that the Brookings Institution or other influential think tanks have with foreign governmental entities, a void which has already been exploited by at least the State of Qatar in obtaining prior approval of budgets and research projects conducted under the branding of the Brookings Institution and the Brookings Doha Center in the aforementioned 2007 contract, or the transference of valuable intellectual property to the Qatari Government pursuant to the 2022 amendment. (24) There is broad bipartisan agreement that undue foreign influence obscured through the use of proxies—or hidden by the powerful brand of a highly respected think tank—threatens the national security interests of the United States. There is also broad agreement that transparency is the most important and effective tool for reducing the harm of foreign influence targeting U.S. public policy or public opinion. (25) As such, this bill aims to provide critical transparency regarding the foreign funding provided to and the related contractual agreements with think tanks whose work includes influencing U.S. policies or public opinion. 3. Contemporaneous disclosure reports (a) Reporting conditions (1) Gifts, donations, or contributions (A) In general Except as provided in section 6, a covered entity that receives a gift, donation, or contribution from a foreign principal during a calendar year in an aggregate amount of $10,000 or greater shall file a disclosure report with the Attorney General in accordance with subsection (b) not later than 90 days after each disclosure date. (B) Disclosure date defined In this paragraph, the term disclosure date means— (i) the first date during any calendar year by which a covered entity has received a gift, donation, or contribution from a foreign principal in an aggregate amount of $10,000 or greater