Work Department. (6) The Center for a New American Security noted in its 2019 report Rising to the China Challenge that: A number of U.S. universities, academic departments, individual scholars, think tanks, and other civil society organizations receive substantial funding from Beijing that is often targeted at shaping views and discourse on China. Higher degrees of transparency can help to ensure that this funding is not generating hidden forms of foreign lobbying, self censorship, or other activities that undermine core U.S. democratic principles. . (7) Bill Gertz of the Washington Free Beacon reported on August 28, 2018, that: In addition to Johns Hopkins, other think tanks linked to China and influential in American policy circles include the Brookings Institution, Atlantic Council, Center for American Progress, EastWest Institute, Carter Center, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. . 3. Annual disclosure of contributions from foreign governments and political parties by certain tax-exempt organizations (a) Reporting requirement Section 6033(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking and at the end of paragraph (15), by redesignating paragraph (16) as paragraph (17) and by inserting after paragraph (15) the following new paragraph: (16) with respect to each government of a foreign country (within the meaning of section 1(e) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 ( 22 U.S.C. 611(e) )) and each foreign political party (within the meaning of section 1(f) of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 611(f) ) which made aggregate contributions and gifts to the organization during the year in excess of $50,000, the name of such government or political party and such aggregate amount, and . (b) Public disclosure Section 6104 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) Public disclosure of certain information The Secretary shall make publicly available in a searchable database the following information: (1) The information furnished under section 6033(b)(16)