[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H7984-H7990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS CERTAIN BILLS

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to section 2 of House Resolution 
1361, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bills: H.R. 1433, H.R. 
4009, H.R. 4358, H.R. 6265, H.R. 6846, H.R. 7240, H.R. 7338, H.R. 8453, 
H.R. 8503, and H.R. 8520; and agree to H. Res. 558.
  The Clerk read the title of the bills and the resolution.
  The text of the bills and the resolution are as follows:

        Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act of 2022

                               H.R. 1433

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Helen Keller National Center 
     Reauthorization Act of 2022''.

     SEC. 2. HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER REAUTHORIZED.

       The first sentence of section 205(a) of the Helen Keller 
     National Center Act (29 U.S.C. 1904(a)) is amended by 
     striking ``1999 through 2003'' and inserting ``2023 through 
     2027''.

                     Enslaved Voyages Memorial Act

                               H.R. 4009

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Enslaved Voyages Memorial 
     Act''.

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     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH COMMEMORATIVE WORK.

       (a) In General.--The Georgetown African American Historic 
     Landmark Project and Tour may establish a commemorative work 
     on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs 
     to commemorate the enslaved individuals, whose identities may 
     be known or unknown, who endured the Middle Passage.
       (b) Compliance With Standards for Commemorative Works.--The 
     establishment of the commemorative work under this section 
     shall be in accordance with chapter 89 of title 40, United 
     States Code (commonly known as the ``Commemorative Works 
     Act'').
       (c) Prohibition on the Use of Federal Funds.--
       (1) In general.--Federal funds may not be used to pay any 
     expense of the establishment of the commemorative work under 
     this section.
       (2) Responsibility of the georgetown african american 
     historic landmark project and tour.--The Georgetown African 
     American Historic Landmark Project and Tour shall be solely 
     responsible for acceptance of contributions for, and payment 
     of the expenses of, the establishment of the commemorative 
     work under this section.
       (d) Deposit of Excess Funds.--
       (1) In general.--If upon payment of all expenses for the 
     establishment of the memorial (including the maintenance and 
     preservation amount required by section 8906(b)(1) of title 
     40, United States Code), there remains a balance of funds 
     received for the establishment of the commemorative work, the 
     Georgetown African American Historic Landmark Project and 
     Tour shall transmit the amount of the balance to the 
     Secretary of the Interior for deposit in the account provided 
     for in section 8906(b)(3) of title 40, United States Code.
       (2) On expiration of authority.--If upon expiration of the 
     authority for the commemorative work under section 8903(e) of 
     title 40, United States Code, there remains a balance of 
     funds received for the establishment of the commemorative 
     work, the Georgetown African American Historic Landmark 
     Project and Tour shall transmit the amount of the balance to 
     a separate account with the National Park Foundation for 
     memorials, to be available to the Secretary of the Interior 
     or Administrator (as appropriate) following the process 
     provided in section 8906(b)(4) of title 40, United States 
     Code, for accounts established under section 8906(b)(2) or 
     (3) of title 40, United States Code.

     SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

       The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
     complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall 
     be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
     ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act, 
     submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
     Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such 
     statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

                Little Manatee Wild and Scenic River Act

                               H.R. 4358

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Little Manatee Wild and 
     Scenic River Act''.

     SEC. 2. DESIGNATION FOR STUDY OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER 
                   SEGMENTS, LITTLE MANATEE RIVER, FLORIDA.

       Section 5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1276(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(__) Little manatee river, florida.--The approximately 
     50-mile segment beginning at the source in southeastern 
     Hillsborough County, Florida, downstream to the point at 
     which the river enters Tampa Bay, including appropriate 
     tributaries, but shall not include--
       ``(A) those portions lying within Manatee County, Florida, 
     and being more particularly described as Parcel ID 247800059, 
     Parcel ID 248200008 and Parcel ID 248100000; and
       ``(B) South Fork.''.

     SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT.

       Section 5(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1276(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(__) Little manatee river, florida.--Not later than 3 
     years after the date on which funds are made available to 
     carry out this paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall--
       ``(A) complete the study of the Little Manatee River, 
     Florida named in subsection (a)(_); and
       ``(B) submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources of the Senate a report that describes the 
     results of the study.''.

     SEC. 4. EFFECT ON MANAGEMENT.

       This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not 
     interfere with the current management of the area of the 
     Little Manatee River described in section 5(a)(_) of the Wild 
     and Scenic Rivers Act, nor shall the fact that such area is 
     listed for study under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1271 et seq.) be used as justification for more 
     restrictive management until Congress acts on the study 
     recommendations.

Countering Assad's Proliferation Trafficking And Garnering Of Narcotics 
                                  Act

                               H.R. 6265

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Countering Assad's 
     Proliferation Trafficking And Garnering Of Narcotics Act'' or 
     the ``CAPTAGON Act''.

     SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY STRATEGY TO DISRUPT AND DISMANTLE 
                   NARCOTICS PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING AND 
                   AFFILIATED NETWORKS LINKED TO THE REGIME OF 
                   BASHAR AL-ASSAD IN SYRIA.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Captagon trade linked to the regime of Bashar al-
     Assad in Syria is a transnational security threat; and
       (2) the United States should develop and implement an 
     interagency strategy to deny, degrade, and dismantle Assad-
     linked narcotics production and trafficking networks.
       (b) Report and Strategy Required.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement 
     Administration, the Director of National Intelligence, and 
     the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies shall provide 
     to the appropriate congressional committees a written 
     strategy to disrupt and dismantle narcotics production and 
     trafficking and affiliated networks linked to the regime of 
     Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Such strategy shall include each of 
     the following:
       (1) A strategy to target, disrupt, and degrade networks 
     that directly or indirectly support the narcotics 
     infrastructure of the Assad regime, particularly through 
     diplomatic and intelligence support to law enforcement 
     investigations and to build counter-narcotics capacity to 
     partner countries through assistance and training to law 
     enforcement services in countries, other than Syria, that are 
     receiving or transiting large quantities of Captagon.
       (2) Information relating to the use of statutory 
     authorities, including the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection 
     Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 8791 note), the Foreign Narcotics 
     Kingpin Designation Act (popularly referred to as the 
     ``Kingpin Act''), section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     (relating to the international narcotics control strategy 
     report), and associated actions to target individuals and 
     entities directly or indirectly associated with the narcotics 
     infrastructure of the Assad regime.
       (3) Information relating to the use of global diplomatic 
     engagements associated with the economic pressure campaign 
     against the Assad regime to target its narcotics 
     infrastructure.
       (4) A strategy for leveraging multilateral institutions and 
     cooperation with international partners to disrupt the 
     narcotics infrastructure of the Assad regime.
       (5) A strategy for mobilizing a public communications 
     campaign to increase awareness of the extent of the 
     connection of the Assad regime to illicit narcotics trade.
       (6) A description of the countries receiving or transiting 
     large shipments of Captagon, and an assessment of the 
     counter-narcotics capacity of such countries to interdict or 
     disrupt the smuggling of Captagon, including an assessment of 
     current United States assistance and training programs to 
     build such capacity in such countries.
       (c) Form of Report.--The report required under subsection 
     (b) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may 
     contain a classified annex.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, 
     the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Financial Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the Senate.

  Corruption, Overthrowing Rule of Law, and Ruining Ukraine: Putin's 
                              Trifecta Act

                               H.R. 6846

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Corruption, Overthrowing 
     Rule of Law, and Ruining Ukraine: Putin's Trifecta Act'' or 
     ``CORRUPT Act''.

     SEC. 2. REVIEW OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO RUSSIAN 
                   KLEPTOCRATS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS.

       (a) Determination With Respect to Imposition of 
     Sanctions.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a determination, 
     including a detailed justification, of whether any person 
     listed in subsection (b) meets the criteria for the 
     imposition of sanctions under provisions of law that 
     authorize the imposition of sanctions relating to corruption 
     or human rights violations.
       (b) Persons Listed.--The persons listed in this subsection, 
     which include Russian persons and current and former Russian 
     government officials, are the following:
       (1) Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich.
       (2) Konstantin Lvovich Ernst.
       (3) Victor Evdokimovich Gavrilov.

