	790	11 this Section. In case of failure of any such agent of a foreign
791	791	12 principal from a country of concern to comply with any of the
792	792	13 requirements of this Act, each of its officers, or persons
793	793	14 performing the functions of officers, and each of its
794	794	15 directors, or persons performing the functions of directors,
795	795	16 shall be subject to prosecution therefore.
796	796	17 Section 50. Enforcement and penalties.
797	797	18 (a) A person is guilty of a Class 3 felony and shall, in
798	798	19 addition to a term of imprisonment, upon conviction thereof,
799	799	20 may be fined not more than $100,000 if the person:
800	800	21 (1) knowingly violates any provision of this Act or
801	801	22 any rule thereunder; or
802	802	23 (2) in any registration statement or supplement
803	803	24 thereto or in any other document filed with or furnished
804	804	25 to the Attorney General under the provisions of this Act
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815	815	1 knowingly makes a false statement of a material fact or
816	816	2 knowingly omits any material fact required to be stated
817	817	3 therein or knowingly omits a material fact or a copy of a
818	818	4 material document necessary to make the statements therein
819	819	5 and the copies of documents furnished therewith not
820	820	6 misleading.
821	821	7 (a-1) A person who violates Section 30 or subsection (g)
822	822	8 of this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for which a
823	823	9 fine of not more than $50,000 may be imposed.
824	824	10 (b) Any person who is a student, faculty member,
825	825	11 researcher, adjunct, or otherwise employed or associated with
826	826	12 a university in this State who:
827	827	13 (1) knowingly violates any provision of this Act or
828	828	14 any rule thereunder; or
829	829	15 (2) in any registration statement or supplement
830	830	16 thereto or in any other document filed with or furnished
831	831	17 to the Attorney General under the provisions of this
832	832	18 subsection knowingly makes a false statement of a material
833	833	19 fact or knowingly omits any material fact required to be
834	834	20 stated therein or knowingly omits a material fact or a
835	835	21 copy of a material document necessary to make the
836	836	22 statements therein and the copies of documents furnished
837	837	23 therewith not misleading,
838	838	24 shall, upon conviction thereof, be expelled or dismissed from
839	839	25 any role with an institution of higher education in this State
840	840	26 and shall be prohibited from entering any campus in this
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851	851	1 State.
852	852	2 Each institution of higher education in this State shall
853	853	3 adopt a policy for expulsion or dismissal of individuals found
854	854	4 in violation of this Act.
855	855	5 (c) In any proceeding under this Act in which it is charged
856	856	6 that a person is an agent of a foreign principal from a country
857	857	7 of concern with respect to a foreign principal outside of the
858	858	8 United States, proof of the specific identity of the foreign
859	859	9 principal from a country of concern shall be permissible but
860	860	10 not necessary.
861	861	11 (d) Any alien who shall be convicted of a violation of, or
862	862	12 a conspiracy to violate, any provision of this Act or any rule
863	863	13 thereunder shall be subject to referral to the United States
864	864	14 Department of Justice for removal pursuant to Chapter 4 of
865	865	15 Title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
866	866	16 (e) Failure to file any such registration statement or
867	867	17 supplements thereto as is required by either subsection (a) or
868	868	18 (b) of Section 15 shall be considered a continuing offense for
869	869	19 as long as such failure exists, notwithstanding any statute of
870	870	20 limitation or other statute to the contrary.
871	871	21 (f) Whenever in the judgment of the Attorney General any
872	872	22 person is engaged in or about to engage in any acts which
873	873	23 constitute or will constitute a violation of any provision of
874	874	24 this Act, or rules issued thereunder, or whenever any agent of
875	875	25 a foreign principal from a country of concern fails to comply
876	876	26 with any of the provisions of this Act or the rules issued
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887	887	1 thereunder, or otherwise is in violation of the Act, the
888	888	2 Attorney General may make application to the appropriate state
889	889	3 court for an order enjoining such acts or enjoining such
890	890	4 person from continuing to act as an agent of such foreign
891	891	5 principal from a country of concern, or for an order requiring
892	892	6 compliance with any appropriate provision of the Act or rule
893	893	7 thereunder. The circuit court shall have jurisdiction and
894	894	8 authority to issue a temporary or permanent injunction,
895	895	9 restraining order, or such other order which it may deem
896	896	10 proper.
897	897	11 (g) If the Attorney General determines that a registration
898	898	12 statement does not comply with the requirements of this Act or
899	899	13 the rules issued thereunder, the Attorney General shall so
900	900	14 notify the registrant in writing, specifying in what respects
901	901	15 the statement is deficient. It shall be unlawful for any
902	902	16 person to act as an agent of a foreign principal from a country
903	903	17 of concern at any time 10 days or more after receipt of such
904	904	18 notification without filing an amended registration statement
905	905	19 in full compliance with the requirements of this Act and the
906	906	20 rules issued thereunder.
907	907	21 (h) It is unlawful for any agent of a foreign principal
908	908	22 from a country of concern required to register under this Act
909	909	23 to be a party to any contract, agreement, or understanding,
910	910	24 either express or implied, with such foreign principal from a
911	911	25 country of concern pursuant to which the amount or payment of
912	912	26 the compensation, fee, or other remuneration of such agent is
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923	923	1 contingent in whole or in part upon the success of any
924	924	2 political activities carried on by such agent.
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