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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7561 

To require the Secretary of State to determine whether the Russian Federation should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism and whether 

Russian-sponsored armed entities in Ukraine should be designated as 

foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 9, 2020 

Mr. ROSE of New York (for himself and Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 concerned 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of State to determine whether the 

Russian Federation should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism and whether Russian-sponsored armed 

entities in Ukraine should be designated as foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stopping Malign Ac5 tivities from Russian Terrorism Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

7 the Senate; and 

8 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

9 the House of Representatives. 

10 (2) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.—The term 

11 ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the 

12 government of which the Secretary of State has de13 termined, for purposes of section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of 

14 the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

15 4813(c)(1)(A)(i)), section 620A of the Foreign As16 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 

17 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), 

18 or any other provision of law, is a government that 

19 has repeatedly provided support for acts of inter20 national terrorism. 

21 SEC. 3. DETERMINATION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE 

22 RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS A STATE SPONSOR 

23 OF TERRORISM. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

25 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

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1 sional committees that indicates whether the Russian Fed2 eration meets the criteria to be designated as a state spon3 sor of terrorism. 

4 (b) FORM.—The determination required under sub5 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

6 may include a classified annex, if appropriate. 

7 SEC. 4. DETERMINATION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE 

8 RUSSIAN-SUPPORTED ARMED FORCES IN THE 

9 DONBAS REGION OF UKRAINE AS FOREIGN 

10 TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

13 shall submit a determination to the appropriate congres14 sional committees that indicates whether armed entities 

15 that are physically present in the Donbas region of 

16 Ukraine and are controlled or aided by the Russian Fed17 eration, or armed entities that are associated or controlled 

18 by the ‘‘Donetsk People’s Republic’’ or the ‘‘Lugansk Peo19 ple’s Republic’’, meet the criteria to be designated as for20 eign terrorist organizations under section 219 of the Im21 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

22 (b) FORM.—The determination required under sub23 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

24 may include a classified annex, if appropriate. 


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1 SEC. 5. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 

2 Nothing in this Act may be construed— 

3 (1) to authorize the use of military force; or 

4 (2) to limit bilateral military-to-military dia5 logue between the United States and the Russian 

6 Federation for the purpose of reducing the risk of 

7 conflict. 

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