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       (4) Dmitry Ivanov.
       (5) Pavel Vladimirovich Krasheninnikov.
       (6) Elena Evgenievna Morozova.
       (7) Mikhail Albertovich Murashko.
       (8) Ella Alexandrovna Pamfilova.
       (9) Dmitry Nikolayevich Patrushev.
       (10) Denis Gennadievich Popov.
       (11) Margarita Simonovna Simonyan.
       (12) Vladimir Roudolfovitch Solovyev.
       (13) Andrey Yuryevich Vorobyev.
       (14) Igor Vladimirovich Yanchuk.
       (15) Victoria Valerievna Abramchenko.
       (16) Maxim Alekseevich Akimov.
       (17) Igor Olegovich Aleshin.
       (18) Sergey Vladimirovich Aleksandrovsky.
       (19) Anton Andreyevich Alikhanov.
       (20) Igor Alekseevich Altushkin.
       (21) Ekaterina Sergeevna Andreeva.
       (22) Dmitry Vasilievich Aristov.
       (23) Roman Evgenievich Artyukhin.
       (24) Zaur Asevovich Askenderov.
       (25) Pavel Alekseevich Astakhov.
       (26) Ludmila Valentinovna Babushkina.
       (27) Igor Vyacheslavovich Barinov.
       (28) Victor Fedorovich Basargin.
       (29) Marat Alimzhanovich Basharov.
       (30) Nikolay Viktorovich Baskov.
       (31) Andrey Removich Belousov.
       (32) Yuri Ivanovich Borisov.
       (33) Larisa Igorevna Brycheva.
       (34) Igor Yurievich Bryntsalov.
       (35) Petr Pavlovich Biryukov.
       (36) Yury Alexandrovich Burlachko.
       (37) Igor Yurievich Chaika.
       (38) Alexey Olegovich Chekunkov.
       (39) Elena Evgenievna Chernyakova.
       (40) Yulia Dmitrievna Chicherina.
       (41) Yuri Anatolyevich Chikhanchin.
       (42) Artur Nikolaevich Chilingarov.
       (43) Vladimir Viktorovich Chistyukhin.
       (44) Sergey Alekseevich Dankvert.
       (45) Adam Sultanovich Delimkhanov.
       (46) Evgeny Ivanovich Ditrikh.
       (47) Zarina Valeryevna Doguzova.
       (48) Alexey Alexandrovich Druzhinin.
       (49) Dmitry Petrovich Dyuzhev.
       (50) Daniil Vyacheslavovich Egorov.
       (51) Ilya Vladimirovich Eliseev.
       (52) Alexander Vladimirovich Emelianenko.
       (53) Marina Valentinovna Entaltseva.
       (54) Ksenia Valentinovna Yudaeva
       (55) Valery Alexandrovich Fadeev.
       (56) Valery Nikolaevich Falkov.
       (57) Valery Valerievich Fedorov.
       (58) Aram Ashotovich Gabrelyanov.
       (59) Oleg Mikhailovich Gazmanov.
       (60) Valery Abisalovich Gergiev.
       (61) Dmitry Yurievich Gogin.
       (62) Tatiana Alexeyevna Golikova.
       (63) Olga Yurievna Golodets.
       (64) Vasily Yuryevich Golubev.
       (65) Alexander Nikolaevich Gorbenko.
       (66) Dmitry Vladimirovich Gorelov.
       (67) Viktor Petrovich Goremykin.
       (68) Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaev.
       (69) Oleg Vladimirovich Ilyinikh.
       (70) Yury Olegovich Isaev.
       (71) Alexander Valentinovich Ishchenko.
       (72) Mikhail Yuryevich Ivankov.
       (73) Alexander Sergeevich Kalinin.
       (74) Natalya Ivanovna Kasperskaya.
       (75) Evgeny Valentinovich Kaspersky.
       (76) Sergey Alexandrovich Karaganov.
       (77) Alexander Gennadievich Khloponin.
       (78) Viktor Borisovich Khristenko.
       (79) Eduard Yuryevich Khudainatov.
       (80) Andrey Stepanovich Kigim.
       (81) Sergey Georgievich Kireev.
       (82) Dmitry Mikhailovich Kirillov.
       (83) Philip Bedrosovich Kirkorov.
       (84) Vladislav Nikolaevich Kitaev.
       (85) German Sergeevich Klimenko.
       (86) Franz Adamovich Klintsevich.
       (87) Anton Anatolyevich Kobyakov.
       (88) Dmitry Viktorovich Kochnev.
       (89) Victor Anatolievich Koksharov.
       (90) Petr Viktorovich Kolbin.
       (91) Ekaterina Vladimirovna Kolokoltseva.
       (92) Alexander Sergeevich Kolpakov.
       (93) Veniamin Ivanovich Kondratyev.
       (94) Aleksandr Vladimirovich Konovalov.
       (95) Alexander Nikolaevich Konovalov.
       (96) Boris Nikolaevich Korobets.
       (97) Anton Olegovich Kotykov.
       (98) Alexander Alexandrovich Kozlov.
       (99) Sergey Sergeevich Kravtsov.
       (100) Svetlana Aleksandrovna Krivonogih.
       (101) Nikolai Mikhailovich Kropachev.
       (102) Alexey Leonidovich Kudrin.
       (103) Andrey Vasilievich Lavrishchev.
       (104) Alexander Vladimirovich Lazarev.
       (105) Artemy Andreyevich Lebedev.
       (106) Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev.
       (107) Igor Evgenievich Levitin.
       (108) Alexandra Yuryevna Levitskaya.
       (109) Alexey Evgenievich Likhachev.
       (110) Maxim Stanislavovich Liksutov.
       (111) Andrei Yurievich Lipov.
       (112) Olga Borisovna Lyubimova.
       (113) Magomedsalam Magomedalievich Magomedov.
       (114) Iskander Kakhramonovich Makhmudov.
       (115) Pavel Viktorovich Malkov.
       (116) Ziyad Manasir.
       (117) Denis Valentinovich Manturov.
       (118) Vladimir Lvovich Mashkov.
       (119) Oleg Vasilievich Matytsin.
       (120) Vladimir Rostislavovich Medinsky.
       (121) Sergey Alimovich Melikov.
       (122) Andrey Nikolaevich Metelsky.
       (123) Nikita Sergeevich Mikhalkov.
       (124) Garry Vladimirovich Minkh.
       (125) Rustam Nurgaliyevich Minnikhanov.
       (126) Dmitry Yuryevich Mironov.
       (127) Yekatrina Mikhailovna Mizulina.
       (128) Artur Alekseevich Muravyov.
       (129) Anzor Akhmedovich Muzaev.
       (130) Elvira Sakhipzadovna Nabiullina.
       (131) Alexander Vasilievich Neudko.
       (132) Alexander Valentinovich Novak.
       (133) Roman Vitalyevich Novikov.
       (134) Ivan Ivanovich Okhlobystin.
       (135) Vladimir Evgenevich Ostrovenko.
       (136) Ella Alexandrovna Pamfilova.
       (137) Evgeny Ignatievich Petrov.
       (138) Andrey Andreevich Pisarev.
       (139) Oleg Anatolyevich Plokhoi.
       (140) Nikolay Radievich Podguzov.
       (141) Alexey Petrovich Polikashin.
       (142) Georgy Sergeyevich Poltavchenko.
       (143) Yana Evgenyevna Poplavskaya.
       (144) Denis Gennadievich Popov.
       (145) Anna Yuryevna Popova.
       (146) Mikhail Evgenievich Porechenkov.
       (147) Kristina Andreevna Potupchik.
       (148) Alexander Valerievich Potapov.
       (149) Iosif Igorevich Prigozhin.
       (150) Evgeny Alexandrovich Primakov.
       (151) Svetlana Gennadievna Radionova.
       (152) Anastasia Vladimirovna Rakova.
       (153) Nikolay Vyacheslavovich Rastorguev.
       (154) Ksenia Denisovna Razuvaeva.
       (155) Alexey Evgenievich Repik.
       (156) Maxim Valeryevich Rumyantsev.
       (157) Konstantin Igorevich Rykov.
       (158) Dmitry Vadimovich Sablin.
       (159) Victor Antonovich Sadovnichy.
       (160) Alla Vladimirovna Samoilova.
       (161) Vladimir Viktorovich Selin.
       (162) Natalya Alexeevna Sergunina.
       (163) Maksut Igorevich Shadaev.
       (164) Anton Pavlovich Shalaev.
       (165) Alexey Valerievich Shaposhnikov.
       (166) Maxim Alekseevich Shaskolsky.
       (167) Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov.
       (168) Ilya Vasilievich Shestakov.
       (169) Inna Konstantinovna Shevchenko.
       (170) Mikhail Viktorovich Shmakov.
       (171) Nikolay Grigoryevich Shulginov.
       (172) Igor Anatolyevich Shumakov.
       (173) Olga Nikolaevna Skorobogatova.
       (174) Konstantin Evgenyevich Skrypnyk.
       (175) Oleg Aleksandrovich Skufinsky.
       (176) Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skvortsov.
       (177) Veronika Igorevna Skvortsova.
       (178) Ivan Vasilyevich Sovetnikov.
       (179) Dmitry Albertovich Tayursky.
       (180) Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova.
       (181) Valery Vladimirovich Tikhonov.
       (182) Boris Yurievich Titov.
       (183) Konstantin Borisovich Tolkachev.
       (184) Vladimir Ilyich Tolstoy.
       (185) Igor Vasilyevich Tonkovidov.
       (186) Alexander Vyacheslavovich Trembitsky.
       (187) Nikolai Nikolaevich Tsukanov.
       (188) Dmitry Vladislavovich Tulin.
       (189) Alexander Evgenyevich Udodov.
       (190) Yury Viktorovich Ushakov.
       (191) Ruben Karlenovich Vardanyan.
       (192) Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova.
       (193) Vadim Vladimirovich Yakovenko.
       (194) Igor Khanukovich Yusufov.
       (195) Valery Dmitrievich Zorkin.
       (196) Roman Viktorovich Zolotov.
       (197) Yuri Sergeevich Zubov.
       (198) Viktor Alexeevich Zubkov.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.


