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I115th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6437IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 19, 2018Mr. Hoyer (for himself, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Mr. Engel, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Correa, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Heck, Mrs. Demings, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Jones, and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Armed Services, House Administration, Energy and Commerce, Appropriations, Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concernedA BILLTo combat subversive activities of the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.
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This Act may be cited as the Secure America from Russian Interference Act of 2018. (b)
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The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Actions To Comprehend and Expose Russia’s Subversive Measures Sec. 101. Findings. Sec. 102. Assessment of subversive activities by the Government of the Russian Federation. Sec. 103. National Intelligence Estimate on intentions of Russia. Sec. 104. Report on cyber countermeasures. Sec. 105. Report on Kremlin-linked corruption. Sec. 106. Publicize Russian misdeeds. Sec. 107. Report on actions relating to Ukranian energy security. Title II—Domestic Actions To Counter Russia’s Subversive Measures and Corrupt Networks of Influence Subtitle A—General Provisions Sec. 201. Office of sanctions policy. Sec. 202. National Russian Threat Response Center. Sec. 203. Interagency task force relating to illicit Russian financial activities in Europe. Sec. 204. Prohibition on licenses or other authorization for United States persons to engage in activities relating to certain projects to produce oil in the Russian Federation. Subtitle B—SECURE Our Democracy Act Sec. 211. Short title. Sec. 212. Definitions. Sec. 213. Identification of foreign persons responsible for actions to unlawfully access, disrupt, influence, or in any way alter information or information systems related to United States political parties or elections for Federal office. Sec. 214. Inadmissibility of certain aliens. Sec. 215. Financial measures. Sec. 216. Reports to Congress. Subtitle C—Preventing Cyber Intrusion Into Election Infrastructure Sec. 221. Election infrastructure designation. Sec. 222. Timely threat information. Sec. 223. Pre-election threat assessments. Sec. 224. Notification of significant foreign cyber intrusions and active measures campaigns directed at elections for Federal offices. Subtitle D—Honest Ads Act Sec. 231. Short title. Sec. 232. Purpose. Sec. 233. Findings. Sec. 234. Sense of Congress. Sec. 235. Expansion of definition of public communication. Sec. 236. Expansion of definition of electioneering communication. Sec. 237. Application of disclaimer statements to online communications. Sec. 238. Political record requirements for online platforms. Sec. 239. Preventing contributions, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements for electioneering communications by foreign nationals in the form of online advertising. Subtitle E—Countering Foreign Propaganda Act of 2018 Sec. 241. Short title. Sec. 242. Disclosure requirements for United States-based foreign media outlets. Title III—Actions To Counter Russian Aggression Against United States Allies Subtitle A—Stand with UK against Russia Violations Act Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Findings. Sec. 303. Sense of Congress. Sec. 304. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Russian persons responsible for March 12 attack. Sec. 305. Prohibition on transactions relating to new Russian sovereign debt. Sec. 306. Implementation; penalties; termination. Sec. 307. Enhanced military activities to deter Russian aggression. Sec. 308. United States person defined. Subtitle B—Imposition of Sanctions on Certain Russian Parastatal Entities Sec. 311. Imposition of sanctions on certain Russian parastatal entities. Subtitle C—Punishing Continued Occupation of Ukraine Act Sec. 321. Short title. Sec. 322. Findings. Sec. 323. Prohibition against United States recognition of Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Sec. 324. Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain Russian financial institutions. Subtitle D—General Provisions To Bolster Alliances Sec. 331. Strategy for offensive use of cyber capabilities. Sec. 332. Matters relating to NATO. Sec. 333. Countering Russian Influence and Corruption Fund. Title IV—Combating Putin’s Repression (CPR) for Russian Civil Society Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Strengthening dialogue with the Russian people. Sec. 403. Support Russian civil society.
<enum>I</enum><header>Actions To Comprehend and Expose Russia’s Subversive Measures</header> <section id="H7F51FFD5B2BF4822A4892FC883E04AC1"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H67ABB225B3594AC2B3C5114619F356BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Russian Federation interfered in the United States Presidential election in 2016 and continues to conduct disinformation efforts designed to undermine the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD3A8FE820BC84E5399BC78154372537E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Director of National Intelligence concluded in light of the Russian Federation’s hacking of the 2016 Presidential election that <quote>Russian efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential election represent the most recent expression of Moscow’s longstanding desire to undermine the U.S.-led liberal democratic order</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7B442384D1DB447BB5DBB179D970B7D9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of National Intelligence further concluded, <quote>We also assess Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him.</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF2042B08F77F4AF0B793EE1F4D9221A6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To adequately combat Russian subversive activities, the United States must have a better handle on the scope, nature, and source of these efforts and take steps to combat Russia’s global influence.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HC9CDEB588C2D4368ABFAAC0D87857545"><enum>102.</enum><header>Assessment of subversive activities by the Government of the Russian Federation</header> <subsection id="H2CC32617DCCE45FB9D08E8099DDB0A5B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report setting forth an independent assessment obtained in accordance with subsection (b) of subversive activities by the Government of the Russian Federation.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H061397F49B034311AC3D609D321F785E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Independent assessment</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H396574DE61F14202A1B60933337CC934"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall obtain an independent assessment for purposes of subsection (a) from a federally funded research and development center or another appropriate independent entity that is selected by the Secretary that has expertise in diplomatic and military developments in Europe and Russia and undertakes to include each of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H41FD662D291F45B3969B7AB6A4F50D3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of disinformation and propaganda activities of the Government of the Russian Federation, including an assessment of—</text> <clause id="H1330C7B515054AB1A633D1031755D6D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>support for disinformation and propaganda activities with respect to the United States and foreign countries;</text> </clause><clause id="H86ED4707D1FC499C8E1A0598CE26619D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the overall structure of the disinformation and influence apparatus of the Government of the Russian Federation, including its intelligence agencies and propaganda outlets such as Russia Today;</text> </clause><clause id="H46557B31CAE14C81A81B933B431055DA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>propaganda techniques, including forgery, use of media representatives and proxies, use of front organizations, and efforts to influence international organizations; and</text> </clause><clause id="HEAD40404CED54FEB8555DC03B439E5EF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>use of corruption to advance Russian objectives.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DBDA5906E6647DE9485A3C867A417E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An assessment of support by the Government of the Russian Federation for separatist activities and other aggressive actions aimed at undermining the sovereignty of foreign countries, particularly in Ukraine, the Baltic countries, the Balkans, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H071ECC471FD444C9B3D2FA9432D6F174"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An assessment of cyber intrusions by the Government of the Russian Federation to influence the infrastructure and democratic processes in the United States and other countries.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7AD906188C342839B969955C4E72839"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An assessment of—</text> <clause id="HF4D9393473834E6C9979EC2D95FBBD80"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the use of energy exports by the Government of the Russian Federation for purposes of political or economic coercion; and</text> </clause><clause id="H168D05369D714FACB1B64966F847FCC0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>significant investment in energy infrastructure outside of Russia, including pipelines, by the Government of Russia or Russian-controlled entities.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEB950E89A13408D8E580AEEB606B7F1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An assessment of the deterioration of democratic conditions in the Russian Federation, including—</text> <clause id="HE0B99154AC124482B0947C99E73FBF77"><enum>(i)</enum><text>suppression of freedom of the press;</text> </clause><clause id="HA8D9DB3F552C424F893BACE2B962D0D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>detention, beating, and murder of political activists and opposition leaders;</text> </clause><clause id="HC99AD1029C44458BB6548DE95081C678"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>suppression of minority rights;</text> </clause><clause id="H7B5C801BAF5C4977BBD1CCD0961AF5B0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>suppression of human rights; and</text> </clause><clause id="HCFACD94038414221A6DC8299A2083DDA"><enum>(v)</enum><text>efforts to undermine the Russian nongovernmental organizations and Russian civil society.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4042EDF35B1346FB8DD20E15A024EDD5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of previous studies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The entity conducting the assessment may use and incorporate information from previous studies on matters appropriate to the assessment.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6AE1CBE4697F43A0B44C344AF045336B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H69A282384D5D4D64911B051614A4BE77"><enum>103.</enum><header>National Intelligence Estimate on intentions of Russia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall produce a National Intelligence Estimate on the political and military intentions of Russia, including with respect to each of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H8D922FBDAF47440BBF9C2154DBCB6D03"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Russian leadership intentions in pursuing military and subversive scenarios against members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including the conduct of an exercise on the border with Belarus of more than 100,000 Russian forces in September 2017.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5C0399A252174B60BCF6A4313F93776F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Russian leadership reactions to the European Deterrence Initiative.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H46392EA9B66B4BA48AF08B4C24D28A51"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Areas of possible joint dialogue with Russia.</text> </paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA820E29B4E3A43639B9FED63943D4970" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Report on cyber countermeasures</header> <subsection id="H7E915C96DBB24AFB8CFF2008D8ED437C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the President should promptly and fully implement Executive Order No. 13800 (82 Fed. Reg. 22391; relating to strengthening the cybersecurity of Federal networks and critical infrastructure) so that Federal departments and agencies can better detect, monitor, and mitigate cyber attacks as quickly as possible.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2EF871575BC74868897451DF62D3A197"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a report describing each step taken to meet the objectives described in subsection (a) relating to cyber attack response.</text> </subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27D68A7B49E64F23BB4666F67081840C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header>Report on Kremlin-linked corruption</header> <subsection id="HE6FC7EEACB714057B8E017FD0BE812D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HBE2A50EE5A3848B18EB76ACC6130F330"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the intelligence community should dedicate resources to further expose the key networks that the corrupt political class in Russia uses to hide the money it steals; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0C0249936FC142128BF4A071CB4BE8A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the President should pursue efforts to stifle Russian use of hidden financial channels, including anonymous shell companies and real estate investments, in a manner similar to the efforts undertaken to tighten banking regulations after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H92C47ADCA5C04AB1994EA2EF9EEA7C75"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit a report to Congress on assets owned by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian oligarchs with close ties to Putin, and senior officials of the Government of the Russian Federation, including—</text> <paragraph id="HC377CBBA7AA54DEC86AFD47B255F95A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to bank accounts, real estate holdings, and other financial assets, including those outside of Russia, that are owned by or accessible to Putin—</text> <subparagraph id="H1DB75AFF86674863995FEEB37B79BDAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the location of such accounts, holdings, or assets; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E566D3A67034DA8A890E6D7B6FBAF5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the contents of such accounts or the amount held through such holdings or assets;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF7A412DA34B04144BE7AF1953D5D2E16"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the location, size, and contents of any assets of any oligarch listed in the classified annex to the report submitted pursuant to section 241 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/44">Public Law 115–44</external-xref>; 131 Stat. 922); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H06D1C7EC8EDD4B579C286BEA683CB247"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any <quote>front</quote> or shell companies, or other intermediaries, used by senior officials of the Government of the Russian Federation to hide assets from public disclosure.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H84D48C82C98D42249B5EA11BC88FCD87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (b) shall be submitted in classified form.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H81A387C5F9B245FAA58B0333CEB75271"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reasonable attempt To issue unclassified report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the submission of the report required under subsection (b), the Secretary of the Treasury shall—</text> <paragraph id="HA478A0C5A5ED4DA3911C08677D1A5DFA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>publish an unclassified version of such report on a publicly available website of the Department of the Treasury; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H91ADEEEA644D42F381BB31284137F084"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit a notification to Congress describing the reasons for which the Secretary has determined that such release is not possible.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF0A060CF06DE4F25994584F8C7A33ECC"><enum>106.</enum><header>Publicize Russian misdeeds</header> <subsection id="HD9714CD3F6224A6D91875403F7AC5290"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Donbass recruitment</header> <paragraph id="HF434F8E4922E4026809427B30CF1DD27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall compile and publicly release a list of Russian-based persons, including organizations and their executives, who recruited or otherwise facilitated the transfer of Russian personnel for—</text> <subparagraph id="H6A6AB0F4BAB44E8A9030DAF6830DDE0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the war in the Donbass; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E5E2E12C81B4D9B854408CC802A0A78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>targeting of civilians in Syria.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9D3050D3999944FAACCEE2B7C4EA71AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Visa ban</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law any persons identified in the list required under paragraph (1) shall be prohibited from entry to the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB53A346A042E4C8DBCCDD87ACD0C241F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on actions by Russian proxies</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a list of the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H31034F8C202A4D9DB3FCC43A9CA1FB81"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Persons, including corporations with United States subsidiaries, acting in Europe and the United States as front companies or intermediaries of the Government of Russia, and the executives of such persons.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H89552C53E1A7423782B84065706C8664"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Politicians serving or acting as proxies of the Government of Russia.