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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8259 

To prohibit Russian participation in the G7, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 

Mr. MEEKS (for himself, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. KEATING, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 

KAPTUR, Mr. TRONE, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 

KINZINGER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. WILSON of South 

Carolina, Mr. SUOZZI, and Mr. TED LIEU of California) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN 

4 THE G7. 

5 (a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, no Federal funds are authorized to be appro7 priated, obligated, or expended to take any action to sup8 port or facilitate— 


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

2 Seven proceeding; or 

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

4 include Russia. 

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

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

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

8 National Intelligence, in consultation with the Sec9 retary of Homeland Security and the Director of the 

10 Federal Bureau of Investigation, certify to the ap11 propriate congressional committees and leadership 

12 that the Government of Russia, and all persons act13 ing as an agent of or otherwise on behalf of such 

14 government, has halted all interference in United 

15 States elections or elections of the other members of 

16 the Group of Seven, members of the North Atlantic 

17 Treaty Organization and the European Union, and 

18 other allies and partners; 

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

20 the Director of National Intelligence, determines and 

21 certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 

22 and leadership that the Government of Russia, and 

23 all persons acting as an agent of or otherwise on be24 half of such government, has— 


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1 (A) ended its illegal occupation of Crimea 

2 and is fully complying with its commitments 

3 under the Minsk agreement with respect to 

4 Eastern Ukraine; 

5 (B) ended its illegal occupation of South 

6 Ossetia and Abkhazia and will support efforts 

7 for the reintegration of these regions with the 

8 Republic of Georgia; and 

9 (C) withdrawn its troops and armaments 

10 from Transnistria and fully respects Moldova’s 

11 sovereignty and territorial integrity; and 

12 (3) the Director of National Intelligence, in 

13 consultation with the heads of any other appropriate 

14 executive departments and agencies, shall provide 

15 the appropriate congressional committees and lead16 ership an assessment on the support by the Govern17 ment of Russia, and all persons acting as an agent 

18 of or otherwise on behalf of such government, for 

19 Taliban linked militants, including— 

20 (A) the provision of defense articles, de21 fense services, or technology (as such terms are 

22 defined and described in the Arms Export Con23 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.)) or financial 

24 assistance for purposes that undermine or run 

25 counter to the principles agreed upon in the 


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1 Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan 

2 entered into on February 29, 2020; 

3 (B) financial transactions, including trans4 actions made through the hawala system, be5 tween the individuals and entities of the Gov6 ernment of Russia, or individuals or entities 

7 acting in connection with that government, to 

8 Taliban-linked militants, other militants with 

9 connections to Afghanistan, and their inter10 mediaries; and 

11 (C) any alleged program created to 

12 incentivize the killing of American and NATO 

13 coalition soldiers by the Government of Russia 

14 or any other foreign government. 

15 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

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

17 congressional committees and leadership’’ means— 

18 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Per19 manent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Com20 mittee on Homeland Security, and the Speaker, the 

21 majority leader, and the minority leader of the 

22 House of Representatives; and 

23 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

24 Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on 


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1 Homeland Security, and the majority leader and the 

2 minority leader of the Senate. 

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