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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 11, 2025
SENATE BILL NO. 660 By: Bergstrom
An Act relating to state government; creating the
Oklahoma Foreign Agents Registration Act; providing
short title; providing legislative intent; defining
terms; prescribing requirements to register as a
foreign agent; providing certain requirements for
statement to be filed; providing exemptions;
prescribing requirements for filing and labeling
materials; prescribing method for the maintenance of
records; prescribing requirements upon the Attorney
General; prescribing liability of officers;
prescribing enforcement and penalties; prescribing
certain rules and regulations; providing for
noncodification; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma
Foreign Agents Registration Act”.
B. The purpose of this act is to provide public transparency
for the political and propaganda activities conducted by agents
representing principals from foreign countries of concern.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13001 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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As used in this act:
1. “Agent of a foreign principal” shall mean:
a. any person who acts as an agent, representative,
employee, or servant, or any person who acts in any
other capacity at the order, request, or under the
direction or control of a foreign principal or of a
person any of whose activities are directly or
indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed,
or subsidized in whole or in part by a foreign
principal, and who directly or through any other
person:
(1) engages within this state in political activities
for or in the interests of such foreign
principal,
(2) acts within this state as a public relations
counsel, publicity agent, information service
employee, or political consultant for or in the
interests of such foreign principal,
(3) within this state solicits, collects, disburses,
or dispenses contributions, loans, money, or
other things of value for or in the interest of
such foreign principal, or
(4) within this state represents the interests of
such foreign principal before this state or any
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political subdivision, agency, or official of
this state, and
b. any person who agrees, consents, assumes, or purports
to act as, or who is or holds himself or herself out
to be, whether or not pursuant to a contractual
relationship, an agent of a foreign principal as
defined in division (1) of subparagraph a of this
paragraph.
Agent of a foreign principal does not include any news or press
service or association organized under the laws of the United States
or of any state or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States, or any newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other
publication for which there is on file with the United States Postal
Service information in compliance with federal law, solely by virtue
of any bona fide news or journalistic activities, including the
solicitation or acceptance of advertisements, subscriptions, or
other compensation therefor, as long as it is at least eighty
percent (80%) beneficially owned by, and its officers and directors
are, if any, citizens of the United States, and such news or press
service or association, newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other
publication is not owned, directed, supervised, controlled,
subsidized, or financed, and none of its policies are determined, by
any foreign principal as defined in paragraph 4 of this section, or
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by any agent of a foreign principal required to register under this
act;
2. “Country of particular concern” shall mean any country
designated by the United States Secretary of State as hostile or a
Country of Particular Concern (CPC);
3. “Foreign political party” shall mean any organization or any
other combination of individuals in a country other than the United
States, or any unit or branch thereof, having for an aim or purpose,
or which is engaged in any activity devoted in whole or in part to,
the establishment, administration, control, or acquisition of
administration or control of a government of a foreign country or a
subdivision thereof, or the furtherance or influencing of the
political or public interests, policies, or relations of a
government of a foreign country or a subdivision thereof;
4. “Foreign principal” shall mean:
a. a government of a foreign country and a foreign
political party,
b. a person outside of the United States, unless it is
established that such person is an individual and a
citizen of and domiciled within the United States, or
that such person is not an individual and is organized
under or created by the laws of the United States or
of any state or other place subject to the
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jurisdiction of the United States and has its
principal place of business within the United States,
c. a partnership, association, corporation, organization,
or other combination of persons organized under the
laws of or having its principal place of business in a
foreign country, or
d. a partnership, association, corporation, organization,
or other combination of persons that is at least
twenty percent (20%) beneficially owned by a
partnership, association, corporation, organization,
or other combination of persons organized under the
laws of or having its principal place of business in a
foreign country;
5. “Government of a foreign country” shall mean any person or
group of persons exercising sovereign de facto or de jure political
jurisdiction over any country, other than the United States, or over
any part of such country, and includes any subdivision of any such
group and any group or agency to which such sovereign de facto or de
jure authority or functions are directly or indirectly delegated.