                  READ Act Reauthorization Act of 2022

                               H.R. 7240

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``READ Act Reauthorization Act 
     of 2022''.

     SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.

       Section 4(a) of the Reinforcing Education Accountability in 
     Development Act (division A of Public Law 115-56; 22 U.S.C. 
     2151c note) is amended by striking ``during the following 
     five fiscal years'' and inserting ``during the following ten 
     fiscal years''.


                 Russia Cryptocurrency Transparency Act

                               H.R. 7338

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Russia Cryptocurrency 
     Transparency Act''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) On February 24, 2022, the Government of the Russian 
     Federation, led by Vladimir Putin, launched an unprovoked, 
     full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
       (2) This unprovoked act of aggression violates Ukraine's 
     right to independence, sovereignty, and territorial 
     integrity, and constitutes an emergency in international 
     relations.
       (3) The invasion by the Government of the Russian 
     Federation of Ukraine caused significant displacement in 
     Ukraine and triggered a broader humanitarian crisis in 
     Europe.
       (4) On March 23, 2022, the Department of State released a 
     statement assessing that the Russian Armed Forces committed 
     war crimes by launching indiscriminate attacks on civilians 
     and non-military infrastructure, including apartment 
     buildings, schools, and hospitals, leaving thousands of 
     innocent civilians killed or wounded.
       (5) The United Nations Office for Coordination of 
     Humanitarian Affairs has projected that, over the next three 
     months, 12,000,000 people living in Ukraine will need 
     humanitarian assistance, 6,700,000 people will be internally 
     displaced, and 4,000,000 people will flee Ukraine.

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       (6) Rapid humanitarian assistance is necessary 6 across 
     sectors to address the needs of refugees and internally 
     displaced persons from Ukraine.
       (7) Cryptocurrency has been used as an effective cross-
     border payment tool to send millions to the Ukrainian 
     Government, Ukrainian army, and Ukrainian refugees with 
     limited access to financial services.
       (8) In response to the war of aggression by the Government 
     of the Russian Federation, the United States has imposed an 
     array of sanctions, cutting off major Russian financial 
     institutions from Western markets and freezing the assets of 
     numerous Russian oligarchs.
       (9) Given that regimes sanctioned by the United States have 
     used cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions, there are 
     increasing concerns that these digital assets may be used to 
     circumvent the sanctions now imposed on Russia and Belarus by 
     the United States and other foreign countries.

     SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATIONS FOR STATE DEPARTMENT 
                   CRYPTO CURRENCY REWARDS.

