; or (ii) the administration of a political committee established or maintained by the entity. ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsections: (c) Certification of compliance required for carrying out activity Prior to the making in connection with an election for Federal office of any contribution, donation, expenditure, independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering communication by a covered for-profit entity, as defined in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1602 ), during a year, the chief executive officer of the entity (or, if the entity does not have a chief executive officer, the highest ranking official of the entity), shall file a certification with the Commission, under penalty of perjury, avowing that the entity is not a foreign national and that a foreign national did not direct, dictate, control, or directly or indirectly participate in the decision-making process relating to such activity in violation of subsection (a)(3), unless the chief executive officer or highest ranking official, if applicable, has previously filed such a certification within the previous 30 days. (d) Definition of foreign business For purposes of this section, the term foreign business means any for-profit corporation, company, limited liability company, limited partnership, business trust, business association, or other similar entity wherein a foreign national holds, owns, controls, or otherwise has directly or indirectly acquired beneficial ownership of equity or voting shares in an amount that is equal to or greater than 50 percent of the total equity or outstanding voting shares. . IV Additional requirements A Campaign Finance 731. Clarification on treatment of information used to influence an election for Federal office as a contribution