IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8259 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2020 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

To prohibit Russian participation in the G7, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN 

2 THE G7. 

3 (a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi4 sion of law, no Federal funds are authorized to be appro5 priated to take any action to support or facilitate— 

6 (1) the participation of Russia in a Group of 

7 Seven proceeding; or 

8 (2) the reconstitution of the Group of Eight to 

9 include Russia. 

10 (b) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall cease to 

11 have any force or effect after the date on which— 

12 (1) the Secretary of State and the Director of 

13 National Intelligence, in consultation with the Sec14 retary of Homeland Security and the Director of the 

15 Federal Bureau of Investigation, certify to the ap16 propriate congressional committees and leadership 

17 that the Government of Russia, and all persons act18 ing as an agent of or otherwise on behalf of such 

19 government, has halted all interference in United 

20 States elections or elections of the other members of 

21 the Group of Seven, members of the North Atlantic 

22 Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European 

23 Union, and other allies and partners; and 

24 (2) the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

25 the Director of National Intelligence, determines and 

26 certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 


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1 and leadership that the Government of Russia, and 

2 all persons acting as an agent of or otherwise on be3 half of such government, has— 

4 (A) ended its illegal occupation of Crimea 

5 and is fully complying with its commitments 

6 under the Minsk agreement with respect to 

7 Eastern Ukraine; 

8 (B) ended its illegal occupation of South 

9 Ossetia and Abkhazia and will support efforts 

10 for the reintegration of these regions with the 

11 Republic of Georgia; and 

12 (C) withdrawn its troops and armaments 

13 from Transnistria and fully respects Moldova’s 

14 sovereignty and territorial integrity. 

15 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 

17 coordination with the Director of National Intelligence 

18 and in consultation with the heads of other relevant Fed19 eral departments and agencies, shall submit to the appro20 priate congressional committees and leadership a report 

21 on the threats and challenges of Russia to NATO and the 

22 United States in Afghanistan and to United States efforts 

23 to counter such threats and challenges, including— 

24 (1) an assessment of support provided by the 

25 Government of Russia, and all persons acting as an 


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1 agent of or otherwise on behalf of such government, 

2 for Taliban-linked militants, including— 

3 (A) the provision of defense articles, de4 fense services, or technology (as such terms are 

5 defined and described in the Arms Export Con6 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.)) or financial 

7 assistance for purposes that undermine or run 

8 counter to the principles agreed upon in the 

9 Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan 

10 entered into on February 29, 2020; 

11 (B) financial transactions, including trans12 actions made through the hawala system, be13 tween the individuals and entities of the Gov14 ernment of Russia, or individuals or entities 

15 acting in connection with that government, to 

16 Taliban-linked militants, other militants with 

17 connections to Afghanistan, and their inter18 mediaries; and 

19 (C) any alleged program to incentivize the 

20 killing of United States or NATO coalition sol21 diers by the Government of Russia or any other 

22 foreign government; 

23 (2) a description of United States Government 

24 efforts to engage in diplomatic efforts with Russia 

25 and the governments of NATO coalition allies and 


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1 partners to counter Russian malign influence in Af2 ghanistan; and 

3 (3) a description of the views of the govern4 ments of other NATO members, including heads of 

5 government, political leaders, and military com6 manders in the region on Russian interference and 

7 malign influence in Afghanistan. 

8 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

9 AND LEADERSHIP.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate 

10 congressional committees and leadership’’ means— 

11 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Per12 manent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Com13 mittee on Homeland Security, and the Speaker, the 

14 majority leader, and the minority leader of the 

15 House of Representatives; and 

16 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

17 Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on 

18 Homeland Security, and the majority leader and the 

19 minority leader of the Senate. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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