       (a) Congressional Notification.--Subsection (e) of section 
     36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
     U.S.C. 2708) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(7) The Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate 
     congressional committees not later than 15 days before paying 
     out a reward in cryptocurrency.''.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report on the use 
     of cryptocurrency as a part of the Department of State 
     Rewards program that--
       (1) explains why the Department of State made the 
     determination to pay out rewards in cryptocurrency;
       (2) lists each cryptocurrency payment already provided by 
     the State Department;
       (3) provides evidence as to why cryptocurrency payments 
     would be more likely to induce whistleblowers to come forward 
     with information than rewards paid out in United States 
     dollars or other prizes;
       (4) analyzes how the State Department's use of 
     cryptocurrency could undermine the dollar's status as the 
     global reserve currency; and
       (5) examines if the State Department's use of 
     cryptocurrency could provide bad actors with additional hard-
     to-trace funds that could be used for criminal or illicit 
     purposes.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

     SEC. 4. REPORT ON BLOCKCHAIN USAGE FOR UKRANIAN HUMANITARIAN 
                   NEEDS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report on the most effective avenues to promote 
     economic development and provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine, 
     including possible uses of cryptocurrencies or other 
     technologies incorporating blockchains. Such report shall--
       (1) review and analyze the advantages offered by cross-
     border transactions involving digital assets relative to 
     other traditional avenues for cross-border humanitarian 
     relief payments and the reasons for those advantages, 
     including structural barriers which may impact the cost, 
     efficiency, and reliability of traditional payment channels; 
     and
       (2) also review and analyze ways in which technologies 
     incorporating blockchains can--
       (A) assist in the care, support, or resettlement of 
     refugees and internally displaced persons from Ukraine;
       (B) address humanitarian access challenges and ensure the 
     effective delivery of such assistance to persons from 
     Ukraine;
       (C) increase efficiency, accountability, and transparency 
     in the administration of humanitarian aid provided by the 
     United States to persons from Ukraine;
       (D) prevent corruption through the use of ``web3'' 
     technologies;
       (E) improve access to capital; and
       (F) bolster the efficiency and reliability of cross-border 
     remittances.
       (b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form and may include a 
     classified annex.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.

     SEC. 5. EFFECTIVENESS AND ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) on March 9, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive 
     Order outlining a national policy to mitigate the risks, and 
     harness the potential benefits of, digital assets and 
     distributed ledger technology;
       (2) the growing development and adoption of digital assets 
     have created an urgent need for the United States to play a 
     leading role in the global financial system and facilitate 
     technological innovation;
       (3) these developments have had significant implications 
     that pose risks to the financial stability and national 
     security interest of the United States, including issues 
     relating to privacy and surveillance;
       (1) the United States Government must--
       (A) ensure the efficacy and enforcement of the United 
     States' sanctions regime by preventing the misuse of digital 
     assets, which can facilitate transactions by Russian persons 
     subject to sanctions;
       (B) mitigate national security liabilities and systemic 
     financial risks posed by the misuse of digital assets by 
     developing policy recommendations and addressing existing 
     regulatory gaps; and
       (C) maintain technological leadership to promote United 
     States global competitiveness and play a leading role in the 
     global governance of digital assets.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit a 
     report to the appropriate congressional committees that 
     provides an assessment on how digital currencies affect the 
     effectiveness and enforcement of United States sanctions 
     against the Russian Federation and actors subject to 
     sanctions related to the Russian Federation's invasion of 
     Ukraine.
       (2) Matters to be included.--The report under paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       (A) describe any efforts by the Russian Federation or 
     persons subject to sanctions related to the Russian 
     Federation's invasion of Ukraine to utilize digital assets to 
     evade the sanctions regimes of the United States and its 
     international allies and partners;
       (B) describe any efforts by persons subject to sanctions 
     related to the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine to 
     use decentralized finance technology or other similar 
     technology to effect transactions, including digital wallets, 
     digital asset trading platforms, and digital asset exchanges;
       (C) assess how the use or adoption of digital currencies 
     could undermine the national security interests of the United 
     States and impact the efficacy and enforcement of sanctions, 
     , and the enforcement of anti-money laundering provisions;
       (D) detail actions taken by the United States government to 
     work with private sector actors to combat the evasion of 
     sanctions imposed by the United States; and
       (E) include recommendations for new legislative and 
     regulatory measures needed to strengthen the United States 
     Government's ability to prevent any states, state-sponsored 
     actors, and non-state-sponsored actors from using digital 
     currencies to evade sanctions imposed by the United States 
     Government.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (2) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (4) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
     the Senate.
       (d) Report Form.--The report required under subsection (b) 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form with a classified 
     annex, if necessary.

       Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement Through Sanctions Act

                               H.R. 8453

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Upholding the Dayton Peace 
     Agreement Through Sanctions Act''.

     SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

       It is the policy of the United States--
       (1) to support Bosnia and Herzegovina's sovereignty, 
     territorial integrity, and multi-ethnic character;
       (2) to back and bolster Bosnia and Herzegovina's progress 
     towards Euro-Atlantic integration;
       (3) to encourage officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina to 
     resume institutional participation at all levels of 
     government to advance functionality and common-sense reforms 
     for greater prosperity and for Bosnia and Herzegovina to 
     obtain European Union candidate status;
       (4) to push Bosnia and Herzegovina to implement the rulings 
     of the European Court of Human Rights;
       (5) to advocate for robust participation in the October 2, 
     2022, general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
       (6) to utilize targeted sanctions against persons who 
     undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement and democratic 
     institutions, including by blocking, boycotting or not 
     recognizing the results of elections, in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina to support peace and stability in that country;
       (7) to urge the European Union to join the United States 
     and United Kingdom in sanctioning Milorad Dodik, a member of 
     the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his actions 
     that undermine the stability and territorial integrity of 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina;
       (8) to expose and condemn the Government of Russia for its 
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     Bosnia and Herzegovina and undermining the Dayton Peace 
     Agreement, the role of the Office of the High Representative, 
     and the European Union Force in BiH's Operation Althea;
       (9) to work with other regional States, including Serbia 
     and Croatia, to support the territorial integrity and 
     stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and
       (10) to use its voice and vote at the United Nations, the 
     Peace Implementation Council and its Steering Board, and 
     other relevant international bodies to support the Office of 
     the High Representative.

     SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN 
                   PERSONS UNDERMINING THE DAYTON PEACE AGREEMENT 
                   OR THREATENING THE SECURITY OF BOSNIA AND 
                   HERZEGOVINA.

       (a) Imposition of Sanctions.--
       (1) List required.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 
     five years, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a list of foreign persons that are 
     determined--
       (A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have 
     directly or indirectly engaged in, any action or policy that 
     threatens the peace, security, stability, or territorial 
     integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including actions that 
     seek to undermine the authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina's 
     state-level institutions, such as forming illegal parallel 
     institutions or actions that threaten the Office of the High 
     Representative;
       (B) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have 
     directly or indirectly engaged in, any action or policy that 
     undermines democratic processes or institutions in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina;
       (C) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have 
     directly or indirectly engaged in, or to have attempted, a 
     violation of, or an act that has obstructed or threatened the 
     implementation of, the Dayton Peace Agreement or the 
     Conclusions of the Peace Implementation Conference Council 
     held in London in December 1995, including the decisions or 
     conclusions of the Office of the High Representative, the 
     Peace Implementation Council, or its Steering Board;
       (D) to be a member, official, or senior leader of an 
     illegal parallel institution or any other institution that 
     engages in activities described in subparagraph (A), (B) or 
     (C), as determined by the Secretary of State;
       (E) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have 
     directly or indirectly engaged in, or attempted to engage in, 
     corruption related to Bosnia and Herzegovina, including 
     corruption by, on behalf of, or otherwise related to the 
     government in Bosnia and Herzegovina, or a current or former 
     government official at any level of government in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, such as the misappropriation of public assets, 
     expropriation of private assets for personal gain or 
     political purposes, corruption related to government 
     contracts or the extraction of natural resources or bribery;
       (F) to be an adult family member of any foreign person 
     described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) unless 
     they have condemned the sanctionable activity and taken 
     tangible steps to oppose the activity;
       (G) to have knowingly facilitated a significant transaction 
     or transactions for or on behalf of a foreign person 
     described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E);
       (H) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or 
     purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, 
     a foreign person described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 
     (D), or (E); or
       (I) to have knowingly materially assisted, sponsored, or 
     provided financial, material, or technological support for, 
     or goods or services to or in support of, a foreign person 
     described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).
       (2) Imposition of sanctions.--Upon the submission of each 
     list required by paragraph (1), the President shall impose 
     the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to 
     each foreign person identified on the list.
       (b) Additional Measure Relating to Facilitation of 
     Transactions.--The Secretary of the Treasury may, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, prohibit or impose 
     strict conditions on the opening or maintaining in the United 
     States of a correspondent account or payable-through account 
     by a foreign financial institution that the President 
     determines has, on or after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, knowingly conducted or facilitated a significant 
     transaction or transactions on behalf of a foreign person on 
     the list required by subsection (a)(1).
       (c) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) Property blocking.--Notwithstanding the requirements of 
     section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 1701), the President may exercise of all 
     powers granted to the President by that Act to the extent 
     necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all 
     property and interests in property of the foreign person 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.
       (2) Aliens inadmissible for visas, admission, or parole.--
       (A) In general.--An alien on the list required by 
     subsection (a)(1) is--
       (i) inadmissible to the United States;
       (ii) ineligible for a visa or travel to the United States; 
     and
       (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into 
     the United States or to receive any other benefit under the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
       (B) Current visas revoked.--
       (i) In general.--The issuing consular officer, the 
     Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or 
     a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in accordance 
     with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry documentation 
     issued to an alien on the list required by subsection (a)(1) 
     regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is 
     issued.
       (ii) Effect of revocation.--A visa or other entry 
     documentation revoked under clause (i) shall--

       (I) take effect immediately; and
       (II) automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry 
     documentation that is in the alien's possession.

