Federal · Title 47 — Telecommunications

47 U.S.C. § 624: Disclosure requirements for United States-based foreign media outlets

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The name of such outlet. A description of the relationship of such outlet to the foreign principal of such outlet, including a description of the legal structure of such relationship and any funding that such outlet receives from such principal. 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 date that is 30 days after the outlet submits the report to the Commission; or the date on which the Commission transmits to Congress under subsection (b) the report covering the 6-month period during which the report of the outlet was submitted to the Commission under subsection (a). 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) ). produces or distributes video programming (as defined in section 522 of this title ) that is transmitted, or intended for transmission, by a multichannel video programming distributor (as defined in such section) to consumers in the United States; and would be an agent of a foreign principal (as defined in paragraph (1)) for purposes of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 ( 22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) but for section 1(d) of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 611(d) ).

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