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE03874A932B14260A056D9933E30155A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Russian media entities, including producers and reporters, who—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H11689C3CDFFE4F07ACE974C3B6141148"><enum>(A)</enum><text>traffic in forgeries, fabrications, and altered media products with intent to obfuscate factual reporting; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE1AD760F92DC45678FCDE42DE6C00E45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>instigate conflict and violence in Europe or the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFC12A35244A443809DA83C192A676130"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Non-Russian persons that have knowingly or negligently provided hardware or other forms of assistance to the Government of Russia that has furthered Russia’s efforts to—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HC19194052535440BB376847ECD68DB0A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>filter online political content;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HABAAC5C32E4345A685626F27945821A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>disrupt cell phone and Internet communications;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD9693DAC1AB54CBBA3B37C5A124A025F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>monitor the online activities of Russian citizens; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB2AE03187DBD4ED1BB0452AE202E0941"><enum>(D)</enum><text>discriminate against or suppress the activities of independent civil society institutions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6F9E9E7651754A4B950AB27A524460C9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Each person that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6D31CB33099548C59D98C0DDD1366FF8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>receives subsidies from the Government of Russia, thereby eroding market opportunities for private businesses;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF0696FC8A66B472791348FB37BF3165C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides financial or material support to Russia-backed forces actively involved in aggression against Russia’s neighbors;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H33CFB9B7D333434F837FD2F3B6EDCE1B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides financial or material support to propaganda outlets of the Government of Russia that legitimize Russian aggression; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAFEBB7BAC38245D4BDB3F71A402C4914"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provides financing or material support to political and nongovernmental persons or entities, including the United Russia political party, determined by the Secretary of State to be engaged in the suppression of fundamental freedoms in Russia.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H39C4A043144141E0ACD3E7BCAB43EA38"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Previously listed entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The lists required under this section may also include entities already identified in the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HDB8009C962DE42549B43141E066079EB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The lists required under this section shall be unclassified but may be submitted in classified form.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H90B45B1592CA44409C14541C1AA36F86"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Provision</header><text>The Secretary of State shall transmit the unclassified lists required under this section to the heads of state of—</text> <paragraph id="HC75EAC5B1ABA4B92B84A2B5A0E6EC0BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>NATO member states;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1B034F4812F44843AE5E228DE74127E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Sweden;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF7E176442C1D4EA39BA10B1C17BE7291"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Finland; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5BB2EC2AEB8F4FB5A409E1102BB0D114"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Ireland.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HF1BBE12FAC3C4974A38A7849F961523F"><enum>107.</enum><header>Report on actions relating to Ukranian energy security</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H4566CC78B3244FAF8585AD0D01C153D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report by Secretary of State</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HFE1F00F8EF3C4A12BFD0B048A5D8C934"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on actions the Department of State is taking to implement section 257 of the Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act of 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/44">Public Law 115–44</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9546">22 U.S.C. 9546</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H22D8560FD5F942EDBB05D90BEC5AA6F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report shall include details on the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HBE7FE1D7BE804C409FCAA8FCA683D482"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Efforts by the Department of State since August 3, 2017, to work with European Union member states and institutions to promote energy security and decrease their dependence on Russian sources of energy, including use of the Countering Russian Influence Fund authorized pursuant to section 254 of the Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act of 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/44">Public Law 115–44</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9543">22 U.S.C. 9543</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H99D00919DBF74662AE35C862DE419462"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Diplomatic efforts undertaken by the Department of State to oppose directly the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and the Turk Stream pipeline.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2CE4DEA5C489454A9C90F51692C2ED1B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An estimation of European natural gas supply demand from 2019 through 2023.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H5403D6024EA04FBFAA4726C228BE7EC3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report by Secretary of the Treasury</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF45ACDEBA46E4EF0AA1FFC77BC936297"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on each entity involved in construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline or construction of the Turk Stream pipeline.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9318F59B06884C8B9FB56AB3551C7EAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Entity defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>entity</term>—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H3C598644A9D24A76A852283AE0D1A433"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means an entity organized under the laws of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H54363C06465A4552B4F7A759F5EE37A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes, with respect to the entity, a sub entity, parent entity, subsidiary, or any other entity.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0EBD4E47886B4166B67B41BA5D6D4629"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report by Director of National Intelligence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the impact of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline on—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HD221AECE84074DC0B1775E911FA0CC63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>United States interests and security objectives;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCD48710C66724B7B80DFC4BB7715E93B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">European energy security and defense posture;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8A6135D65B9742059C446F9844BA7B7B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Russian influence in Europe; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF4BA7913DF824A8C963281A142AE7B1F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Ukraine, including the implications of reductions in transit fees as a result of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H45A0069B8E324453BC6C2698F37CCA59"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The reports required by this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H64F4B4CA19D94809BFEE34FA066D936B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3C1CA1E534AF43C2B3BB67CB0C51AE8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the House of Representatives—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF3A914CE217C4E8BAEE09CD229344466"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H86888656903E489D81BCDEA9F2B62D9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H67650CA963704C48873BB8CA3E5E016C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee in Financial Services;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5E47EF2F69094A30B249D77C7061DC84"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Commerce;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H179555BAD01A4A518ABDA16BE39B12A1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6C84271378AF43C8A6F1194DAEAFD004"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H22C88C0026EE430A9F23D2C9FB753ABF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the Senate—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA3D58417905F4AB197750F08E828543F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H51E8571240AD46EE990715484AAC91D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H629A2BE5037D4EFC86EE0B56350F11D6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Finance;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4D83142B699F4A4A89F7B46E64B97790"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43142AE2A95949E39C1D6D2D6B8C7072"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H791E4E3C7A0943298F70959C548FEB82"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Select Committee on Intelligence.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Domestic Actions To Counter Russia’s Subversive Measures and Corrupt Networks of Influence</header> <subtitle id="H0C8C259D44A64BC19CD11C1FA82F60B3"><enum>A</enum><header>General Provisions </header> <section id="H908260687776446299C679167964D6BE"><enum>201.</enum><header>Office of sanctions policy</header> <subsection id="HAA06966919A9454FB5E2EAC0947AC4E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2651a">22 U.S.C. 2651a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4060668450D84C468A1C03DF1061816F" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HCBDCE2CE692649BE833E9BC568FFEF5E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Coordinator of sanctions policy</header> <paragraph id="H33ECC1107835469AA48522DE6935058B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be established within the Department of State a Coordinator for Sanctions Policy, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall report directly to the Secretary of State.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE6654AA138E64F76A6A67DC565430364"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Coordinator for Sanctions Policy shall be responsible for the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HE4495A0931634A05B9F270C455CB54FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Overseeing the diplomatic aspects of the enforcement of United States and United Nations sanctions, including sanctions with respect to Russia, Iran, North Korea, and other countries.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5BCEE46B4BB4985804B6814AD5E66E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Coordinating with allies regarding the enforcement of such sanctions.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C774B4C7EBE41A6BA4995DEAF51AAB1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Coordinating determinations with respect to such sanctions by the heads of other Federal departments and agencies, including the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States intelligence community.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2E0B7401D048461E870B2A53E19F1551"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rank and status of ambassador</header><text>The Coordinator for Sanctions Policy shall have the rank and status of Ambassador at Large.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HF23C201D2EE341229DF1300B90FBFC2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Coordinator for Sanctions Policy established pursuant to subsection (a) should be provided sufficient office space and support staff to ensure its successful establishment.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H9AD345D81DBA44178C73DA70CFC43850" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>National Russian Threat Response Center</header> <subsection id="H0A3E6199422246FDB2098862BC48844C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3001">50 U.S.C. 3001</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 119B the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D97FD5CAA364FA89AC78954CEE4E3EE" style="OLC"> <section id="H60353DEEC9C24EE58893F37F73AAF0B4"><enum>119C.</enum><header>National Russian Threat Response Center</header> <subsection id="H032118F38CF84F4B88E2690CD6DA185C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence a National Russian Threat Response Center (in this section referred to as the <quote>Center</quote>).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HAEC489A45AD94C21BBF7DA4988D1BC20"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The primary missions of the Center shall be as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H5B32BA74BE634204B6A732445166567E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To serve as the primary organization in the United States Government for analyzing and integrating all intelligence possessed or acquired by the United States Government pertaining to threats posed by the Russian Federation to the national security, political sovereignty, and economic activity of the United States and its allies.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H95CE908096874352BC125DE944B05C01"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To synchronize the efforts of the intelligence community, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other departments and agencies of the United States with respect to countering efforts by Russia to undermine the national security, political sovereignty, and economic activity of the United States and its allies, including by—</text> <subparagraph id="H652B7B0F86024BF88A5B9500933E28C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring that each such element is aware of and coordinating on such efforts; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9646745EA64C46F6BC6B9DEBA50EDEB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">overseeing the development and implementation of comprehensive and integrated policy responses to such efforts.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5BAC31CA0E1643E987C06D03D34DE9E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In coordination with the relevant elements of the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the intelligence community, and other departments and agencies of the United States—</text> <subparagraph id="HF38925B0203C47EB9AB643D19FFD9225"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop policy recommendations for the President to detect, deter, and respond to the threats posed by Russia described in paragraph (1), including with respect to covert activities pursuant to section 503; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72646FCE7ABA4C34B15CCD6BE1F669F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to monitor and assess efforts by Russia to carry out such threats.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B9559643CA44E86A4E143A6E3F0A1D7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In coordination with the head of the Global Engagement Center established by section 1287 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref>), to examine current and emerging efforts by Russia to use propaganda and information operations relating to the threats posed by Russia described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8F558B5447CC4243801AB7297B9B826D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To identify and close gaps across the departments and agencies of the Federal Government with respect to expertise, readiness, and planning to address the threats posed by Russia described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF77B50DF3BC84A99ADD4293AA50FF888"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Director</header> <paragraph id="H8B0E420C2D524319B3D8B0152596B55A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is a Director of the Center, who shall be the head of the Center, and who shall be appointed by the Director of National Intelligence, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State. The Director may not simultaneously serve in any other capacity in the executive branch.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8FDEC843E37546AEA6765CE0745F2217"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Center shall directly report to the Director of National Intelligence.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0DDEB6A6ECF341B1A32FDAE486B3AD93"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The Director of the Center shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H3C2B1C52DEBD4A87913A8009337985AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the relevant departments and agencies of the Federal Government participate in the mission of the Center, including by recruiting detailees from such departments and agencies in accordance with subsection (e)(1); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2694B21F6429400C919E31E3C89A6321"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have primary responsibility within the United States Government, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, for establishing requirements for the collection of intelligence related to, or regarding, the threats posed by Russia described in subsection (b)(1), in accordance with applicable provisions of law and Executive orders.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H750152D4A03348C9AF7535422304DD64"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual reports</header> <paragraph id="H03A46C43826E4ED298E254FDAD6BD516"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the direction of the Director of National Intelligence, but not less than once each year, the Director of the Center shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on threats posed by Russia to the national security, political sovereignty, and economic activity of the United States and its allies.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBEDB4C68E8AC4F33AE71BBE7B2B0FA9E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters included</header><text>Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the period covered by the report, a discussion of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H78BE491973494FFCA90440353C74CB14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The nature of the threats described in such paragraph.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD06D391AB4364A069D93C2682DA1899B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The ability of the United States Government to address such threats.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEAFDA71828354B4EA812CBA7996B8A16"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The progress of the Center in achieving its missions.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B1D09DBE4524C478B93F2441DBB9808"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Recommendations the Director determines necessary for legislative actions to improve the ability of the Center to achieve its missions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H740C0702DB0F46B5BA778D9627361F24"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form</header><text>Each report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H883ABD578E1C438CA5FF51141D1D1537"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Employees</header> <paragraph id="HCBFC1EB41C3C4A478103B14E37FE9057"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Detailees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to the Center on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege for a period of not more than 8 years.