H.R. 8155

Summary

H.R. 8155, the Foreign Propaganda Transparency Act, was introduced in the House on Mar 27, 2026 by Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R) with 3 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Mar 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 8155 has 3 co-sponsors.

119 HR 8155 IH: Foreign Propaganda Transparency Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-03-27
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 8155  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 27, 2026   Mr. Stutzman  (for himself,  Mr. Fry ,  Mr. Roy , and  Mr. Moore of Alabama ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act to require certain disclosures on informational materials, and for other purposes.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Foreign Propaganda Transparency Act  .
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Disclosure
Section 4(b) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 614(b) ) is amended by adding after  Columbia.  the following new sentence,  The conspicuous statement shall also detail, where applicable, whether the foreign principal is supervised, directed, owned, controlled, financed, or subsidized, in whole or in part, by: a covered nation as defined in section 4872(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, or any other foreign government acting on behalf of, at the direction of, under the control of, or for the benefit of such a covered nation.

Tracker

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To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act to require certain disclosures on informational materials, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R) sponsors H.R. 8155, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Marlin Stutzman

Rep. · R–IN-3 · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 27, 2026

Russell Fry

Rep. · R–SC-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 27, 2026 · Original

Barry Moore

Rep. · R–AL-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 27, 2026 · Original

Chip Roy

Rep. · R–TX-21 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 27, 2026 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 8155 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Mar 27, 2026 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 8155 has taken 2 actions since Mar 27, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 8155 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 8155 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Foreign Propaganda Transparency Act — Display Title
• Foreign Propaganda Transparency Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act to require certain disclosures on informational materials, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 8155 under International Affairs, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 8155’s is International Affairs.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 8155, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 58 (Friday, March 27, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. STUTZMAN:H.R. 8155.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress has the authority to enact this legislationpursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H2791]

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