       (d) Exceptions.--
       (1) Exception for intelligence, law enforcement, and 
     national security activities.--Sanctions under this section 
     shall not apply to any authorized intelligence, law 
     enforcement, or national security activities of the United 
     States.
       (2) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
     agreement.--Sanctions under subsection (c)(2) shall not apply 
     with respect to the admission of an alien to the United 
     States if the admission of the alien is necessary to permit 
     the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
     Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success 
     June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, 
     between the United Nations and the United States, the 
     Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 
     1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or other 
     applicable international obligations.
       (3) Exception relating to the provision of humanitarian 
     assistance.--Sanctions under this section may not be imposed 
     with respect to transactions or the facilitation of 
     transactions for--
       (A) the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, 
     or medical devices;
       (B) the provision of humanitarian assistance;
       (C) financial transactions relating to humanitarian 
     assistance or for humanitarian purposes; and
       (D) transporting goods or services that are necessary to 
     carry out operations relating to humanitarian assistance or 
     humanitarian purposes.
       (e) Waiver.--The President may, on a case-by-case basis and 
     for periods not to exceed 180 days each, waive the 
     application of sanctions or restrictions imposed with respect 
     to a foreign person under this section if the President 
     certifies to the appropriate congressional committees not 
     later than 15 days before such waiver is to take effect that 
     the waiver is vital to the national interest of the United 
     States.
       (f) Regulations.--
       (1) In general.--The President shall, not later than 180 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, prescribe 
     regulations as necessary for the implementation of this Act.
       (2) Notification to congress.--Not later than 10 days 
     before the prescription of regulations under paragraph (1), 
     the President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
     committees regarding the proposed regulations and the 
     provisions of this Act that the regulations are implementing.
       (g) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
     authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
     and 1704) to carry out this Act.
       (h) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in subsections 
     (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person 
     that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or 
     causes a violation of regulations prescribed to carry out 
     this Act to the same extent that such penalties apply to a 
     person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection 
     (a) of such section 206.
       (i) Termination of Sanctions.--The President may terminate 
     the application of sanctions under this section with respect 
     to a foreign person if the President determines and reports 
     to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 
     days before the termination of the sanctions that--
       (1) credible information exists that the foreign person did 
     not engage in the activity for which sanctions were imposed;
       (2) the foreign person has been prosecuted appropriately 
     for the activity for which sanctions were imposed; or
       (3) the foreign person has credibly demonstrated a 
     significant change in behavior, has paid an appropriate 
     consequence for the activity for which sanctions were 
     imposed, and has credibly committed to not engage in an 
     activity described in subsection (a)(1) in the future.
       (j) Sunset.--The authority to impose sanctions under this 
     section shall terminate on the date that is five years after 
     the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 4. CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN IMPOSING 
                   SANCTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after receiving a 
     request from the chairman and ranking member of one of the 
     appropriate congressional committees with respect to whether 
     a person, foreign person, or foreign financial institution, 
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     be, meets the criteria described in this Act, Executive Order 
     14033 (86 Fed. Reg. 31079; relating to blocking property and 
     suspending entry into the United States of certain persons 
     contributing to the destabilizing situation in the Western 
     Balkans), or any Executive order issued pursuant to this Act 
     or under the Balkans regulatory regime, the President shall--
       (1) determine if the person, foreign person, or foreign 
     financial institution, as the case may be, meets such 
     criteria; and
       (2) submit a classified or unclassified report to such 
     chairman and ranking member with respect to such 
     determination that includes a statement of whether or not the 
     President imposed or intends to impose sanctions with respect 
     to such person, foreign person, or foreign financial 
     institution.
       (b) Sunset.--This section shall terminate on the date that 
     is five years after the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 5. EXCEPTION FOR IMPORTATION OF GOODS.

       (a) Exception Relating to Importation of Goods.--The 
     authorities and requirements to impose sanctions under this 
     Act shall not include the authority or requirement to impose 
     sanctions on the importation of goods.
       (b) Good Defined.--In this section, the term ``good'' means 
     any article, natural or man-made substance, material, supply, 
     or manufactured product, including inspection and test 
     equipment, and excluding technical data.

     SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Admitted; alien.--The terms ``admitted'' and ``alien'' 
     have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
       (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
       (3) Correspondent account; payable-through account.--The 
     terms ``correspondent account'' and ``payable-through 
     account'' have the meanings given those terms in section 
     5318A of title 31, United States Code.
       (4) Dayton peace agreement.--The term ``Dayton Peace 
     Agreement'', also known as the ``Dayton Accords'', means the 
     General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, initialed by the parties in Dayton, Ohio, on 
     November 21, 1995, and signed in Paris on December 14, 1995.
       (5) Foreign financial institution.--The term ``foreign 
     financial institution'' has the meaning of that term as 
     determined by the Secretary of the Treasury by regulation.
       (6) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means a 
     person that is not a United States person.
       (7) Illegal parallel institution.--The term ``illegal 
     parallel institution'' means an agency, structure, or 
     instrumentality at the Republika Srpska entity level that 
     disrupts the authority of the state-level institutions of 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina and undermines its constitutional 
     order.
       (8) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect to 
     conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has 
     actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the 
     circumstance, or the result.
       (9) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual or 
     entity.
       (10) United states person.--The term ``United States 
     person'' means--
       (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
     to the United States for permanent residence;
       (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States 
     or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a 
     foreign branch of such an entity; or
       (C) any person in the United States.

     SEC. 7. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

       The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
     complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall 
     be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
     ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act, 
     submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
     Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such 
     statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

                 Securing Global Telecommunications Act

                               H.R. 8503

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Global 
     Telecommunications Act''.

     SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress as follows:
       (1) The United States Government should promote and take 
     steps to ensure American leadership in strategic technology 
     industries, including telecommunications infrastructure and 
     other information and communications technologies.
       (2) The expansive presence of companies linked to the 
     Chinese Communist Party, such as Huawei, in global mobile 
     networks and the national security implications thereof, such 
     as the ability of the People's Republic of China to 
     exfiltrate the information flowing through those networks and 
     shut off countries' internet access, demonstrates the 
     importance of the United States remaining at the 
     technological frontier and the dire consequences of falling 
     behind.
       (3) The significant cost of countering Huawei's market 
     leadership in telecommunications infrastructure around the 
     world underscores the urgency of supporting the 
     competitiveness of United States companies in next-generation 
     information and communication technology.
       (4) To remain a leader at the International 
     Telecommunication Union (ITU) and preserve the ITU's 
     technical integrity, the United States must work with 
     emerging economies and developing nations to bolster global 
     telecommunications security and protect American national 
     security interests.
       (5) Multilateral cooperation with like-minded partners and 
     allies is critical to carry out the significant effort of 
     financing and promoting secure networks around the world and 
     to achieve market leadership of trusted vendors in this 
     sector.