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H164D1D0ED53740EA8957EA21424823E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Personal service contractors</header><text>The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may hire United States citizens or aliens as personal services contractors for purposes of personnel resources of the Center, if—</text> <subparagraph id="HE16280E48DEA433BAD3F4E1792808971"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director of National Intelligence determines that existing personnel resources are insufficient;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4C2769DDAE9417690605D0CCD549DB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the period in which services are provided by a personal services contractor, including options, does not exceed 3 years, unless the Director of National Intelligence determines that exceptional circumstances justify an extension of up to 1 additional year;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC56DF2BBAD54FF1B29C6314E3BB7246"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not more than 10 United States citizens or aliens are employed as personal services contractors under the authority of this paragraph at any time; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H056C347F180046E8BF3F00FB0334B50D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the authority of this paragraph is only used to obtain specialized skills or experience or to respond to urgent needs.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H40A1F09E9BB2474CB221A546EC625D24"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Security clearances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each employee detailed to the Center and contractor of the Center shall have the security clearance appropriate for the assigned duties of the employee or contractor.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A7527FA0E374A0AB7BBE68C9B04D90E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Board</header> <paragraph id="H743DD5CEC431499CA7E3E783A5A692C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a Board of the National Russian Threat Response Center (in this section referred to as the <quote>Board</quote>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1546D9917E9A47E3918EFCE50B71925F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board shall conduct oversight of the Center to ensure the Center is achieving the missions of the Center. In conducting such oversight, upon a majority vote of the members of the Board, the Board may recommend to the Director of National Intelligence that the Director of the Center should be removed for failing to achieve such missions.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB0E5187F7CBF4471AD648F9E9CD5ECD6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership</header> <subparagraph id="HE0F3BEE48F6E4012B6515DF6DF62891C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The Board shall consist of 6 members. The head of each department or agency of the Federal Government specified in subparagraph (B) shall appoint a senior official from that department or agency, who shall be a member of the Senior Executive Service, as a member.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F43D34C25DD428C90BFB3072AE70581"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Departments and agencies represented</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The department or agency of the Federal Government specified in this subparagraph are the following:</text> <clause id="H4909066A553944029E2263250D81440E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Department of State.</text> </clause><clause id="H46F6968983184D5286E7EB9B40601B86"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Department of Defense.</text> </clause><clause id="HC653BE2923C94A6688562F6F34E9312A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The Department of Justice.</text> </clause><clause id="H6F2F3B903B9C4D06BC6C00710A055F81"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The Department of the Treasury.</text> </clause><clause id="H2D08CD1720114671BBE48CB5DDD77425"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The Department of Homeland Security.</text> </clause><clause id="HFD103F300DF24AB98EA910F0AA9B5D12"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>The Central Intelligence Agency.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H15ADB8EB36A04C5E9218AEFCC00752F2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Board shall meet not less than biannually and shall be convened by the member appointed by the Secretary of State.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H192EF9D0D6E9453EB10B7A1C30518A73"><enum>(g)</enum><header>International engagement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Center may convene biannual conferences to coordinate international efforts against threats posed by Russia described in subsection (b)(1).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HE71E6625A02F4E8BB05AAF3F33337323"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Center shall terminate on the date that is 8 years after the date of the enactment of this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HFDDE13713CC446448D8B8105DE2CCA7E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="HB1BC505042504F6C8DDCFDC79B14F2F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the congressional intelligence committees;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8EBD1DDCA5954ACF9756D2193A7B39DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4E6F0E267C734BE28EF8E096AD48D57A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HF181496D48474804B6F2921F26C2C42D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents at the beginning of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 119B the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H645AF6534E474B21A9107255FF8254A8" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 119C. National Russian Threat Response Center.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H6CD4E259BC804133B5240E02D7BCA29F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 507(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3106">50 U.S.C. 3106</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96A8E32B282D4E3FA2B502E97F437466" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H393D8CE6828C46F9B13BF493E9EC97E7"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An annual report submitted under section 119C(d)(1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H57BCE712CC364F8D92C6BAD4C031A209"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="HD5353F772D1046709DF7BFB165E96029"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to any other authority of the Director of National Intelligence to transfer or reprogram funds, the Director may transfer not more than $10,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2019 and 2020 to carry out the functions of the National Russian Threat Response Center established by section 119C of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a), during such fiscal years.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBCB040F20CA94BF2B83CC5E6219C7D19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of National Intelligence shall notify the congressional intelligence committees (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3003">50 U.S.C. 3003</external-xref>)) of a proposed transfer under paragraph (1) not less than 15 days prior to making such transfer.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE0C9B00014E446BF811197EA1DFD87BE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inapplicability of reprogramming requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority to transfer amounts under paragraph (1) shall not be subject to any transfer or reprogramming requirements under any other provision of law.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6BB305529095449FBE82E37CCBDB0B9F"><enum>203.</enum><header>Interagency task force relating to illicit Russian financial activities in Europe</header> <subsection id="HF1F21859FC5E4EF6B208B45632415458"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3021">50 U.S.C. 3021</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="H737E380276AE48B0901F467D107AC658" style="OLC"> <section id="H99CD8C1FDFDC45E99C82E61BCD466B41"><enum>119C.</enum><header>Interagency task force relating to illicit Russian financial activities in Europe</header> <subsection id="H35453C2FEAEE4F33A776DA550BCA7CB6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The President shall establish an interagency task force relating to illicit Russian financial activities in Europe (in this section referred to as the <term>task force</term>).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HFE1DA5E073664FCAADCD22CD9286DDBE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Head of task force</header><text>The head of the task force shall be a senior director, who shall be appointed by the President and who shall report to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (commonly referred to as the <term>National Security Advisor</term>).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB3AEC21F3B744A0F9BDAAD55F2E1C919"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The task force shall carry out the following functions:</text> <paragraph id="H44E57859F6274C419267D9C5CE9A7491"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In coordination with the intelligence community, synchronize intelligence analysis relating to financial networks of the Russian Federation that operate in European countries relating to investments in the real estate, energy, media, infrastructure, philanthropy, civil society, sports, nongovernmental organization, and other sectors.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA2630EDA46E84B969E76146E2126006F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, ensure training of United States liaison officers to serve in key United States diplomatic and consular posts in European countries to cooperate with foreign partners in the uncovering and prosecution of illicit Russian financial activity.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H54403FFBFAC54CB9A7FBF03F356711C1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The task force is authorized to accept details or assignments of any personnel on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis for the purpose of carrying out this section, and the head of any Federal agency is authorized to detail or assign personnel of such agency on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis to the task force for purposes of carrying out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HFC1C519ED3794733B3776E9F4EA9AB9C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 119B the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E293F356BA846D3B858AF1B8A28D974" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 119C. Interagency task force relating to illicit Russian financial activities in Europe.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="HEE9FF3E734484B57B78FC6F5ECC78D0A"><enum>204.</enum><header>Prohibition on licenses or other authorization for United States persons to engage in activities relating to certain projects to produce oil in the Russian Federation</header> <subsection id="HD4428A37213E4DD682056EDBE62E54B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective as of the date of the enactment of this Act—</text> <paragraph id="H54F55100BFA74D2D89EB9DDB45D03CBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Treasury, acting directly or through any person, agency, or instrumentality, may not provide a license or other authorization pursuant to Directive 4 under Executive Order 13662 to engage in any of the activities prohibited under such Directive; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7932F1B79E784926B879BF25E38CB3E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any license or other authorization provided before such date of enactment by the Secretary of the Treasury, acting directly or through any person, agency, or instrumentality, pursuant to Directive 4 under Executive Order 13662 to engage in any of the activities prohibited under such Directive shall have no force or effect.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H83CE4D5283034778A36A1DE12A16E35C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Directive 4 under Executive Order 13662</term> means Directive 4 of September 12, 2014, under Executive Order 13662 of March 20, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine) or any successor Directive or other Executive action.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H76585EC09E8A46D9B369C4418BC19730"><enum>B</enum><header>SECURE Our Democracy Act</header> <section commented="no" id="H611260330A19464F859978733BBF2A3B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Safeguard our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democracy Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>SECURE Our Democracy Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" id="HEB253707939B4633914DA883990D29C6"><enum>212.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE2373EAE7FD140D69F9B09948BF15C97"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Admitted; alien</header><text>The terms <term>admitted</term> and <term>alien</term> have the meanings given such terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3B93E1AE851744F097FE998B9218977C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H3C428D5EA8644C22B5C3175CA27AA791"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the House of Representatives—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HAE94A103F15D4F02B6CA7DED76785B78"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HB0ADAB96025944B49C51FFCFE6BCA862"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Homeland Security;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H5653E4A2BDBE4D32A801EAC2B87690BF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee on Financial Services;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H822C534DB8A945988AA572B21E9ED769"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Committee on the Judiciary; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H76980EEDC4C04408AC4AA31A0636703A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1090ADAC620B4F51878DF726CD56A181"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the Senate—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H5D148B6EB5A543C4BFDA1D65304271C2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HB5F991F6A2D1401DA83FD2FE89E119D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HC33FF58572854B219385AB0288221C16"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H434D74B519394987AFAE2F6FF6A9AD31"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Committee on the Judiciary; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H55846788B35E42B48F86A66E33964AA2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Select Committee on Intelligence.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA9181636A7B84EC2852FCA3A57D0E3B2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Financial institution</header><text>The term <term>financial institution</term> has the meaning given such term in section 5312 of title 31, United States Code.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H73E1D6CB6012408A970334E2B436FC2F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Foreign person</header><text>The term <term>foreign person</term> means a person that is not a United States person.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H61F7CD4CED064940A242A21A4FE525B2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>United States person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7C8D7369124D4BD1B9C15D606BDFB85F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H75B0BFB4C326451599B03ADCFCB88D29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H736ED9BB23FC49958AE30C8EBC0E6CE6"><enum>213.</enum><header>Identification of foreign persons responsible for actions to unlawfully access, disrupt, influence, or in any way alter information or information systems related to United States political parties or elections for Federal office</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HA6E42ADE59D74804B63E0DABE8163D4E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Secretary of State a list of each foreign person that the President, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, determines—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB32CF73EC5F04A4D9137F65A2DB11E3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was, at any time since January 1, 2015, knowingly involved in actions to unlawfully access, disrupt, misappropriate, influence, or in any way alter information or information systems related to United States political parties, candidates in elections for Federal office, or the administration of elections for Federal office; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H67946776AC3A4FFE9C7287655D57AA85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>worked or acted as an agent or instrumentality of or on behalf of or was otherwise associated with such a foreign person in a matter relating to an action described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H48C5B17345674F38B1CCE6920377EE85"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Secretary of State an update of the list required under subsection (a) as new information becomes available.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H700D3AE35913458EAB20715E970BDD8C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H986D68C46DC64AEFA4B35C7BA85EAEC1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the list required under subsection (a) and any updates under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE78709574E564F03BBBA517C4B7B5BBD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The name of a foreign person to be included in the list required under subsection (a) and any updates under subsection (b) may be submitted in a classified annex only if the President—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H701D37AC9F10426BB23F7E10C97621CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that it is in the national security interests of the United States to do so; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7770A110EFB641A7ABE90507B73EBD92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>15 days prior to submitting any such name in such a classified annex, provides to the appropriate congressional committees notice of, and a justification for, including or continuing to include any such foreign person in any such classified annex despite any publicly available information indicating that such foreign person is described in paragraph (1) or (2) of such subsection.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF2BC2736E56D48ADB54BF53DAF1FF137"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public availability; Nonapplicability of confidentiality requirement with respect to visa records</header><text>The unclassified portion of the list required under subsection (a), including any updates thereto, shall be made available to the public and published in the Federal Register, without regard to the requirements of section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1202">8 U.S.C. 1202(f)</external-xref>) with respect to confidentiality of records pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H57F52971E5ED4983A6180E1F2D2CBC44"><enum>214.