(3) may include representatives from such other 
entities as the Chair determines appropriate. 
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHAIR.—The Chair 
of the RIG shall— 
(1) coordinate and promote interagency and 
multilateral efforts to protect the United States, its 
citizens, and its European allies and partners from 
malign Russian influence; 
(2) establish mechanisms and seek to resolve 
interagency differences in responding to malign Rus-
sian influence; 
(3) convene not fewer than two annual senior- 
level meetings as described in subsection (b)(1); 
(4) engage chiefs of mission at relevant United 
States embassies and senior officials of partner gov-
ernments, intergovernmental organizations, and non-
governmental organizations to ensure high-level sup-
port for efforts to counter malign Russian influence; 
(5) lead the development and biennial updates 
of the interagency strategy required by section 6; 
and 
(6) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees the annual report required by section 7. 
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SEC. 6. STRATEGY TO COUNTER MALIGN RUSSIAN INFLU-
ENCE. 
Not later than nine months after the date of the en-
actment of this Act and every two years thereafter, the 
Chair of the RIG, in consultation with all members of the 
RIG, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate an interagency strategy 
for countering malign Russian influence, including the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Objectives for the RIG over one year, five 
year, and ten year time periods. 
(2) Roles and responsibilities for each Federal 
department, agency, or entity with membership on 
the RIG. 
(3) Methods of malign influence used by Rus-
sia, including the following: 
(A) The use of a variety of tools to inter-
fere in democratic processes in the United 
States and Europe, including using illicit fi-
nancing, dark money, and corruption of polit-
ical candidates and parties. 
(B) The use of disinformation and misin-
formation to create instability. 
(C) The use of energy as a tool of coercion 
and political leverage. 
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(D) The use of cyber tools to hack, leak, 
disable, threaten, or otherwise coerce in order 
to achieve its political or security objectives. 
(E) The manipulation of cultural, religious, 
and other identities to leverage European coun-
tries toward its sphere of influence. 
(F) The use of proxy forces or misidenti-
fied Russian forces for the sake of deniability in 
kinetic aggression against its neighbors. 
(4) A prioritized list of gaps or areas in which 
the coordination and activities of such Federal de-
partments, agencies, and entities should be en-
hanced. 
(5) An updated and prioritized list of European 
‘‘Watch Countries’’ with respect to which malign 
Russian influence is likely to pose a significant 
threat to the interests or security of the United 
States or Europe and on which to focus RIG efforts. 
(6) A description of the costs and risks of the 
current United States approach to countering ma-
lign Russian influence. 
(7) The resources necessary to achieve the goals 
established in the strategy. 
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SEC. 7. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES TO COUNTER MALIGN RUS-
SIAN INFLUENCE. 
The Chair of the RIG, acting through the RIG and 
in consultation with the heads of the Federal agencies and 
departments with membership on the RIG, shall annually 
submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate a report that includes the following: 
(1) Descriptions of what activities the RIG and 
each entity participating in the RIG undertook to 
counter malign Russian influence in Europe and the 
United States. 
(2) An identification of the activities, programs, 
or actions that are planned for the upcoming year. 
(3) Assessments of whether the activities con-
ducted over the previous year achieved the intended 
outcomes. 
(4) Descriptions of the methodology and results 
of monitoring and evaluation, including lessons 
learned and best practices. 
(5) Descriptions of how such results and lessons 
learned will be used on an iterative basis to modify 
activities. 
(6) An updated assessment of progress made 
towards the objectives for the RIG established in the 
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strategy required under section 6 for five-year and 
ten-year time periods, including the following: 
(A) The methodology used for such assess-
ments. 
(B) The lessons learned and best practices 
from such assessments. 
(C) Any changes to be made to future ac-
tivities, programs, or actions in response to 
such lessons learned. 
SEC. 8. COMMISSION ON COUNTERING GLOBAL MALIGN IN-
FLUENCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an inde-
pendent commission to be known as the ‘‘Commission on 
Countering Global Malign Influence’’ (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). The Commission shall ex-
amine global malign influence from authoritarian state 
competitors and non-state actors, including Russia, China, 
Iran, and North Korea, seeking to undermine the United 
States, its national interests, and its allies, and make rec-
ommendations with respect to United States and allied ef-
forts to counter such influence and such state and non- 
state competitors and actors. 
(b) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall be 
composed of 12 members appointed as follows: 
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