Such term shall include any faction or body of insurgents within a
country assuming to exercise governmental authority regardless of
whether such faction or body of insurgents has been recognized by
the United States;
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6. “Information service employee” shall mean any person who is
engaged in furnishing, disseminating, or publishing accounts,
descriptions, information, or data with respect to the political,
industrial, employment, economic, social, cultural, or other
benefits, advantages, facts, or conditions of any country other than
the United States or of any government of a foreign country or of a
foreign political party or of a partnership, association,
corporation, organization, or other combination of individuals
organized under the laws of, or having its principal place of
business in, a foreign country;
7. “Person” means an individual, partnership, association,
corporation, organization, or any other combination of individuals;
8. “Political activity” means any activity that the person
engaging in believes will, or that the person intends to, in any way
influence this state or any political subdivision, agency, or
official of this state, or any section of the public within this
state with reference to formulating, adopting, or changing the
domestic or foreign policies of the United States or of this state
with reference to the political or public interests, policies, or
relations of a government of a foreign country or a foreign
political party;
9. “Political consultant” means any person who engages in
informing or advising any other person with reference to the
policies of this state or the political or public interest,
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policies, or relations of a foreign country or of a foreign
political party;
10. “Prints” means newspapers and periodicals, books,
pamphlets, sheet music, visiting cards, address cards, printing
proofs, engravings, photographs, pictures, drawings, plans, maps,
patterns to be cut out, catalogs, prospectuses, advertisements, and
printed, engraved, lithographed, or autographed notices of various
kinds, and, in general, all impressions or reproductions obtained on
paper or other material assimilable to paper, on parchment or on
cardboard, by means of printing, engraving, lithography, autography,
or any other easily recognizable mechanical process, with the
exception of the copying press, stamps with movable or immovable
type, and the typewriter;
11. “Public relations counsel” shall mean any person who
engages directly or indirectly in informing, advising, or in any way
representing a principal in any public relations matter pertaining
to political or public interests, policies, or relations of such
principal;
12. “Publicity agent” shall mean any person who engages
directly or indirectly in the publication or dissemination of oral,
visual, graphic, written, or pictorial information or matter of any
kind, including publication by means of advertising, books,
periodicals, newspapers, lectures, broadcasts, motion pictures, or
otherwise;
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13. “Registration statement” shall mean the registration
statement and any supplements required to be filed with the Attorney
General under Section 3 or 4 of this act and shall include all
documents and papers required to be filed with the statement or
supplements, or amendatory of the statement or supplements, whether
attached or incorporated by reference; and
14. “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, means
the fifty States, the District of Columbia, and the territories, the
insular possessions, and all other places now or hereafter subject
to the civil or military jurisdiction of the United States.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13002 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. No person shall act as an agent of a foreign principal from
a country of particular concern unless he or she has filed with the
Attorney General a true and complete registration statement and
supplements as required by this subsection and subsection B of this
section, or unless he or she is exempt from registration under the
provisions of this act. Except as provided in this act, every
person who becomes an agent of a foreign principal from a country of
particular concern shall, within ten (10) days thereafter, file with
the Attorney General, in duplicate, a registration statement, under
oath on a form prescribed by the Attorney General. The obligation
of an agent of a foreign principal from a country of particular
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concern to file a registration statement shall, after the tenth 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 particular concern. The registration statement shall
include the following, which shall be regarded as material for the
purposes of this subsection:
1. The registrant’s name, principal business address, and all
other business addresses in the United States or elsewhere, and all
residence addresses, if any;
2. The status of the registrant; if an individual, nationality;
if a partnership, name, residence addresses, and nationality of each
partner and a true and complete copy of its articles of partnership;
if an association, corporation, organization, or any other
combination of individuals, the name, residence addresses, and
nationality of each director and officer and of each person
performing the functions of a director or officer and a true and
complete copy of its charter, articles of incorporation,
association, constitution, and bylaws, and amendments thereto; a
copy of every other instrument or document and a statement of the