</enum><header>Inadmissibility of certain aliens</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HFDD283CBF2214DBF8B8C2077BF5B7F47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ineligibility for visas</header><text>An alien is ineligible to receive a visa to enter the United States and ineligible to be admitted to the United States if such alien is a foreign person on the list required under section 213(a) or any update thereto.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H57D358C4FCEC4962A39D384A938F9C19"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Current visas revoked</header><text>The Secretary of State shall revoke, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1201">8 U.S.C. 1201(i)</external-xref>), the visa or other documentation of any alien who is a foreign person on the list required under section 213(a) or any update thereto, and who would therefore be ineligible to receive such a visa or documentation under subsection (a) of this section.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H27E7D819BDFE47F9961EF76EB0E64B65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability to foreign entities and foreign governments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall apply to aliens who are officials of, agents or instrumentalities of, working or acting on behalf of, or otherwise associated with a foreign entity or foreign government that is a foreign person included on the list required under section 213(a) or any update thereto, if the President determines that such aliens have knowingly authorized, conspired to commit, been responsible for, engaged in, or otherwise assisted or facilitated the actions described in such section 213(a).</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4BD6C32D4BF04A639BCC008D3999DDBA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver for national security interests</header><text>The Secretary of State may waive the application of subsection (a) or (b) in the case of an alien if—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H235666705F884B5DB2F262614E3F08F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that such a waiver—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H205824652E76408DA51421E983609CA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, or other applicable international obligations of the United States; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H313C8498CFE046D18FE3BE7120F46DB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is in the national security interests of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCB57D6A1F2F94FAC92AC6324E79E75A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 15 days prior to granting such a waiver, the Secretary provides to the appropriate congressional committees notice of, and a justification for, such waiver.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H5520DBBA240C4A76B4C984A31C1BC372"><enum>215.</enum><header>Financial measures</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H31765917874F45EDAA7AF31276C45D98"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Freezing of assets</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H766B1723937744B9846DE4882246FFC2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President, acting through the Secretary of the Treasury, shall exercise all powers granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref>) shall not apply) to the extent necessary to freeze and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of a foreign person that is on the list required under section 213(a), including any update thereto, of this Act if such property or interests in property are in the United States, are or come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H678C6907C94F4AAAA3921656FD2F400D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability to foreign entities and foreign governments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall apply to aliens who are officials of, agents or instrumentalities of, working or acting on behalf of, or otherwise associated with a foreign entity or foreign government that is a foreign person included on the list required under section 213(a), including any update thereto, if the Director of National Intelligence determines that such aliens have knowingly authorized, conspired to commit, been responsible for, engaged in, or otherwise assisted or facilitated the actions described in such section 213(a).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HCA81E6AD63AB46229B172EF20640F0FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver for national security interests</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury may waive the application of subsection (a) if—</text> <paragraph id="H8496D4C467D7438C8F8FBF44F2A9DFE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB96B587D8C5F410098D5353824DDBFB8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not less than 15 days prior to granting such a waiver, the Secretary provides to the appropriate congressional committees notice of, and a justification for, such waiver.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H61FEAABD372F458793E2C8D4A9DCBE02"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enforcement</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H419AD93883E14B3FB7B029D546DCDECE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>A foreign person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out this section shall be subject to the penalties specified in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of such section.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H20D8C49346F442388CBEA5A6D7FF755C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability to foreign entities and foreign governments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall apply to aliens who are officials of, agents or instrumentalities of, working or acting on behalf of, or otherwise associated with a foreign entity or foreign government that is a foreign person included on the list required under section 213(a), including any update thereto, if the Director of National Intelligence determines that such aliens have knowingly authorized, conspired to commit, been responsible for, engaged in, or otherwise assisted or facilitated the actions described in such section 213(a).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2A1B901504144F3B8D5AFA6076636695"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements for financial institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe or amend regulations as needed to require each financial institution that is a United States person and has within its possession or control assets that are property or interests in property of a foreign person that is on the list required under section 213(a), including any update thereto, if such property or interests in property are in the United States, are or come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person, to certify to the Secretary that, to the best of the knowledge of such financial institution, such financial institution has frozen all assets within the possession or control of such financial institution that are required to be frozen pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD189BE7808BB4D309D6552DF0AC7E658"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulatory authority</header><text>The President, acting through the Secretary of the Treasury, shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H6F586A9635E442F4B6C857AD78C89026"><enum>216.</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HC9ECBAF6AA824F9FA532F4365BB87340"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the actions taken to carry out this subtitle, including—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HDA786DD6CE5341BF8DEE2547DF067482"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of each foreign person on the list required under section 213(a), including any update thereto;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD0E3239A9011474C9414459A5DCCED37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the dates on which such foreign persons were added to such list; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC5DC5FF4C8E844FE85C3778B00549FF9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of the actions described in such section that were undertaken by each such foreign person.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H600F3D8499C04FD795292A7CECFA1706"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The Director of National Intelligence shall submit the first report required under this section not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Director shall submit subsequent reports under this section not later than 60 days after the date of each regularly scheduled general election for Federal office, beginning with the election held in 2018.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1F9ADCB3B01E4B9A91BEB04BF6746530"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex if the Director of National Intelligence determines and includes in such report a specific national security justification for such classified annex.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HD507E3A1B1DC42CFBCDDF5F23032455F"><enum>C</enum><header>Preventing Cyber Intrusion Into Election Infrastructure</header> <section id="HA4CF1C5606FB41AB8E14A9A260FA393E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><header>Election infrastructure designation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subparagraph (J) of section 2001(3) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/601">6 U.S.C. 601(3)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, including election infrastructure</quote> before the period at the end.</text> </section><section id="H347D5A5B71594336911EC014C27A4AC2"><enum>222.</enum><header>Timely threat information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (d) of section 201 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/121">6 U.S.C. 121</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B56DE97EFAF41A4AE059C49B184E36A" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7FBF209E4E5943CBB30C35DF7B8FE16F"><enum>(27)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To provide timely threat information regarding election infrastructure to the chief State election official of the State with respect to which such information pertains.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H5B402AF3BBD24B48B242CD6579C5ABD1"><enum>223.</enum><header>Pre-election threat assessments</header> <subsection id="HE51F75C945864A3A947DB5230A9C4C4A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submission of assessment by DNI</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days before the date of each regularly scheduled general election for Federal office, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit an assessment of the full scope of threats to election infrastructure, including cybersecurity threats posed by State actors and terrorist groups, and recommendations to address or mitigate the threats, as developed by the Secretary of Homeland Security and Chairman of the Election Assistance Commission, to—</text> <paragraph id="H487001CD51DB44C39E06DD66DBC9B208"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the chief State election official of each State;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF442D6140E0B44A7A6AFCCB5FDAFDB9A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committees on Homeland Security and House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Rules and Administration of the Senate; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB62354A492014DE08F5F8D00206F8F85"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other appropriate congressional committees.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD192550F50FE4EC5A7DD82D916505CEE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2018 and each succeeding regularly scheduled general election for Federal office.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H665767E7A4484F7BB8825BE269C57735"><enum>224.</enum><header>Notification of significant foreign cyber intrusions and active measures campaigns directed at elections for Federal offices</header> <subsection id="HA64D8696820049E3A230C17D57DB3E4B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determinations of significant foreign cyber intrusions and active measures campaigns</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly carry out subsection (b) if such Directors and the Secretary jointly determine—</text> <paragraph id="H78CDE98DABAA4D7E9C1E60345DCE7DEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, a significant foreign cyber intrusion or active measures campaign intended to influence an upcoming election for any Federal office has occurred or is occurring; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8FD2F225BE2D4846AE02015F71EC4947"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with moderate or high confidence, that such intrusion or campaign can be attributed to a foreign state or to a foreign nonstate person, group, or other entity.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2B4300177BF445629C1A624EF3C48567"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Briefing</header> <paragraph id="H8BA278CB7F694B079DAB49ECC3515D69"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 14 days after making a determination under subsection (a), the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly provide a briefing to the congressional leadership, the congressional intelligence committees and, consistent with the protection of sources and methods, the other appropriate congressional committees. The briefing shall be classified and address, at a minimum, the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HCB5372DE21804F9AA2D79E50FF630A16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of the significant foreign cyber intrusion or active measures campaign, as the case may be, covered by the determination.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9E0D8F8A8EB4DB9994EB849F7A09B5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An identification of the foreign state or foreign nonstate person, group, or other entity, to which such intrusion or campaign has been attributed.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86E61A49417847D0864070438882BE3E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The desirability and feasibility of the public release of information about the cyber intrusion or active measures campaign.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBEA90BC532C4BAB90A19680584F418A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any other information such Directors and the Secretary jointly determine appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC097876260634BBA8822075870983BB6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Electronic election infrastructure briefings</header><text>With respect to a significant foreign cyber intrusion covered by a determination under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall offer to the owner or operator of any electronic election infrastructure directly affected by such intrusion, a briefing on such intrusion, including any steps that may be taken to mitigate such intrusion. Such briefing may be classified and made available only to individuals with appropriate security clearances.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2597A9A0130D43A8A00D69EE82BC836B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Protection of sources and methods</header><text>This subsection shall be carried out in a manner that is consistent with the protection of sources and methods.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H90E37EFAB29A49CAA5855033697F21FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HEB48394585364EF3B0CF8704816716C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Active measures campaign</header><text>The term <term>active measures campaign</term> means a foreign semi-covert or covert intelligence operation.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4048AB0E66914A148E60C2C32B8F9595"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Candidate, election, and political party</header><text>The terms <term>candidate</term>, <term>election</term>, and <term>political party</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30101">52 U.S.C. 30101</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAF5C3BB462554BD1B4C4CACB9B266CDB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Congressional leadership</header><text>The term <term>congressional leadership</term> includes the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H341D39DD479A4BFEB112AF473B36F2C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The majority leader of the Senate.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H655FF1ADF6EB4A208272D240AB707693"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The minority leader of the Senate.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21C39EC5945841138E2A669D05DE7E6E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Speaker of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86E0967BF8424DE8AA02BEC0F3B9209C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The minority leader of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4C8A00E80B14694906994E1CF2255CD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cyber intrusion</header><text>The term <term>cyber intrusion</term> means an electronic occurrence that actually or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, electronic election infrastructure, or the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of information within such infrastructure.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE1C1275D6DED4540BFAB3074C4683F5F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Electronic election infrastructure</header><text>The term <term>electronic election infrastructure</term> means an electronic information system of any of the following that is related to an election for Federal office:</text> <subparagraph id="H422A08399B7A44F2BB938529A13C5928"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Federal Government.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAFD597396764CDB9816A7835CCAB115"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A State or local government.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B3C95789BC643DF84D150180665B74D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A political party.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E848081FB9E495ABD964EA1C93EF3D5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The election campaign of a candidate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD1B75FE542FA439C82499BDE74CBD46F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Federal office</header><text>The term <term>Federal office</term> has the meaning given that term in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30101">52 U.S.C. 30101</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFAB3727B652B4138A623C47A930E02F5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>High confidence</header><text>The term <term>high confidence</term>, with respect to a determination, means that the determination is based on high-quality information from multiple sources.