Support closing registration loopholes that allow unregistered agents of foreign adversaries to lobby in the United States.

Introduced the Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation and Obscured Foreign Financing (PAID OFF) Act, which would help close registration loopholes that allow unregistered agents of foreign adversaries to lobby in the United States.

He says he introduced a bill to tighten foreign-agent registration rules.

Foreign Affairs & National Security | Senator Cornyn
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their Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation and Obscured Foreign Financing (PAID OFF) Act, which would help close Foreign Agents Registration Act loopholes that allow unregistered agents of foreign adversaries to lobby in the United States

Cornyn promoted the PAID OFF Act, a bill to close FARA loopholes that allow unregistered agents of foreign adversaries to lobby in the United States.

Cornyn, Colleagues’ Bill to Prevent Foreign Adversaries from Influencing U.S. Policy Passes Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (Introduced 10/23/2025). Latest Action: Senate - 10/23/2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. This bill has the status Introduced.

Cornyn introduced a bill directly aimed at FARA exemption loopholes, but Congress.gov shows it had only been introduced and referred to committee, not enacted, as of the evidence page status.

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S.3050 - PAID OFF Act of 2025, Congress.gov
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To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to modify requirements under that Act relating to exemptions. The exemptions under subsections (d)(1), (d)(2), and (h) shall not apply to any agent of a foreign principal that is a corporate or government entity that is owned or controlled by 1 or more of the identified countries listed in clauses (i) through (v) of section 1(m)(1)(A) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.

The bill text would narrow FARA exemptions for agents of corporate or government entities owned or controlled by listed countries of concern, matching the promise to close registration loopholes for foreign adversary-linked lobbying.

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S.3050 - PAID OFF Act of 2025, Congress.gov
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The requirements of section 612(a) of this title shall not apply to the following agents of foreign principals... Any person engaging or agreeing to engage only (1) in private and nonpolitical activities... or (2) in other activities not serving predominantly a foreign interest... Any agent... if the agent has engaged in lobbying activities and has registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.

Existing FARA law contains the exemptions that S.3050 targets, including the Lobbying Disclosure Act registration exemption. Because Cornyn's bill had not become law, the promised closure was not fully delivered.

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22 U.S.C. § 613 - Exemptions, GovInfo U.S. Code 2024 Edition
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