[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2780 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2780

To require a determination on designation of the Russian Federation as 
                     a state sponsor of terrorism.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2018

  Mr. Gardner (for himself and Mr. Menendez) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To require a determination on designation of the Russian Federation as 
                     a state sponsor of terrorism.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DETERMINATION ON DESIGNATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS A 
              STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.

    (a) Determination.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
        to the appropriate congressional committees a determination 
        whether the Russian Federation meets the criteria for 
        designation as a state sponsor of terrorism.
            (2) Form.--The determination required by paragraph (1) 
        shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a 
        classified annex, if appropriate.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
        Affairs of the House of Representatives.
            (2) State sponsor of terrorism defined.--The term ``state 
        sponsor of terrorism'' means a country the government of which 
        the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 
        6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
        4605(j)) (as in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 
        Economic Powers Act), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 
        Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the Arms Export 
        Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any other provision of law, is 
        a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
        international terrorism.
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