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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8566 
To require reports and certain actions with respect to the Republic of Georgia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2024 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. HUDSON, and 
Mr. VEASEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on In-
telligence (Permanent Select), Ways and Means, and 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To require reports and certain actions with respect to the 
Republic of Georgia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mobilizing and En-
hancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, 
Resilience, and Independence Act’’ or ‘‘MEGOBARI Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Georgia’s primary contribution to regional 
peace and stability, United States interests, and its 
own global reputation has been its democratic spirit 
and trajectory. Georgia has been an important part-
ner to the United States and other democracies, 
maintaining strong engagement with western nations 
and working to uphold democratic rights and values 
to bolster regional peace and stability. 
(2) The Georgian people’s consistent and over-
whelming foreign policy choice favors strong and 
warm relations with the United States and other 
western countries and integration with the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European 
Union. 
(3) The official position of successive Georgian 
Governments, since the restoration of its independ-
ence in 1991, has been one of pursuing membership 
in Euro-Atlantic institutions. 
(4) Georgian democratic development since re-
gaining its independence has been uneven but has in 
recent years seen steady and evident decline, which 
appears to be a deliberate policy decision made 
under its current government. 
(5) The Russian Federation’s longstanding and 
consistently predatory posture towards Georgian sov-
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ereignty began immediately upon the restoration of 
its independence and culminated in the 2008 Rus-
sian invasion of Georgia and its subsequent formal 
occupation of approximately 20 percent of Georgian 
territory, and has also been underscored though the 
ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Geor-
gian citizens. 
(6) The current Georgian Government has in-
creasingly and regrettably embraced a policy of ac-
commodation with the Russian Federation as an as-
pect of its increasingly illiberal turn, and has openly 
attacked United States and other western democracy 
promotion organizations as well as local and inter-
national civil society while embracing increased ties 
with Russia in particular, as well as China and other 
authoritarian governments, in defiance of its own 
preexisting foreign and security policies as reflected 
in its constitution and longstanding public senti-
ments. 
(7) The United States should continue to sup-
port the Georgian people and their democratic and 
Euro-Atlantic aspirations. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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(1) the progress made by the Georgian people 
and civil society in forging an innovative and produc-
tive society, imbued with democratic spirit, should be 
acknowledged; 
(2) the consolidation of democracy in Georgia is 
critical for regional stability and United States na-
tional interests; 
(3) Georgia, as evidenced by numerous inde-
pendent assessments and measures, has seen signifi-
cant democratic backsliding in recent years; 
(4) the current Georgian Government is in-
creasingly hostile towards democracy promotion or-
ganizations, independent civil society, and its chief 
Euro-Atlantic partners while increasingly embracing 
enhanced ties with the Russian Federation, the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, and other anti-Western au-
thoritarian regimes; and 
(5) the United States interest in protecting and 
securing democracy is borne by a close friendship 
and support for the Georgian people’s continued 
democratic and Euro-Atlantic choice. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to support and 
defend democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in 
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Georgia, which is the foundation of Georgia’s privileged 
relationship with the Euro-Atlantic west. 
SEC. 5. REPORTS. 
(a) REPORT ON IMPROPER INFLUENCE AND SANC-
TIONS EVASION IN GEORGIA.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, shall submit to Congress a report and brief the rel-
evant committees on— 
(1) nodes of improper political influence, 
kleptocracy, and elite corruption in Georgia, particu-
larly insofar that they serve or may support Russian 
malign interests, knowingly or unknowingly; and 
(2) the manner and extent to which Georgia, 
with the complicity of key individuals within Geor-
gia, has been used as a means to bypass or evade, 
in letter or spirit, United States or international 
sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation in re-
sponse to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 
(b) REPORT ON RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE ASSETS IN 
GEORGIA.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of Defense, and the Director of Central Intel-
ligence, shall submit to Congress a report examining the 
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penetration of Russian intelligence elements and their as-
sets in Georgia, to include an annex examining Chinese 
influence and the potential intersection of Russian-Chinese 
cooperation in Georgia. 
(c) REPORT ON IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO GEORGIAN INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the 
Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall— 
(A) identify key individuals who— 
(i) are in the Government of Georgia, 
working as its agents or on its behalf, or 
otherwise in a position to strongly influ-
ence the actions of such Government; and 
(ii) have material responsibility for 
undermining 
or 
injuring 
democracy, 
human rights, or security in Georgia; and 
(B) to the extent practicable, impose with 
respect to each such individual such sanctions 
as may be justifiable and authorized by law, 
such as sanctions pursuant to the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 
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(22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.), anti-kleptocracy and 
human rights sanctions authorized by section 
7031(c) of division K of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2023, and other similar au-
thorities relating to sanctions with respect to 
human rights violations, with special urgent 
consideration of visa bans under section 
7031(c) of division K of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2023 to key individuals and 
their families who— 
(i) are materially or directly respon-
sible in Parliament for the advocacy, pas-
sage, and potential enactment of the recent 
Russian-style foreign agent legislation; and 
(ii) substantially responsible within 
political or governmental leadership, busi-
ness circles, or law enforcement and secu-
rity services for advancing the same Rus-
sian-style foreign agent legislation or un-
dermining or suppressing lawful popular or 
civil society opposition. 
(2) 
REPORT
ON
SANCTIONS
DETERMINA-
TIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to Congress a report that includes each de-
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termination pursuant to this subsection with respect 
to the imposition of sanctions and accompanying 
justifications. 
(d) FORM.—Each report required by this section 
shall be submitted in a form that includes an unclassified 
executive summary. Each such summary shall be made 
publicly available. 
SEC. 6. DEMOCRACY MONITORING TASK FORCE IN GEOR-
GIA. 
The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, the heads of other Federal agencies and de-
partments, and international partners, shall establish a 
democracy monitoring task force with, as practicable, a 
significant presence within Georgia, to publicly assess, 
monitor, and promote the pre-election democratic environ-
ment in Georgia. 
SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO GEOR-
GIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon submission to Congress of 
the certification described in subsection (b)— 
(1) the United States Trade Representative, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Commerce, shall seek to enter into ne-
gotiations with the Government of Georgia to estab-
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lish a robust preferential trade regime between the 
United States and Georgia; 
(2) the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Homeland Security and other heads 
of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, 
shall develop a policy package to further enhance 
people-to-people contacts, academic exchanges, and 
improved visa liberalizations between the United 
States and Georgia. 
(3) the President, acting through the United 
States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, the Department of Commerce, the Depart-
ment of State, other relevant Federal departments 
and agencies, and international partners, shall de-
velop an economic development and modernization 
package for Georgia; and 
(4) the President, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, shall prepare a package for Geor-
gia that includes the provision of security and de-
fense equipment ideally suited for territorial defense 
against Russian aggression and concomitant train-
ing, maintenance, and operations support elements. 
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(b) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—The certification 
described in this subsection is a certification submitted to 
Congress by the President or the Secretary of State that 
Georgia has shown significant and sustained progress to-
wards reinvigorating its democracy, evidenced at minimum 
by substantially fair and free elections and a balanced pre- 
election environment. 
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