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAABE3998D9D14A218E2D554B35974CF9"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Moderate confidence</header><text>The term <term>moderate confidence</term>, with respect to a determination, means that a determination is credibly sourced and plausible but not of sufficient quality or corroborated sufficiently to warrant a higher level of confidence.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8AAEF75A05C944608E349D2F8924C207"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Other appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>other appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HFE18FC31D6FF4AD0BE86936B6387D68F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EF005B2D7284288B8E4ACF94D774376"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H68686D685F844B03BCF55119297849C1"><enum>D</enum><header>Honest Ads Act</header> <section id="H5CAB25B37CD54E85ADAF2D5EDACEF85B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>231.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Honest Ads Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H6A91C06A1A6B47C1810C775DDD3A106C"><enum>232.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this subtitle is to enhance the integrity of American democracy and national security by improving disclosure requirements for online political advertisements in order to uphold the United States Supreme Court’s well-established standard that the electorate bears the right to be fully informed.</text> </section><section id="HDC17255754564300881926FA05BFE750"><enum>233.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="H7CD13E38267B42B9824C03150553D67D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>On January 6, 2017, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence published a report titled <quote>Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections</quote>, noting that <quote>Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. Presidential election …</quote>. Moscow’s influence campaign followed a Russian messaging strategy that blends covert intelligence operation—such as cyber activity—with overt efforts by Russian Government agencies, State-funded media, third-party intermediaries, and paid social media users or <quote>trolls.</quote></text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA76C6E8B5FC24DDCBDF034BEEB972370"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On November 24, 2016, the Washington Post reported findings from 2 teams of independent researchers that concluded Russians <quote>exploited American-made technology platforms to attack U.S. democracy at a particularly vulnerable moment … as part of a broadly effective strategy of sowing distrust in U.S. democracy and its leaders.</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBB23EB63309C45FC98DAF800352EF6F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Findings from a 2017 study on the manipulation of public opinion through social media conducted by the Computational Propaganda Research Project at the Oxford Internet Institute found that the Kremlin is using pro-Russian bots to manipulate public discourse to a highly targeted audience. With a sample of nearly 1,300,000 tweets, researchers found that in the 2016 election’s 3 decisive States, propaganda constituted 40 percent of the sampled election-related tweets that went to Pennsylvanians, 34 percent to Michigan voters, and 30 percent to those in Wisconsin. In other swing States, the figure reached 42 percent in Missouri, 41 percent in Florida, 40 percent in North Carolina, 38 percent in Colorado, and 35 percent in Ohio.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB85D32F653CE4C5081880896C9E91D57"><enum>(4)</enum><text>On September 6, 2017, the Nation’s largest social media platform disclosed that between June 2015 and May 2017, Russian entities purchased $100,000 in political advertisements, publishing roughly 3,000 ads linked to fake accounts associated with the Internet Research Agency, a pro-Kremlin organization. According to the company, the ads purchased focused <quote>on amplifying divisive social and political messages …</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H67468F42C1134687979B05B5AF146ED8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In 2002, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act became law, establishing disclosure requirements for political advertisements distributed from a television or radio broadcast station or provider of cable or satellite television. In 2003, the Supreme Court upheld regulations on electioneering communications established under the Act, noting that such requirements <quote>provide the electorate with information and insure that the voters are fully informed about the person or group who is speaking.</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9590836A75584B378D6D0306958C8651"><enum>(6)</enum><text>According to a study from Borrell Associates, in 2016, $1,415,000,000 was spent on online advertising, more than quadruple the amount in 2012.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD16D8F3779C84C0A93728BAE9EF11A2F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The reach of a few large internet platforms—larger than any broadcast, satellite, or cable provider—has greatly facilitated the scope and effectiveness of disinformation campaigns. For instance, the largest platform has over 210,000,000 American users—over 160,000,000 of them on a daily basis. By contrast, the largest cable television provider has 22,430,000 subscribers, while the largest satellite television provider has 21,000,000 subscribers. And the most-watched television broadcast in U.S. history had 118,000,000 viewers.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE46B0A4EA9B8440A8F24BAA81DB66BE4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The public nature of broadcast television, radio, and satellite ensures a level of publicity for any political advertisement. These communications are accessible to the press, fact-checkers, and political opponents; this creates strong disincentives for a candidate to disseminate materially false, inflammatory, or contradictory messages to the public. Social media platforms, in contrast, can target portions of the electorate with direct, ephemeral advertisements often on the basis of private information the platform has on individuals, enabling political advertisements that are contradictory, racially or socially inflammatory, or materially false.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA755FFFC134F49B6948C11E5B1B0E278"><enum>(9)</enum><text>According to comScore, 2 companies own eight of the 10 most popular smartphone applications as of June 2017, including the most popular social media and email services—which deliver information and news to users without requiring proactivity by the user. Those same 2 companies accounted for 99 percent of revenue growth from digital advertising in 2016, including 77 percent of gross spending. Seventy-nine percent of online Americans—representing 68 percent of all Americans—use the single largest social network, while 66 percent of these users are most likely to get their news from that site.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7305B7E282D342ED8F3161D34DB0B775"><enum>(10)</enum><text>In its 2006 rulemaking, the Federal Election Commission noted that only 18 percent of all Americans cited the internet as their leading source of news about the 2004 Presidential election; by contrast, the Pew Research Center found that 65 percent of Americans identified an internet-based source as their leading source of information for the 2016 election.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2690CA46DCE840ABAE4E9EF9CD3437AB"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Federal Election Commission, the independent Federal agency charged with protecting the integrity of the Federal campaign finance process by providing transparency and administering campaign finance laws, has failed to take action to address online political advertisements.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB3610709A5ED4A7689491423D5D11725"><enum>(12)</enum><text>In testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence titled, <quote>Disinformation: A Primer in Russian Active Measures and Influence Campaigns,</quote> multiple expert witnesses testified that while the disinformation tactics of foreign adversaries have not necessarily changed, social media services now provide <quote>platform[s] practically purpose-built for active measures[.]</quote> Similarly, as Gen. (RET) Keith B. Alexander, the former Director of the National Security Agency, testified, during the Cold War <quote>if the Soviet Union sought to manipulate information flow, it would have to do so principally through its own propaganda outlets or through active measures that would generate specific news: planting of leaflets, inciting of violence, creation of other false materials and narratives. But the news itself was hard to manipulate because it would have required actual control of the organs of media, which took long-term efforts to penetrate. Today, however, because the clear majority of the information on social media sites is uncurated and there is a rapid proliferation of information sources and other sites that can reinforce information, there is an increasing likelihood that the information available to average consumers may be inaccurate (whether intentionally or otherwise) and may be more easily manipulable than in prior eras.</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H33E96EF1F13E4688ADD6FEA65625C691"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Current regulations on political advertisements do not provide sufficient transparency to uphold the public’s right to be fully informed about political advertisements made online.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H736C5049C17C4AC084670CE592F242E2"><enum>234.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HF9162B226F2D4BA884BEBA73DB8FC5FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the dramatic increase in digital political advertisements, and the growing centrality of online platforms in the lives of Americans, requires the Congress and the Federal Election Commission to take meaningful action to ensure that laws and regulations provide the accountability and transparency that is fundamental to our democracy;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6F0C576FC1D549549BF8375EB0154511"><enum>(2)</enum><text>free and fair elections require both transparency and accountability which give the public a right to know the true sources of funding for political advertisements in order to make informed political choices and hold elected officials accountable; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H15F3B2B0194C4D4582D9C28C7D1AE3C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>transparency of funding for political advertisements is essential to enforce other campaign finance laws, including the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HD0FCF8D38CDD41B39DAF69983B472492"><enum>235.</enum><header>Expansion of definition of public communication</header> <subsection id="H76D1C5F8EBD447EE9842D3CDA500FCC5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (22) of section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30101">52 U.S.C. 30101(22)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or satellite communication</quote> and inserting <quote>satellite, paid internet, or paid digital communication</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HE104B1E4FA914CFD91B26F0010B092D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of contributions and expenditures</header><text>Section 301 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30101">52 U.S.C. 30101</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6F02F9F296C04A4596CB54E0C3B4DED1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)(B)—</text> <subparagraph id="H22DF4AF6A09040B3A7B2D9D9A00B4855"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>on broadcasting stations, or in newspapers, magazines, or similar types of general public political advertising</quote> in clause (v) and inserting <quote>in any public communication</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD61EB993B65E4623AAC1886CD44466D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>broadcasting, newspaper, magazine, billboard, direct mail, or similar type of general public communication or political advertising</quote> in clause (ix)(1) and inserting <quote>public communication</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCEE13DC20F44C5EA56239595CAC6E67"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>but not including the use of broadcasting, newspapers, magazines, billboards, direct mail, or similar types of general public communication or political advertising</quote> in clause (x) and inserting <quote>but not including use in any public communication</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3663D5C47CF342FEB22BBD434D5E0298"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)(B)—</text> <subparagraph id="HEF3D39D042C9463090B884D0C670AE7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D60F8728DAE4DE4A9CF03FB3742F7C8" style="OLC"> <clause id="H1AE7792E8D1843249A0B3A36B6B5B4F1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities of any broadcasting station or any print, online, or digital newspaper, magazine, blog, publication, or periodical, unless such broadcasting, print, online, or digital facilities are owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or candidate;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEFFD19441F7647E6A8EFA7E4AAB3D18F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>on broadcasting stations, or in newspapers, magazines, or similar types of general public political advertising</quote> in clause (iv) and inserting <quote>in any public communication</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H296CB62987BD40788F3EFB395DB72F2C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disclosure and disclaimer statements</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 318 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30120">52 U.S.C. 30120</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3B751DC6BBCB4CC6ABF4A939426A1190"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>financing any communication through any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, mailing, or any other type of general public political advertising</quote> and inserting <quote>financing any public communication</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEB75EE1D12BB4DC5823064D88BD4D03A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>solicits any contribution through any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, mailing, or any other type of general public political advertising</quote> and inserting <quote>solicits any contribution through any public communication</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA7D5FE3EB2B142D0BFBAEC9845324196"><enum>236.</enum><header>Expansion of definition of electioneering communication</header> <subsection id="HB1C04F8731534995AC3CA9872E611BD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion to online communications</header> <paragraph id="H0E8A856FD2CD4240A7DA7C2930324BDD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application to qualified internet and digital communications</header> <subparagraph id="H53199CD0BD914244850B14324BE8A1E6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of section 304(f)(3) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30104">52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or satellite communication</quote> each place it appears in clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting <quote>satellite, or qualified internet or digital communication</quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5F51EEFD2FC43F2BC84CA74B2AC196D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified internet or digital communication</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 304(f) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30104">52 U.S.C. 30104(f)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45715D541E9A49C69D632F7B8B0D0D31" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H346B9B99EF4A49E38BB942A092A3C555"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Qualified internet or digital communication</header><text>The term <term>qualified internet or digital communication</term> means any communication which is placed or promoted for a fee on an online platform (as defined in subsection (j)(3)).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H46720DBC36BA4E208099D74D2A0E096F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonapplication of relevant electorate to online communications</header><text>Section 304(f)(3)(A)(i)(III) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30104">52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(3)(A)(i)(III)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>any broadcast, cable, or satellite</quote> before <quote>communication</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD51AA9B3816544B4960BF42FBDE7520B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>News exemption</header><text>Section 304(f)(3)(B)(i) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30104">52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(3)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF38DD2D62274EEDB3A280FEDF890498" style="OLC"> <clause id="H283DE922840146A89C755B268809D90B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a communication appearing in a news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities of any broadcasting station or any online or digital newspaper, magazine, blog, publication, or periodical, unless such broadcasting, online, or digital facilities are owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or candidate;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H944785752AFE4ED289AEF5BA3EB59FE9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to communications made on or after January 1, 2018.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HEA38A3A7D849449494B38E029F5EB629"><enum>237.</enum><header>Application of disclaimer statements to online communications</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H9778BB6FFDFD450DB15600FBC00ED085"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clear and conspicuous manner requirement</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 318 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30120">52 U.S.C. 30120(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H83AF96DB5D9E4DAFB38DEECE7FC1CCA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall clearly state</quote> each place it appears in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting <quote>shall state in a clear and conspicuous manner</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2F53C3FEF6154530BE9CFD16A9A28598"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following flush sentence: <quote>For purposes of this subsection, a communication does not make a statement in a clear and conspicuous manner if it is difficult to read or hear or if the placement is easily overlooked.