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Resolution to Require Transparency from Committees Not Exclusively Serving American Interests

Calls for federal and Texas registration, disclosure requirements, fundraising restrictions, and penalties for political committees promoting foreign interests.

WHEREAS, the Young Republicans of Texas are committed to an America First policy that places the interests of American citizens above the interests of foreign nations; and

WHEREAS, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, 22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq. [1], requires persons acting as agents of a foreign principal to register and disclose that relationship; and

WHEREAS, a political action committee, independent expenditure committee, or similar organization may promote the interests of a foreign nation while funded only by American citizens, and thereby fall outside present registration requirements; and

WHEREAS, the source of the money does not change the interest being advanced, and undisclosed promotion of a foreign nation misleads voters and officeholders about whose interest a committee serves; and

WHEREAS, for purposes of this resolution, the promotion of any interest that is not exclusively the interest of the United States and its citizens shall be treated as the promotion of a foreign nation’s interest, irrespective of any claim that such interest coincides with, aligns with, or benefits the United States; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Young Republicans of Texas call on Congress to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act so that any political action committee, independent expenditure committee, or other political committee that promotes the interests of a foreign nation shall register under that Act, whether or not its funds are contributed by American citizens, and shall disclose the foreign nation whose interests it promotes, the amounts spent, and the candidates and measures supported or opposed; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Young Republicans of Texas call on the Texas Legislature to enact legislation so that any political action committee, independent expenditure committee, or other political committee that promotes the interests of a foreign nation in connection with any Texas election, candidate, or measure shall register with the Texas Ethics Commission, whether or not its funds are contributed by American citizens, and shall disclose the foreign nation whose interests it promotes, the amounts spent, and the candidates and measures supported or opposed; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that failure to so register under Texas law shall bar the committee from raising or spending funds in any Texas election until registration is complete, and for an additional period of four years after the date registration is completed, and shall subject the committee to civil and criminal penalties under Texas law. No waiver of any condition in this clause shall be granted; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that failure to register under the amended Foreign Agents Registration Act shall bar the committee from raising or spending funds in any federal or Texas election until registration is complete, and shall be subject to the civil and criminal penalties of the Act. No waiver of any condition in this clause shall be granted.

Adopted this 17th day of October, 2026, by the Young Republicans of Texas.

Bibliography

  1. “22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq.: Foreign Agents Registration Act”, United States Code, June 8, 1938, https://www.justice.gov/nsd-fara/fara-index-and-act.