     SEC. 3. STRATEGY FOR SECURING GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
                   INFRASTRUCTURE.

       (a) Strategy Required.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
     shall develop and submit to the Committees on Foreign Affairs 
     of the House of Representatives and Energy and Commerce and 
     the Committees on Foreign Relations and Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation and of the Senate a strategy, to be known 
     as the ``Strategy to Secure Global Telecommunications 
     Infrastructure'' (referred to in this Act as the 
     ``Strategy''), to promote the use of secure telecommunication 
     infrastructure in countries other than the United States.
       (b) Consultation Required.--The Secretary of State shall 
     consult with the President of the Export-Import Bank of the 
     United States, the Chief Executive Officer of the Development 
     Finance Corporation, the Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development, the Director of the 
     Trade and Development Agency, the Chair of the Federal 
     Communications Commission, and the Assistant Secretary of 
     Commerce for Communications and Information, in developing 
     the Strategy, which shall consist of an approach led by the 
     Department of State using the policy tools, and informed by 
     the technical expertise, of the other Federal entities so 
     consulted to achieve the goal described in subsection (a).
       (c) Elements.--The Strategy shall also include sections on 
     each of the following:
       (1) Mobile networks, including a description of efforts by 
     countries other than the United States to--
       (A) promote trusted Open RAN technologies while protecting 
     against any security risks posed by untrusted vendors in Open 
     RAN networks;
       (B) use financing mechanisms to assist ``rip-and-replace'' 
     projects and to incentivize countries to choose trusted 
     equipment vendors;
       (C) bolster multilateral cooperation, especially with 
     developing countries and emerging economies, to promote the 
     deployment of trusted wireless networks worldwide; and
       (D) collaborate with trusted private sector companies to 
     counter Chinese market leadership in the telecom equipment 
     industry.
       (2) Data centers, including a description of efforts to--
       (A) utilize financing mechanisms to incentivize countries 
     other than the United States to choose trusted data center 
     providers; and
       (B) bolster multilateral cooperation, especially with 
     developing countries and emerging economies, to promote the 
     deployment of trusted data centers worldwide.
       (3) Sixth (and future) generation technologies (6G), 
     including a description of efforts to--
       (A) deepen cooperation with like-minded countries to 
     promote United States and allied market leadership in 6G 
     networks and technologies; and
       (B) increase buy-in from developing countries and emerging 
     countries on trusted technologies.
       (4) Low-Earth orbit satellites, aerostats, and 
     stratospheric balloons, including a description of efforts to 
     work with trusted private sector companies to retain the 
     ability to quickly provide internet connection in response to 
     emergency situations.

     SEC. 4. REPORT ON MALIGN INFLUENCE AT THE INTERNATIONAL 
                   TELECOMMUNICATION UNION.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall develop 
     and submit to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Energy 
     and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committees on Foreign Relations and Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation the Senate a report on Russian and Chinese 
     strategies and efforts--
       (1) to expand the mandate of the International 
     Telecommunication Union (ITU) to cover internet governance 
     policy; and
       (2) to advance other actions favorable to authoritarian 
     interests and/or hostile to fair, industry-led processes.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     also identify efforts by China and Russia--
       (1) to increase the ITU's jurisdiction over internet 
     governance and to propose internet governance standards at 
     the ITU;
       (2) to leverage their private sector actors to advance 
     their national interests through the ITU, including--

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       (A) encouraging Chinese and Russian companies to leverage 
     their market power to pressure other member countries to 
     deliver favorable decisions on ITU elections; and
       (B) China's efforts to leverage Huawei's role as the 
     primary telecommunications equipment and services provider 
     for many developing countries to compel such countries to 
     deliver favorable decisions on standards proposals, election 
     victories, candidate selection, and other levers of power at 
     the ITU; and
       (3) to use the influence of Chinese and Russian nationals 
     serving in the ITU to advantage the companies, standards 
     decisions, and candidates that advance the CCP and Kremlin's 
     interests.
       (c) Form.--The report required by this section shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.

     SEC. 5. REPORT ON MULTILATERAL COORDINATION.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
     President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the 
     Administrator for the United States Agency on International 
     Development, the Chief Executive Officer of the Development 
     Finance Corporation, the Chair of the Federal Communications 
     Commission, and the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
     Communications and Information, shall develop and submit to 
     the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Energy and Commerce and 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committees Foreign 
     Relations and on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and of 
     the Senate a report that identifies opportunities for greater 
     collaboration with allies and partners to promote secure 
     information and communications technology infrastructure in 
     countries other than the United States, including through--
       (1) joint financing efforts to help trusted vendors win 
     bids to build out information and communications technology 
     (ICT) infrastructure;
       (2) incorporating ICT focuses into allies' and partners' 
     international development finance initiatives; and
       (3) diplomatic coordination to emphasize the importance of 
     secure telecommunications infrastructure to countries using 
     untrusted providers.

     

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