</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H103E899F2DDF426BA38494E594816EE9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rules for qualified internet or digital communications</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H116A3FAE2C9A4BA69C7F691AC4F13A95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 318 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30120">52 U.S.C. 30120</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H171697EAEE86431CBA1F55588E88A8A0" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="H780506B8F42342549BE19E54CA86D021"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rules qualified internet or digital communications</header> <paragraph id="H01DFCEE68C5B4E1F8A33D15DD8A9B356"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Special rules with respect to statements</header><text>In the case of any qualified internet or digital communication (as defined in section 304(f)(3)(D)) which is disseminated through a medium in which the provision of all of the information specified in this section is not possible, the communication shall, in a clear and conspicuous manner—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD194F0EA6E0744FE8083565B85FBF679"><enum>(A)</enum><text>state the name of the person who paid for the communication; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF3F5AD9F14C84076843204F3EAA3B628"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide a means for the recipient of the communication to obtain the remainder of the information required under this section with minimal effort and without receiving or viewing any additional material other than such required information.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9CE3916F2A3A46E381FA1B674C664C00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Safe harbor for determining clear and conspicuous manner</header><text>A statement in qualified internet or digital communication (as defined in section 304(f)(3)(D)) shall be considered to be made in a clear and conspicuous manner as provided in subsection (a) if the communication meets the following requirements:</text> <subparagraph id="HF7BB83A455EB4B57A6DD52043EB4E1CD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Text or graphic communications</header><text>In the case of a text or graphic communication, the statement—</text> <clause id="HF19431C8F4D648DDBD05DE8E05F283ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>appears in letters at least as large as the majority of the text in the communication; and</text> </clause><clause id="H65C0DF263FDA47EFAD73E2D9D9A5D11E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H66AF5BCDF5AC46FEA922568C0CA4DE5A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Audio communications</header><text>In the case of an audio communication, the statement is spoken in a clearly audible and intelligible manner at the beginning or end of the communication and lasts at least 3 seconds.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H728B842840BF469A905B7AF1C2A5CA9A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Video communications</header><text>In the case of a video communication which also includes audio, the statement—</text> <clause id="H694CD11555ED4956B821BFC32BA43D83"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is included at either the beginning or the end of the communication; and</text> </clause><clause id="H517DA23570D0497885438088714A27D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is made both in—</text> <subclause id="H0AE0E52F8A91496CA0E315A7FF391569"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a written format that meets the requirements of subparagraph (A) and appears for at least 4 seconds; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HBA076DD851CE4F00B5C8921D2981842A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an audible format that meets the requirements of subparagraph (B).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3908E1AE23B647BC9650FCA4DDC0B5FA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Other communications</header><text>In the case of any other type of communication, the statement is at least as clear and conspicuous as the statement specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), or (C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H23798714EBEE4DAEB5E3241EEBE2AF6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonapplication of certain exceptions</header><text>The exceptions provided in section 110.11(f)(1)(i) and (ii) of title 11, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor to such rules, shall have no application to qualified internet or digital communications (as defined in section 304(f)(3)(D) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H11C3CE8A38174C22B397CCA05378FAE2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Modification of additional requirements for certain communications</header><text>Section 318(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30120">52 U.S.C. 30120(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H5E9CB9BBDA984176B82FC52D48686D7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H1CC43763F2714FE09F04016005B94086"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>which is transmitted through radio</quote> and inserting <quote>which is in an audio format</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAABA5786F876493F8F78E7CC32FC31A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">By radio</header-in-text></quote> in the heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Audio format</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H962B662A822047929A2B1C7462D5F04A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H72D87A4D6AB3484A82A364BB36B7CBF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>which is transmitted through television</quote> and inserting <quote>which is in video format</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE48C00BECF374F058106E395169E0D9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">By television</header-in-text></quote> in the heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Video format</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBD84CDD760B94E099BC4599F3DD037D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD6D43B1189594BCE90258F33EE032C8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>transmitted through radio or television</quote> and inserting <quote>made in audio or video format</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55EC36EAD5094EC0ABB2F9B2E99C1A46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>through television</quote> in the second sentence and inserting <quote>in video format</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H247C813113AD4C1A88C7F74FEE106621"><enum>238.</enum><header>Political record requirements for online platforms</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H48AC8CD23CA2439AB22A869696CFCB47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30104">52 U.S.C. 30104</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98AD91AAF5D849E3989ABBD68848DDDF" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="HB7AE1CD5B51E4A4C8EBCA016176EFD46"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Disclosure of certain online advertisements</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA8AB61553C1043D1BBE14A83287C2280"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H5D0696D7F5B8468D8CA02794ED9F407F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements for online platforms</header><text>An online platform shall maintain, and make available for online public inspection in machine readable format, a complete record of any request to purchase on such online platform a qualified political advertisement which is made by a person whose aggregate requests to purchase qualified political advertisements on such online platform during the calendar year exceeds $500.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H449607BF011343998569FB1D9BBF6FBA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements for advertisers</header><text>Any person who requests to purchase a qualified political advertisement on an online platform shall provide the online platform with such information as is necessary for the online platform to comply with the requirements of subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2FEB82CC52074C36AC71A430AF877ACE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of record</header><text>A record maintained under paragraph (1)(A) shall contain—</text> <subparagraph id="HE6114E87F23E49229E264FBA7046C3A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a digital copy of the qualified political advertisement;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H29AA251A237F49F9895533A70A65A30E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the audience targeted by the advertisement, the number of views generated from the advertisement, and the date and time that the advertisement is first displayed and last displayed; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAA6BE7C95FF45D1ACF1063080D837A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information regarding—</text> <clause id="HA0D5AB798EE8437D93CE9AD3CE5AB911"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the average rate charged for the advertisement;</text> </clause><clause id="HDD33EF4BC37849C7B5E2891BDC53E9CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the name of the candidate to which the advertisement refers and the office to which the candidate is seeking election, the election to which the advertisement refers, or the national legislative issue to which the advertisement refers (as applicable);</text> </clause><clause id="H4495DA2551A14251A7E77D8C390CE714"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the case of a request made by, or on behalf of, a candidate, the name of the candidate, the authorized committee of the candidate, and the treasurer of such committee; and</text> </clause><clause id="H7D39F0E8541F49AFBB2480808B4ED216"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the case of any request not described in clause (iii), the name of the person purchasing the advertisement, the name, address, and phone number of a contact person for such person, and a list of the chief executive officers or members of the executive committee or of the board of directors of such person.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H079848A551734CBFAB2FA16E14D51080"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Online platform</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>online platform</term> means any public-facing website, web application, or digital application (including a social network, ad network, or search engine) which—</text> <subparagraph id="HED5F3B6664DC433F8C79AF8E743675C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sells qualified political advertisements; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF457812108594DCB956AE465ED8AF15F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has 50,000,000 or more unique monthly United States visitors or users for a majority of months during the preceding 12 months.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H27F531BB397745129CE384742CF6AA78"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Qualified political advertisement</header> <subparagraph id="HFE8161A67CEC46088CB66B12698B29B2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>qualified political advertisement</term> means any advertisement (including search engine marketing, display advertisements, video advertisements, native advertisements, and sponsorships) that—</text> <clause id="H043C902E542A48088D92F9AC1BFB1ACD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is made by or on behalf of a candidate; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HC915D355563A4C4D99BCDDF003420CAF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>communicates a message relating to any political matter of national importance, including—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="HBAB4B8E8335345CD9CA20E8E26A696A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a candidate;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HEA3231E1ECA64788885D02AD7E986C2F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any election to Federal office; or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H9B0A34D574874AAD81892A0FC4004E71"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a national legislative issue of public importance.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0690B21A3C564D4C8C1AFBBAEF7EB454"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Time to maintain file</header><text>The information required under this subsection shall be made available as soon as possible and shall be retained by the online platform for a period of not less than 4 years.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H783AF414A0BC4658BEBFB1B2C395B6A7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>For penalties for failure by online platforms, and persons requesting to purchase a qualified political advertisement on online platforms, to comply with the requirements of this subsection, see section 309.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HB88FBEF5EE914592A9A517DFFCA186B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Election Commission shall establish rules—</text> <paragraph id="H9ABF1148FAB2449BB957F742BADE32A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>requiring common data formats for the record required to be maintained under section 304(j) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (as added by subsection (a)) so that all online platforms submit and maintain data online in a common, machine-readable and publicly accessible format; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3E27916FB16041D9995732916A178BB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establishing search interface requirements relating to such record, including searches by candidate name, issue, purchaser, and date.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HED0B868112CA4F3EA3AB8388B3FA7987"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Chairman of the Federal Election Commission shall submit a report to Congress on—</text> <paragraph id="HB99F3B3D1B254AAB830303519644946E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>matters relating to compliance with and the enforcement of the requirements of section 304(j) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as added by subsection (a);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7DD305B3945C4D36A2400ECF7BA06A62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations for any modifications to such section to assist in carrying out its purposes; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD05EB5D85F744F4B57079EE023FAC51"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifying ways to bring transparency and accountability to political advertisements distributed online for free.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9B8D127392A646ABB7193AA1D32CA768"><enum>239.</enum><header>Preventing contributions, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements for electioneering communications by foreign nationals in the form of online advertising</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/30121">52 U.S.C. 30121</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF517D40225145A7A693FCA73AA7FF66" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H3CEA1AA5855A46288EE506D7485D7F39"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Each television or radio broadcast station, provider of cable or satellite television, or online platform (as defined in section 304(j)(3)) shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that communications described in section 318(a) and made available by such station, provider, or platform are not purchased by a foreign national, directly or indirectly.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></subtitle><subtitle id="HBF8A3A7B65044D08953C5912EFCA70B3"><enum>E</enum><header>Countering Foreign Propaganda Act of 2018</header> <section id="H7739FFA4944147E093DA1C2E58128D66"><enum>241.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Countering Foreign Propaganda Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H9BA17155BDF3471EA3D62AD0C0B5B6EC"><enum>242.</enum><header>Disclosure requirements for United States-based foreign media outlets</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/601">47 U.S.C. 601</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18432A47530547CB85460A945109FF61" style="OLC"> <section id="HA3087548CADF46B78597661CF5E7F1FD"><enum>722.</enum><header>Disclosure requirements for United States-based foreign media outlets</header> <subsection id="HC818B5771B094DB1A8C3158688E9420E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports by outlets to Commission</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, and not less frequently than every 6 months thereafter, a United States-based foreign media outlet shall submit to the Commission a report that contains the following information:</text> <paragraph id="HAF494B8F18774D6B938E5B15CD7A0C4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The name of such outlet.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H66919FCCC0824DCF9AAFB9A202869861"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of the relationship of such outlet to the foreign principal of such outlet, including a description of the legal structure of such relationship and any funding that such outlet receives from such principal.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H05EAC7DE392A4DB68FAD1980B3173C52"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports by Commission to Congress</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, and not less frequently than every 6 months thereafter, the Commission shall transmit to Congress a report that summarizes the contents of the reports submitted by United States-based foreign media outlets under subsection (a) during the preceding 6-month period.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA01396C8F3104C09B9293947070A4787"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall make publicly available on the internet website of the Commission each report submitted by a United States-based foreign media outlet under subsection (a) not later than the earlier of—</text> <paragraph id="HCD97F0B2662E4240A375C5197319C9D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date that is 30 days after the outlet submits the report to the Commission; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBAA6A70E763D40F9B20F482E44375D10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the date on which the Commission transmits to Congress under subsection (b) the report covering the 6-month period during which the report of the outlet was submitted to the Commission under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H15E9272DE4D74225ADC0BF7CE870BDC4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H39DE3BF6698C4E0181B942C2187BAA35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Foreign principal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>foreign principal</term> has the meaning given such term in section 1(b)(1) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/611">22 U.S.C. 611(b)(1)</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H11DFB7AF9860422C83153E02EED0FA03"><enum>(2)</enum><header>United States-based foreign media outlet</header><text>The term <term>United States-based foreign media outlet</term> means an entity that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF546F655EFA84793911D505203310C74"><enum>(A)</enum><text>produces or distributes video programming that is transmitted, or intended for transmission, by a multichannel video programming distributor to consumers in the United States; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H02CE60AAECE4407C8CD162D203228522"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would be an agent of a foreign principal (as defined in paragraph (1)) for purposes of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/611">22 U.S.C. 611</external-xref> et seq.) but for section 1(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/611">22 U.S.C. 611(d)</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Actions To Counter Russian Aggression Against United States Allies</header> <subtitle commented="no" id="HE5A4DA1B15274DBBA7B4668F722477B7"><enum>A</enum><header>Stand with UK against Russia Violations Act</header> <section id="H1923E51164E84044A2270C0D4FEE3E1C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Stand with UK against Russia Violations Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="HDD32E72BC75D4A69B512ECE4981FF2BF"><enum>302.