terms and conditions of every oral agreement relating to its
organization, powers, and purposes; and a statement of its ownership
and control;
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3. A comprehensive statement of the nature of the registrant’s
business; a complete list of the registrant’s employees and a
statement of the nature of the work of each; the name and address of
every foreign principal from a country of particular concern for
whom the registrant is acting, assuming or purporting to act, or has
agreed to act; the character of the business or other activities of
every such foreign principal from a country of particular concern,
and, if any such foreign principal from a country of particular
concern be other than a natural person, a statement of the ownership
and control of each; and the extent, if any, to which each such
foreign principal from a country of particular concern is
supervised, directed, owned, controlled, financed, or subsidized, in
whole or in part, by any government of a foreign country or foreign
political party, or by any other foreign principal from a country of
particular concern;
4. Copies of each written agreement and the terms and
conditions of each oral agreement, including all modifications of
such agreements, or, where no contract exists, a full statement of
all the circumstances, by reason of which the registrant is an agent
of a foreign principal from a country of particular concern; a
comprehensive statement of the nature and method of performance of
each such contract, and of the existing and proposed activity or
activities engaged in or to be engaged in by the registrant as an
agent of a foreign principal from a country of particular concern
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for each such foreign principal from a country of particular
concern, including a detailed statement of any such activity which
is a political activity;
5. The nature and number of contributions, income, money, or
thing of value, if any, that the registrant has received within the
preceding one hundred eighty (180) days from each such foreign
principal from a country of particular concern, either as
compensation or for disbursement or otherwise, and the form and time
of each such payment and from whom such payment was received;
6. A detailed statement of every activity which the registrant
is performing or is assuming or purporting or has agreed to perform
for himself or herself or any other person other than a foreign
principal from a country of particular concern and which requires
his or her registration under this act, including a detailed
statement of any such activity which is a political activity;
7. The name, business, and residence addresses, and if an
individual, the nationality, of any person other than a foreign
principal from a country of particular concern for whom the
registrant is acting, assuming or purporting to act, or has agreed
to act under such circumstances as required by his or her
registration under this act; the extent to which each such person is
supervised, directed, owned, controlled, financed, or subsidized, in
whole or in part, by any government of a foreign country or foreign
political party or by any other foreign principal from a country of
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particular concern; and the nature and amount of contributions,
income, money, or thing of value, if any, that the registrant has
received during the preceding one hundred eighty (180) days from
each such person in connection with any of the activities referred
to in paragraph 6 of this subsection, either as compensation or for
disbursement or otherwise, and the form and time of each such
payment and from whom received;
8. A detailed statement of the money and other things of value
spent or disposed of by the registrant during the preceding one
hundred eighty (180) days in furtherance of or in connection with
activities which require his or her registration under this act and
which have been undertaken by him or her either as an agent of a
foreign principal from a country of particular concern or for
himself or herself or any other person or in connection with any
activities relating to his or her becoming an agent of such
principal from a country of particular concern, and a detailed
statement of any contributions of money or other things of value
made by him or her during the preceding one hundred eighty (180)
days other than contributions prohibited under federal law in
connection with an election to any political office or in connection
with any primary election, convention, or caucus held to select
candidates for any political office;
9. Copies of each written agreement and the terms and
conditions of each oral agreement, including all modifications of
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such agreements, or, where no contract exists, a full statement of
all the circumstances, by reason of which the registrant is
performing or assuming or purporting or has agreed to perform for
himself or herself or for a foreign principal from a country of
particular concern or for any person other than a foreign principal
from a country of particular concern any activities which require
his or her registration under this act;
10. Such other statements, information, or documents pertinent
to the purposes of this subsection as the Attorney General, having
due regard for the national security and the public interest, may
require; and
11. Any further statements and copies of documents necessary to
make the statements made in the registration statement and
supplements, and the copies of accompanying documents, not
misleading.
