; . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to disbursements made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. III Deterring Foreign Interference in Elections A Deterrence under Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 301. Restrictions on exchange of campaign information between candidates and foreign powers Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30121 ), as amended by section 117 and section 201(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) Restrictions on exchange of information between candidates and foreign powers (1) Treatment of offer to share nonpublic campaign material as solicitation of contribution from foreign national If a candidate or an individual affiliated with the campaign of a candidate, or if a political committee or an individual affiliated with a political committee, provides or offers to provide nonpublic campaign material to a covered foreign national or to another person whom the candidate, committee, or individual knows or has reason to know will provide the material to a covered foreign national, the candidate, committee, or individual (as the case may be) shall be considered for purposes of this section to have solicited a contribution or donation described in subsection (a)(1)(A) from a foreign national. (2) Definitions In this subsection, the following definitions apply: (A) The term candidate means an individual who seeks nomination for, or election to, any Federal, State, or local public office. (B) The term covered foreign national has the meaning given such term in section 304(j)(3)(C). (C) The term individual affiliated with a campaign means, with respect to a candidate, an employee of any organization legally authorized under Federal, State, or local law to support the candidate’s campaign for nomination for, or election to, any Federal, State, or local public office, as well as any independent contractor of such an organization and any individual who performs services on