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HF5B1F938C0194571B8FB365F1C460289"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On March 4, 2018, Sergei V. Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, were found unconscious on a park bench in Salisbury, England.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBC77D8D423E341D8892697A81FAFBB96"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">British Prime Minister Theresa May announced on March 12, 2018, that the poison used in the attack was Novichok, a military-grade nerve agent developed by Soviet scientists for use on North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops, and that Russia was responsible for the attack.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H595A14A851514F73BCFF20D0C8698E7F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On March 15, 2018, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany issued a joint statement holding the Government of Russia responsible for the poisoning and characterizing the attack as <quote>an assault on UK sovereignty</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H092BF75D0A494916876793AB8F7406C0"><enum>303.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H1AAC89890F8641CE8E5550C002DFB72C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The attempts of the Government of Russia to commit murders on British soil are unconscionable and violate international law.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8043756D84874D5681824066603E2702"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States stands in strong solidarity with the British government and its people as they respond to this violation.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H26C87889EC36429183B0FCCD41112F7E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Russian aggression must be met with strength and resolve, including through sanctions to deter future Russian attacks on dissidents, expatriates, and democratic activists.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H9FE1237402FF4346AFD651E13672D0E1"><enum>304.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to Russian persons responsible for March 12 attack</header> <subsection id="H26B8EACEA02046D8BA07A151966F03C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions described in <internal-xref idref="HEC260F7E756E46F3878A130CD48B44A6" legis-path="304.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref> with respect to any person that the President determines—</text> <paragraph id="H2E0475ACB264498BAB2C80F0B73000B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>knowingly engaged in, provided material support to, worked on behalf of, or acted as an agent or instrumentality of, any person who perpetrated the attack against Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal on March 4, 2018; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4AC8150164AB43A7A79F44F245C61DEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an officer, employee, or agent of the Government of Russia and knowingly, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, materially assisted, worked on behalf of, or acted as an agent or instrumentality of, the Government of Russia in committing murder, attempted murder, or assault outside of Russia against any expatriate, dissident, or foreign national.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2416903CB4054865906FEC4E1981B1D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Concurrent report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall submit to Congress a report, concurrent with the imposition of any sanction under subsection (a), that lists each person determined to have engaged in the conduct resulting in such sanction.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HEC260F7E756E46F3878A130CD48B44A6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are the sanctions described in section 224(b) of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9524">22 U.S.C. 9524(b)</external-xref>).</text> </subsection></section><section id="H0DCD95EBC6634A249C8A84CA95CE5106"><enum>305.</enum><header>Prohibition on transactions relating to new Russian sovereign debt</header> <subsection id="HA7D849D4F1CF48C2850C7054B01D0916"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the imposition of a sanction pursuant to <internal-xref idref="H4AC8150164AB43A7A79F44F245C61DEE" legis-path="304.(a)(2)">section 304(a)(2)</internal-xref>, the President shall—</text> <paragraph id="H66FD98FBD7A2401C80E74AE99E6AB2C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>issue regulations prohibiting United States persons from engaging in transactions with, providing financing for, or in any other way dealing in Russian sovereign debt that is issued on or after the date that is 180 days after such date of imposition of sanctions; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0E6417FFA9664372BDA762FFF45ED200"><enum>(2)</enum><text>exercise all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> 13 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of one or more of the financial institutions listed in <internal-xref idref="HA5AEBD6696D549C1A9EAA6A8DFE478A4" legis-path="305.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref> if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD433E521A9342A2AB44163E41BEE81D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Russian sovereign debt defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>Russian sovereign debt</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="HD6145FB57A584F6CBF28DEB582727EAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>bonds issued by the Russian Central Bank, the Russian National Wealth Fund, the Russian Federal Treasury, or agents or affiliates of any such institution, with a maturity of more than 14 days;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC3508ECD2FAC4113B3A8EF08902FF1E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">new foreign exchange swap agreements with the Russian Central Bank, the Russian National Wealth Fund, or the Russian Federal Treasury, the duration of which agreement is longer than 14 days; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDD4E910CD3C14D0595157D649CF9974C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other financial instrument, the duration or maturity of which is more than 14 days, that—</text> <subparagraph id="H86ED104069BC4E48AA966A63D70810D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the President determines represents the sovereign debt of Russia; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H368D5B9A5AA3447B8B8544AA1D75449C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is issued by a bank listed in <internal-xref idref="HA5AEBD6696D549C1A9EAA6A8DFE478A4" legis-path="305.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA5AEBD6696D549C1A9EAA6A8DFE478A4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Russian financial institutions</header><text>The financial institutions listed in this subsection are the following:</text> <paragraph id="HA2125ED8D33B4C86BBADF459F06EFA2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Sberbank.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF802A5548E4146D2AEA971E652B4F28D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>VTB Bank.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H961D1F3A5B0946AAA80D59D77A0D2101"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Gazprombank.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H74F378F9F85A461FA38BD905CAA2691C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Bank of Moscow.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0BA192EB94584F43B606BF1ACB438EA2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Rosselkhozbank.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8395AA6A1D444B92BAC05CAD34415CE2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Promsvyazbank.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAE300E4BCCD544A3A9FEDF5A6BB57D18"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Vnesheconombank.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA875C62DC191435CB92DB00E5BF4EBA9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirement To promptly publish guidance</header><text>The President shall concurrently publish guidance on the implementation of the regulations issued pursuant to <internal-xref idref="HA7D849D4F1CF48C2850C7054B01D0916" legis-path="305.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H693C3030ECC84F41873E0132078CB6DC"><enum>306.</enum><header>Implementation; penalties; termination</header> <subsection id="HC866966C01A14084BCCF12B2C31EC597"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may exercise all authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1702">50 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref> and 1704) to carry out this subtitle.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HFF9ECC3B52CB4F9497607F4C4818F989"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of section 304 or 305, or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out such sections, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H147D30D1924A46C998219FA5A1374C63"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination</header> <paragraph id="HA01AA0D466284E88A4EB940C3EA22220"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President may terminate the application of a sanction under <internal-xref idref="H9FE1237402FF4346AFD651E13672D0E1" legis-path="304.">section 304</internal-xref> or <internal-xref idref="H0E6417FFA9664372BDA762FFF45ED200" legis-path="305.(a)(2)">section 305(a)(2)</internal-xref> if the President submits to Congress a determination that officers, employees, and agents of the Government of Russia no longer engage in the conduct described in <internal-xref idref="H4AC8150164AB43A7A79F44F245C61DEE" legis-path="304.(a)(2)">section 304(a)(2)</internal-xref>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB6AE0896866840D3BF423012CD757FAE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may, on or after the date on which the President submits the determination described in <internal-xref idref="HA01AA0D466284E88A4EB940C3EA22220" legis-path="306.(c)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>, waive the prohibition imposed pursuant to <internal-xref idref="H66FD98FBD7A2401C80E74AE99E6AB2C0" legis-path="305.(a)(1)">section 305(a)(1)</internal-xref> with respect to Russian sovereign debt (as defined in such section) issued on or after such date if the President concurrently submits to Congress a notification that includes a justification of the basis for waiving such prohibition.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H283A095DD3AE4B2D8AA2ABCBF6566EAC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header>Enhanced military activities to deter Russian aggression</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HE56D707714A2439E962331AD425D2B3C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>NATO exercises</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with appropriate officials of other countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), shall seek opportunities to conduct more NATO naval exercises in the Baltic and Black Seas, as well as in the northern Atlantic Ocean, to defend the seas around Europe and deter Russian aggression in those regions.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H613FDA580D074944B8D5FFC8A98B3F63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Joint research projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, may conduct joint research projects with NATO allies pursuant to the authorities under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/138">chapter 138</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, including projects through NATO Centers of Excellence, to—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H8DA363D7A7CC40DE972A3F2C8BA74972"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve NATO reconnaissance capabilities to track Russian military exercises;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H01FBF4F65A7C43EDA296EB61A984FF30"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhance NATO anti-submarine warfare capabilities against Russia;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD581871A58C442FE91E3A21D51CCC5AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase the numbers of modern sensors placed on NATO aircraft, submarines, and surface ships; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4932D1EBBDA343D4ACF7895AD3CE1134"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhance NATO capabilities to detect and deter Russian information operations.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H12FF3E51701B4981927C24644E59ACE8"><enum>308.</enum><header>United States person defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle, the term <term>United States person</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="HA8129F577BC34CB2A4551515B90F7154"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEBDC063E72E74D31AF9864CEE2EB7CBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HEA84E3D0C41A4FECA818DA9C9578981D"><enum>B</enum><header>Imposition of Sanctions on Certain Russian Parastatal Entities</header> <section id="HF9840912E5DF47188E97920FB27BA6C3"><enum>311.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions on certain Russian parastatal entities</header> <subsection id="HB0F08CBACC0D4D8CA04F5379575622E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to not less than five entities and including any individuals associated with such entities, that—</text> <paragraph id="H2D063E5D233244E39C576DD5A18FF374"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are identified as Russian parastatal entities in the report required by section 241(a)(2) of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/44">Public Law 115–44</external-xref>; 131 Stat. 922) and submitted to Congress on January 29, 2018; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8C9BF3F5FA6D4DABA2672E303057B016"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are not currently subject to sanctions imposed by the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H708B6114B36D4219BFC8628F3C9CF492"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining those entities and individuals described in subsection (a) with respect to which sanctions described in subsection (c) are to be imposed, the President shall take into account the extent to which such entities and individuals meet the criteria described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of section 241(a)(2) of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HDE8F325E794D43AAA2E11BD0E4F69C55"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:</text> <paragraph id="HDB6699C5B96F497E97E3F37F6B335026"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Asset blocking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of a person determined by the President to be subject to subsection (b) if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7BFF3526D33E4C52B557989FC25E4B0F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion from the United States and revocation of visa or other documentation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an alien determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a) denial of a visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, and revocation in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1201">8 U.S.C. 1201(i)</external-xref>), of any visa or other documentation of the alien.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0175F79C57364BAE8759F856743DD7BD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In subsection (c), the term <term>United States person</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="H60D31A5964DE49F89AEDE17247E1F37E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3E65751A9A8142CCAFAD32D82F9E37CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC848A9B5B37C43218AEDE350829922E1"><enum>C</enum><header>Punishing Continued Occupation of Ukraine Act</header> <section id="H305D26250CAC4101AFEA5A8AC0893AAF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>321.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Punishing Continued Occupation of Ukraine Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="HE5930F545C864C8A8486E51DEBA02DB5"><enum>322.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HA1F5F42CA93647AFA4634DC701185FB7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On February 27, 2014, the Russian Federation unlawfully invaded Ukraine’s Crimea region and shortly thereafter intervened and occupied parts of Ukraine.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H81D20106B80C421181D6122AF6BCE0CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Russia continues to flout the Minsk Agreement and subsequent clarifications to address the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany, and the Minsk Protocol, which was agreed to on September 5, 2014, by directly and indirectly commanding separatist forces in Ukraine.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H226B7AA3138044579DAA4F9A27C5DDAE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Sanctions to date have failed to alter Russian President Vladimir Putin’s calculation regarding Crimea and eastern Ukraine.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA422E5929A39468A9758EA978E3F1408"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Russia relies on sovereign debt to finance the government. If denied access to these funds, Russia would be forced to cut spending, increase taxes, draw down its foreign exchange reserves, or seek alternative sources of financing, increasing the economic pressures facing the economy.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H7B5F557692AF48CE893C55842B1289F2"><enum>323.</enum><header>Prohibition against United States recognition of Russia’s annexation of Crimea</header> <subsection id="H0EE0D7F602C4486AB588CF41F12E5825"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States not to recognize the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H8F1DD6ABA4364D70A13D5A6D0D1B3130"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>In accordance with subsection (a), no Federal department or agency may take any action or extend any assistance that recognizes or implies recognition of the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H0B2EA3995E9640C0B54AFB2C5D09D594"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the prohibition under subsection (a) or (b) if the President determines that it is vital to the national security interests of the United States to do so.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HEE2FD9FE0ABA455F8EA6F7F13A215567"><enum>324.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to certain Russian financial institutions</header> <subsection id="HE8DC6DC26B6546908691C0F67C6D4EA1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HFF529725419D4F1B91E4A003C30B3107"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On February 27, 2014, the Russian Federation unlawfully invaded Crimea and shortly thereafter intervened and occupied parts of Ukraine.