B. Every agent of a foreign principal from a country of
particular concern who has filed a registration statement required
by subsection A of this section shall, within thirty (30) days after
the expiration of each period of six (6) months succeeding such
filing, file with the Attorney General a supplement to the statement
under oath, on a form prescribed by the Attorney General, which
shall set forth with respect to the preceding six (6) months’ period
such facts as the Attorney General, having due regard for the
national security and the public interest, may deem necessary to
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make the information required under this section accurate, complete,
and current with respect to such period. In connection with the
information furnished under paragraphs 3, 4, 6, and 9 of subsection
A of this section, the registrant shall give notice to the Attorney
General of any changes within ten (10) days after such changes
occur. If the Attorney General, having due regard for the national
security and the public interest, determines that it is necessary to
carry out the purposes of this act, he or she may, in any particular
case, require supplements to the registration statement to be filed
at more frequent intervals in respect to all or particular items of
information to be furnished.
C. The registration statement and supplements shall be executed
under oath as follows: If the registrant is an individual, by him
or her; if the registrant is a partnership, by the majority of the
members thereof; if the registrant is a person other than an
individual or a partnership, by a majority of the officers thereof
or persons performing the functions of officers or by a majority of
the board of directors thereof or persons performing the functions
of directors, if any.
D. The fact that a registration statement or supplement has
been filed shall not be deemed a full compliance with this act and
any regulations under this act on the part of the registrant, nor
shall it indicate that the Attorney General has in any way passed
upon the merits of such registration statement or supplement. Such
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filing shall not preclude prosecution for willful failure to file a
registration statement or supplement when due, for a willful false
statement of a material fact or the willful omission of a material
fact required to be stated, or the willful omission of a material
fact or copy of a material document necessary to make the statements
made in a registration statement and supplements, and the copies of
accompanying documents, not misleading.
E. If an agent of a foreign principal from a country of
particular concern required to register under the provisions of this
act has previously registered, the Attorney General, in order to
eliminate inappropriate duplication, may permit incorporation by
reference in the registration statement or supplements filed under
this act of any information or documents previously filed by such
agent of a foreign principal from a country of particular concern
under the provisions of this section.
SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13003 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Any person who acted as an agent of a foreign principal from a
country of particular concern at any time after January 1, 2014, and
until the effective date of this act shall file with the Attorney
General a true and complete retroactive registration statement and
supplements as required under Section 3 of this act.
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SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13004 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The requirements of Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall not apply
to the following agents of foreign principals:
1. A duly accredited diplomatic or consular officer of a
foreign government who is so recognized by the United States
Department of State, while the officer is engaged exclusively in
activities that are recognized by the United States Department of
State as being within the scope of the functions of the officer;
2. Any official of a foreign government, if such government is
recognized by the United States, who is not a public relations
counsel, publicity agent, information service employee, or a citizen
of the United States, whose name and status and the character of
whose duties as such official are of public record with the United
States Department of State, while the official is engaged
exclusively in activities that are recognized by the Department of
State as being within the scope of the functions of such official;
3. Any member of the staff of, or any person employed by, a
duly accredited diplomatic or consular officer of a foreign
government who is so recognized by the United States Department of
State, other than a public relations counsel, publicity agent, or
information service employee, whose name and status and the
character of whose duties as such member or employee are of public
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record in the United States Department of State, while the member or
employee is engaged exclusively in the performance of activities
that are recognized by the United States Department of State as
being within the scope of the functions of such member or employee;
or
4. Any person qualified to practice law in this state, if he or
she engages or agrees to engage in the legal representation of a
disclosed foreign principal from a country of particular concern
before any state court or any agency of this state or an entity of a
political subdivision of this state; provided, for purposes of this
act, legal representation does not include attempts to influence or
persuade agency personnel or officials other than in the course of
judicial proceedings, criminal or civil law enforcement inquiries,
investigations, or proceedings, or agency proceedings required by
statute or regulation to be conducted on the record.
SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13005 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Any person within this state who is an agent of a foreign
principal from a country of particular concern and who is required
to register under the provisions of this act, who transmits or
causes to be transmitted in the United States mail or by any means
or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce any
informational materials for or in the interests of the foreign
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principal from a country of particular concern (i) in the form of
prints, or (ii) in any other form which is reasonably adapted to
being, or which he or she believes will be or intends to be,
disseminated or circulated among two or more persons shall, no later
than forty-eight (48) hours after the beginning of the transmittal,
file two copies of the materials with the Attorney General.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States
who is an agent of a foreign principal from a country of particular
concern and required to register under the provisions of this act to
transmit or cause to be transmitted in the United States mail or by
any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce any
informational materials for or in the interests of such foreign
principal without placing in the informational materials a
conspicuous statement that the materials are distributed by the
agent on behalf of the foreign principal and that additional
information is on file with the Attorney General. The Attorney
General shall determine what constitutes a conspicuous statement for
the purposes of this section.
C. The copies of informational materials required by this
section to be filed with the Attorney General shall be available for
public inspection under such regulations as the Attorney General may
prescribe.
D. Under the provisions of this act, it shall be unlawful for
any person who is an agent of a foreign principal from a country of
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particular concern within this state to transmit, convey, or
otherwise furnish to any government agency or official of this
state, including any member or committee of the Legislature or
governing body of a political subdivision, any political propaganda,
or to request from any such agency or official any information or
advice with respect to any matter pertaining to the political or
public interests, policies, relations, or political party that is in
the interests of the foreign principal from a country of particular
concern or pertaining to the foreign or domestic policies of the
United States or this state, unless the propaganda or the request is
prefaced or accompanied by a true and accurate statement to the
effect that such person is registered as an agent of a foreign
principal from a country of particular concern.
E. Whenever any agent of a foreign principal from a country of
particular concern required to register under this act appears
before a committee of the Legislature or a governing body of a
political subdivision to testify for or in the interests of the
foreign principal, he or she shall, at the time of such appearance,
furnish the committee with a copy of his or her most recent
registration statement filed with the Attorney General as an agent
of the foreign principal from a country of particular concern for
inclusion in the records of the committee as part of the testimony.
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SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13006 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Any agent of a foreign principal from a country of particular
concern registered under this act shall keep and preserve while an
agent of a foreign principal the books of account and other records
with respect to all of his or her activities, the disclosure of
which is required under the provisions of this act, in accordance
with such business and accounting practices, and shall preserve the
same for a period of three (3) years following the termination of
such status. Until regulations are in effect under this section,
any agent of a foreign principal from a country of particular
concern shall keep books of account and shall preserve all written
records with respect to his or her activities. Such books and
records shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of
any official charged with the enforcement of this act. It shall be
unlawful for any person to willfully conceal, destroy, obliterate,
mutilate, or falsify, or to attempt to conceal, destroy, obliterate,
mutilate, or falsify, or to cause to be concealed, destroyed,
obliterated, mutilated, or falsified, any books or records required
to be kept under the provisions of this act.
SECTION 8. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13007 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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A. The Attorney General shall retain one copy of all
registration statements furnished under this act, and such
statements shall be public records and open to public examination
and inspection at such reasonable hours as the Attorney General may
prescribe. Copies of such statements shall be furnished to every
applicant at a reasonable fee prescribed by the Attorney General.
B. Upon receipt, the Attorney General shall promptly transmit
one copy of any registration statement, amendment, or supplement
filed under this act to the United States Secretary of State for
comment and use as the Secretary of State determines to be
appropriate for the foreign relations of the United States. Failure
of the Attorney General to transmit such copy shall not be a bar to
prosecution under this act.
C. The Attorney General may furnish to departments and agencies
in the executive branch and committees of the Legislature any
information obtained in the administration of this act, including
the names of registrants, copies of registration statements or parts
of such statements, or other documents or information filed under
this act as may be appropriate.
D. Every six (6) months, the Attorney General shall report to
the Legislature information concerning administration of this act
including registrations filed, and the nature, sources, and content
of political propaganda disseminated and distributed. Such
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information shall be made available monthly on the website of the
Attorney General.
SECTION 9. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13008 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Each officer or director, or person performing the functions of
an officer or director, of an agent of a foreign principal from a
country of particular concern which is not an individual shall cause
such agent to execute and file a registration statement and
supplements when such filing is required under subsections A and B
of Section 3 or under Section 4 of this act and shall cause the
agent to comply with all other requirements of this act.
