I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7561 
To require the Secretary of State to determine whether the Russian Federa-
tion 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of State to determine whether the 
Russian Federation should be designated as a state spon-
sor of terrorism and whether Russian-sponsored armed 
entities in Ukraine should be designated as foreign ter-
rorist organizations, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Stopping Malign Ac-
tivities from Russian Terrorism Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.—The term 
‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the 
government of which the Secretary of State has de-
termined, for purposes of section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of 
the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4813(c)(1)(A)(i)), section 620A of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), 
or any other provision of law, is a government that 
has repeatedly provided support for acts of inter-
national terrorism. 
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS A STATE SPONSOR 
OF TERRORISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a determination to the appropriate congres-
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sional committees that indicates whether the Russian Fed-
eration meets the criteria to be designated as a state spon-
sor of terrorism. 
(b) FORM.—The determination required under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex, if appropriate. 
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE 
RUSSIAN-SUPPORTED ARMED FORCES IN THE 
DONBAS REGION OF UKRAINE AS FOREIGN 
TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a determination to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that indicates whether armed entities 
that are physically present in the Donbas region of 
Ukraine and are controlled or aided by the Russian Fed-
eration, or armed entities that are associated or controlled 
by the ‘‘Donetsk People’s Republic’’ or the ‘‘Lugansk Peo-
ple’s Republic’’, meet the criteria to be designated as for-
eign terrorist organizations under section 219 of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(b) FORM.—The determination required under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex, if appropriate. 
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SEC. 5. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed— 
(1) to authorize the use of military force; or 
(2) to limit bilateral military-to-military dia-
logue between the United States and the Russian 
Federation for the purpose of reducing the risk of 
conflict. 
Æ 
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