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAED776C09CF14402ADC58C8496B400EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Russia continues to flout the Minsk Accords, signed on September 5, 2014, by directly and indirectly supporting separatist forces in Ukraine.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1C1F3A9AB50F41B2A53C78AF924BC15B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Sanctions to date have failed to alter Russian President Vladimir Putin’s calculation regarding Ukraine and the Crimea.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H29D576C4C74C45CA98921D98A9D6D3AC"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Putin regime relies on several large financial institutions to implement its policies and keep the regime afloat.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0B62D4733E9541CD9AACD56F543C59CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for 5 years, the President shall determine whether the Russian Federation is in compliance with the Minsk Accords.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA952765BB6BB474AA5402D56BF7B00C4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions</header> <paragraph id="HAA7CB8D1A2604DB4AD940FEDB2826B34"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the President, pursuant to subsection (b), determines that Russia is not in compliance with the Minsk Accords, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (d) with respect to not less than three Russian financial institutions that are substantially affiliated with the Putin regime, including from among those institutions described in subsection (e).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6DEC8AA97F7844B4AB0B55E9877F0E89"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>One of the financial institutions to be sanctioned pursuant to this subsection shall include Vnesheconombank.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7355AFCBBAF641E1A90AA7FEB41F912E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are the exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of a financial institution determined by the President to be subject to subsection (b)(1) if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H19B479BE3C3C40F2BD64E91576693C34"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Russian financial institutions described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The financial institutions described in this subsection are the following:</text> <paragraph id="H5E2F1AB152AF451D88791A20725AA8DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Sberbank.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB3F636FD6D004AFD9BB86CD0CE3FD280"><enum>(2)</enum><text>VTB Bank.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0EF95014FA2244ECA40726014096ED34"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Gazprombank.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE3A26676D5944A3791E02BC86CB9EEB4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Bank of Moscow.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H419530A6EA2D4ED9889B1E4F9A04E2F5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Rosselkhozbank.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4C51834D84B74B8E9756AE8C218E3021"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Promsvyazbank.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H011411441F694BBE8599CED0ED6C2187"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Implementation; penalties</header> <paragraph id="HAEB96EBBBF8244BC8F5BE21275A9A07D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The President may exercise all authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1702">50 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref> and 1704) to carry out subsection (c).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA8EF10817FA041BDAF02FF92E1D629E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (c) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out subsection (b) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDF8A8080C75C48FAA53FFD442CCF3F50"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may terminate the application of sanctions under subsection (c) with respect to a Russian financial institution if the President submits to Congress a notice of and justification for the termination.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2B14875910154F78BCB57D3A4F6846F6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HDB16605FCC49403BA7D50487A1C69902"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <term>person</term> means an individual or entity.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF365E110725349D394F0BF6AD14F0424"><enum>(2)</enum><header>United States person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>United States person</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HEC39997F0FC248ABB054A38FCEA82A8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DA5208657AD4A259FF64818640DB361"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H3831FCCD0C5844D69290392C8086E90B"><enum>D</enum><header>General Provisions To Bolster Alliances</header> <section id="H68833C8DC99146D186C28F7B4DE9526F"><enum>331.</enum><header>Strategy for offensive use of cyber capabilities</header> <subsection id="H8606A14CCCA84904BA4678678E4CBA51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategy required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall develop a written strategy for the offensive use of cyber capabilities by departments and agencies of the Federal Government.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H785B7652930445B9906075C39BBC4536"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The strategy developed under subsection (a) shall include, at minimum—</text> <paragraph id="H05E1B3E652E34D979084BAAA0FE69A89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of enhancements that are needed to improve the offensive cyber capabilities of the United States and partner nations, including NATO member states; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA4D852A065B943768E3A83707E9EA851"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a statement of principles concerning the appropriate deployment of offensive cyber capabilities.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8F178AD4647E4EEFA52DF5A15820FE60"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission to Congress</header> <paragraph id="H602CE57DA0E74254981AD87BAB1FECB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the congressional defense committees (as that term is defined in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code) the strategy developed under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAFB373AC42104253A9E9CC9D08279AFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of submission</header><text>The strategy submitted under paragraph (1) may be submitted in classified form.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBE6999F580D642B08E4AD7E855F1C2E6"><enum>332.</enum><header>Matters relating to NATO</header> <subsection id="H6E45E30D484144BC80D82B89918895EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall seek to work with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to carry out the following actions:</text> <paragraph id="HAD883E93FBD544868E4820B8023479FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Elevating anti-corruption as an element of NATO’s Readiness Action Plan.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7E19A1DFC7704D40A72482F9CDD06937"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Tasking the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence and Warning with monitoring Russian influence in NATO member states.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H90376BB9980349B38A037BCF3D01C7AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Prioritizing the combating of Russian influence under the NATO–European Union framework.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H231522E182E04D47950F359B6A2D5661"><enum>(b)</enum><header>EU–US summit</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized to host a summit between the United States and the European Union on preventing undeclared, cross-border money flows invested in strategic areas or economic sectors of European countries.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H34A771A44A9E4117B63EB9A015DA3820"><enum>333.</enum><header>Countering Russian Influence and Corruption Fund</header> <subsection id="HCEF5F31D5D204A7BB19057AD905EDD9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The President is authorized to establish in the Department of the Treasury a fund to be known as the Countering Russian Influence and Corruption Fund (in this section referred to as the <quote>Fund</quote>).</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF788A916488E4266AAAB5458329565C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Initial amounts in fund</header><text>The Fund shall consist of the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HC59D04E349AB400F9A1B1C02160C192A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The unobligated balances, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, of any amounts appropriated to carry out section 7070(d) of division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H74AC799380E540F081E488AB3FFCD27B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The unobligated balances, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, of any amounts otherwise available to the Secretary of State to carry out the purposes described in subsection (c).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEEFDE9AAC85E499D9A89690498D48B05"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purposes of fund</header><text>Amounts in the Fund for any fiscal year are authorized to be made available to the Secretary of State for bilateral assistance for countries in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia to counter the following activities in such countries carried out by the Russian Federation:</text> <paragraph id="H5762F9EB9074414EAB0470DDCBD3739C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Support for disinformation and propaganda.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFE17E3674B3940D1BDC89FCD2AD207CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Interference in foreign elections.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H756DFC1EDC5A404CA0B2407828D5F9D5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Efforts to undermine financial transparency and governance.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDF74CF64CDC94BB8AD731A2022B7EFB3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Support for activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 64(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by section 204 of this Act).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD3859937AB694BA8AF6BDD1EAB31DB40"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Support for and strengthening of foreign programs focused on investigative journalism and independence of the media environment to expose Russian corruption.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H10D64165AC2E4D8A9FBE8780F4B70111"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Civil society and other organizations</header><text>Amounts in the Fund for any fiscal year may be made available to carry out the purposes of the Fund under subsection (c) through civil society and other organizations that seek to mitigate the expansion of Russian influence and aggression, including through public awareness campaigns and exchange activities.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7BF8E0C1565C45F89243C109FBA84D87"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report for each fiscal year for which activities are undertaken pursuant to this section.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Combating Putin’s Repression (CPR) for Russian Civil Society</header> <section id="HD3E71F1FBC8E4EABA771E39DCABA2564"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>CPR for Russian Civil Society Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="HC1A0C6E5EE1944D0BB4BEF49D48385A4"><enum>402.</enum><header>Strengthening dialogue with the Russian people</header> <subsection id="HEA36A6A30E5240AD8F4938C57E3735DF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Improved visa screening procedures for Russian visitors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall conduct a study on how to streamline and simplify visa procedures for Russian students and persons involved in professional and cultural exchanges in order to reduce the overall visa processing period and facilitate people-to-people exchanges. Such study shall examine average visa wait times for successful visa applicants from Russia and overall rejection rates of Russian nationals applying for visas.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA6DF87DADF2041F9B68C18AE43925089"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enhanced screening for Putin allies</header><text>In conjunction with the study undertaken pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall develop enhanced visa screening procedures for the following individuals:</text> <paragraph id="H023681EF88D649A4B99B3AFD56E5B246"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Persons identified as <quote>the most significant senior foreign political figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation</quote>, as listed in a classified annex to a report issued on January 29, 2018, pursuant to section 241(a)(1) of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, but who are not already included in the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H66A268521D7F455082D30CDADDCA6B16"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Persons who are not otherwise included in the specially designated nationals list but who promote Russian President Vladimir Putin’s policies of repression, as determined by the Secretary of State.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H85C3340D93994467A486675C0ACD7A1C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Persons who benefit from or act as agents of Russian persons on the specially designated nationals list.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8547AA06CB7148978E91AE239954B9B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Improved tracking of exchange programs</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on current cultural exchange and educational programs with Russia. Such report shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="H914A432B5FA34050941E3735FB24CCC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A list of existing programs funded by the United States Government dedicated to United States-Russia cultural and educational exchange and research, including funding levels for each program.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA94211EF5D584E82B8727577ED9DA553"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Information relating to funding of the programs specified in paragraph (1), including overall history of such funding since 1991, relative to funding for other regions with such exchange and research programs.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD463EF7B7D240FF9C1ED2E89834CE1B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Strategic stability</header> <paragraph id="H9BFC6F96286D4CE7823A4EEAEF1F332D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, shall submit to Congress a report on efforts to strengthen strategic stability with Russia.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE6BD8B855BFC485E984902927F1E253A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, shall host an annual bilateral meeting, through 2023, with Russian counterparts in order to discuss relevant issues of common interest, including maintaining strategic stability and open lines for crisis communications.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H22A1007440A3478BA2B3A4DC806176EE"><enum>403.</enum><header>Support Russian civil society</header> <subsection id="H7E8FB9BA3E1A4E98A07BF468CF062FC3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fight Putin’s censorship</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall convene a meeting of senior leaders of United States technology companies that sell, license, or otherwise facilitate the installation of tools that allow the Government of Russia to censor, harass, or suppress the activities of civil society activists. Such meeting shall focus on developing a common code of conduct to restrain United States companies aiding and abetting the Government of Russia’s efforts to suppress Russian civil society, fundamental freedoms in Russia, and efforts to expose corruption on the part of the Government of Russia.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD6A821CD64614A76B7F9AD49D141A353"><enum>(b)</enum><header>International broadcasting operations fund</header> <paragraph id="HEA033C577FE544BB86766130588F174D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ International Broadcasting Operations Fund, there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to expand Russian language programming and to provide for the dissemination of accurate and independent information to the Russian people through online media, radio, television, cellular telephone, short message service, and other communications. The Broadcasting Board of Governors shall identify those countries that serve as Russian vacation destinations and further target United States international broadcasting and programming activities towards such countries.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6765917C93DA452A808E51C8D28E4A8B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of amounts</header><text>To achieve the objectives described in paragraph (1), amounts in the International Broadcasting Operations Fund referred to in such subparagraph may be used to develop—</text> <subparagraph id="H8DD8AC21E57C44EC8877740B6C8DC9AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>additional transmission capability for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, including through additional shortwave and medium wave transmissions, satellite, and Internet mechanisms;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC6A625550DB446B8D4C83DA9C598A1B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>additional proxy server capability and anti-censorship technologies to counter efforts by the Government of Russia to censor political and civil society activities, such as blocking of the Telegram app, and investigations into corruption on the part of the Government of Russia;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7A4D8A87A9F44BEB0BF81E5A39C9BC5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>technologies to counter efforts to block SMS text message exchange over cellular phone networks; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8E88969B8B745B8A66157E556A14C4D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>additional digital programs and operations for Voice of America in Russia.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3600D4CEE49C4844A467C7E421151DB4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming amendment to expanded broadcasting in countries of the former Soviet Union</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 8(e) of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8927">22 U.S.C. 8927(e)</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/118/272">Public Law 118–272</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2020</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>