Dissolution of an organization acting as an agent of a foreign
principal from a country of particular concern shall not relieve any
officer or director, or person performing the functions of an
officer or director, from complying with the provisions of this
section. In case of failure of any agent of a foreign principal
from a country of particular concern to comply with the requirements
of this act, each of its officers or directors, or persons
performing the functions of officers or directors, shall be subject
to prosecution for such failure to comply.
SECTION 10. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13009 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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A. Any person who willfully:
1. Violates any provision of this act or any regulation
promulgated pursuant to this act; or
2. In any registration statement, supplement, or other document
filed with or furnished to the Attorney General under this act:
a. makes a false statement of a material fact,
b. omits any material fact required to be stated therein,
or
c. omits a material fact or a copy of a material document
necessary to make such statements or the copy of
documents furnished not misleading,
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine
not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or by
imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a
term not to exceed five (5) years, or by both such fine and
imprisonment. In the case of a violation of Section 6 of this act
or of subsection G of this section, the punishment shall be a fine
not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or a term of
imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or both
such fine and imprisonment.
B. Any person who is a student, faculty member, researcher,
adjunct, or otherwise employed or associated with an institution
within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education who willfully:
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1. Violates any provision of this act or any regulation
promulgated under such provision; or
2. In any registration statement or supplement or in any other
document filed with or furnished to the Attorney General under the
provisions of this subsection:
a. makes a false statement of a material fact,
b. omits any material fact required to be stated therein,
or
c. omits a material fact or a copy of a material document
necessary to make such statements or the copy of
documents furnished not misleading,
shall, upon conviction, be expelled or dismissed from any role with
an institution of higher education in this state and shall be
prohibited from entering any campus in this state.
C. In any proceeding under this act in which it is charged that
a person is an agent of a foreign principal from a country of
particular concern with respect to a foreign principal outside of
the United States, proof of the specific identity of the foreign
principal from a country of particular concern shall be permissible
but not necessary.
D. Any alien who shall be convicted of a violation of, or a
conspiracy to violate, any provision of this act or any regulation
thereunder shall be subject to referral to the United States
Department of Justice for removal pursuant to Chapter 4 of Title II
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of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C.A., Section 1221 et
seq.
E. Failure to file any such registration statement or
supplements as is required by either subsection A or B of Section 3
of this act shall be considered a continuing offense for as long as
such failure exists, notwithstanding any statute of limitation or
other statute to the contrary.
F. Whenever in the judgment of the Attorney General, any person
who is engaged in or about to engage in any acts which constitute or
will constitute a violation of, or fails to comply with, any
provision of this act, the Attorney General may make application to
the appropriate state court for an order enjoining such acts or
enjoining such person from continuing to act as an agent of such
foreign principal from a country of particular concern, or for an
order requiring compliance with any appropriate provision of the
act. The state court shall have jurisdiction and authority to issue
a temporary or permanent injunction, restraining order, or such
other order, which it may deem proper.
G. If the Attorney General determines that a registration
statement does not comply with the requirements of this act, he or
she shall so notify the registrant in writing, specifying in what
respects the statement is deficient. It shall be unlawful for any
person to act as an agent of a foreign principal from a country of
particular concern at any time ten (10) days or more after receipt
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of such notification without filing an amended registration
statement in full compliance with the requirements of this act.
H. It shall be unlawful for any agent of a foreign principal
from a country of particular concern required to register under this
act to be a party to any contract, agreement, or understanding,
either express or implied, with such foreign principal from a
country of particular concern pursuant to which the amount or
payment of the compensation, fee, or other remuneration of such
agent is contingent in whole or in part upon the success of any
political activities carried on by such agent.
SECTION 11. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13010 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Attorney General shall promulgate rules necessary to
effectuate the provisions of this act, and may at any time make,
prescribe, amend, and rescind any forms as he or she may deem
necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
SECTION 12. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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