47 U.S.C. § 624
Disclosure requirements for United States-based foreign media outlets
United States · Title 47 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Status: effective
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- 47 U.S.C. § 624, Disclosure requirements for United States-based foreign media outlets, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/488922
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Not later than 60 days after August 13, 2018, and not less frequently than every 6 months thereafter, a United States-based foreign media outlet shall submit to the Commission a report that contains the following information:
Not later than 90 days after August 13, 2018, and not less frequently than every 6 months thereafter, the Commission shall transmit to Congress a report that summarizes the contents of the reports submitted by United States-based foreign media outlets under subsection (a) during the preceding 6-month period.
The Commission shall make publicly available on the internet website of the Commission each report submitted by a United States-based foreign media outlet under subsection (a) not later than the earlier of—
In this section:
The term “foreign principal” has the meaning given such term in section 1(b)(1) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611(b)(1)).
The term “United States-based foreign media outlet” means an entity that—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019