IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7311 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 28, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of State to develop and submit to 
Congress a strategy and implementation plan outlining 
United States efforts to counter the malign influence 
and activities of the Russian Federation and its proxies 
in Africa, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Malign 
Russian Activities in Africa Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States— 
(1) should regularly assess the scale and scope 
of the Russian Federation’s influence and activities 
in Africa that undermine United States objectives 
and interests; and 
(2) determine how— 
(A) to address and counter such influence 
and activities effectively, including through ap-
propriate United States foreign assistance pro-
grams; and 
(B) to hold accountable the Russian Fed-
eration and African governments and their offi-
cials who are complicit in aiding such malign 
influence and activities. 
SEC. 3. STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN; REPORT. 
(a) STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall develop and submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a strategy and 
implementation plan outlining United States efforts to 
counter the malign influence and activities of the Russian 
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Federation and its proxies in Africa, including programs 
and other initiatives designed to— 
(1) strengthen democratic institutions, improve 
government transparency and accountability, im-
prove standards related to human rights, labor, anti- 
corruption initiatives, fiscal transparency, monitor 
natural resources and extractive industries, and 
other tenets of good governance; and 
(2) monitor and report on Russian political in-
fluence and disinformation operations and the activi-
ties of Russian, Russia-connected, or Russian-funded 
private military contractors in Africa. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the heads of other relevant Fed-
eral departments and agencies as appropriate, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the strategy and implementation plan re-
quired by subsection (a) and related efforts to 
counter the malign influence and activities of the 
Russian Federation and its proxies in Africa. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
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(A) An assessment of the scope and nature 
of the Russian Federation’s malign influence 
and activities and related diplomatic, economic, 
and security priorities and strategic objectives 
of such engagement in Africa, including influ-
ence and activities that involve Russian proxies, 
such as Russian oligarchs, Russian-funded pri-
vate military contractors, and other individuals 
and entities directly or indirectly employed by 
or financially or politically associated with Rus-
sia and its officials, who are involved in or aid 
activities to, among other things— 
(i) manipulate African governments 
and their policies, as well as the public 
opinions and voting preferences of African 
populations and diaspora groups, including 
those in the United States; and 
(ii) invest in, engage, or otherwise 
control strategic sectors in Africa, such as 
mining and other forms of natural resource 
extraction and exploitation, military basing 
and other security cooperation agreements, 
and information and communications tech-
nology. 
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(B) A detailed account of United States 
foreign assistance and other initiatives devel-
oped and implemented during the preceding 3 
fiscal years to address Russia’s malign influence 
and activities in Africa, including the objectives 
and details of planned programs and initiatives 
set out in the strategy required by subsection 
(a). 
(C) An analysis of policy and pro-
grammatic limitations, gaps, and resource re-
quirements to effectively counter Russia’s ma-
lign influence and activities in Africa. 
(D) An overview of other initiatives and 
assistance programs funded by other inter-
national donors and partner countries to 
counter Russia’s malign influence and activities 
in Africa. 
(E) An identification of African govern-
ments and government officials, Russian gov-
ernment officials, and other individuals and en-
tities that have facilitated payments and other 
prohibited activities that benefit United States- 
sanctioned individuals and entities tied to Rus-
sia, including in violation of the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 
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(subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 
22 U.S.C. 2656 note), the Countering Amer-
ica’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (Pub-
lic Law 115–44; 22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.), Exec-
utive Order 14024 (86 Fed. Reg. 20249; relat-
ing to blocking property with respect to speci-
fied harmful foreign activities of the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation), and Executive 
Order 13848 (83 Fed. Reg. 46843; relating to 
imposing certain sanctions in the event of for-
eign interference in a United States election), 
and a detailed overview of United States efforts 
to hold such governments, officials, and other 
individuals and entities complicit in violating or 
facilitating the evasion of United States sanc-
tions against Russia and its proxies accountable 
through sanctions or other restrictions. 
(F) An identification of foreign companies 
and persons that have provided transportation, 
logistical, administrative, border crossing, or 
money transfer services to Russian mercenaries 
or armed forces operating on behalf of the Rus-
sian Government in Libya, and an analysis of 
whether such entities meet the criteria for im-
position of sanctions under section 1(a) of Ex-
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ecutive Order 13726 (81 Fed. Reg. 23559; re-
lating to blocking property and suspending 
entry into the United States of persons contrib-
uting to the situation in Libya). 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 4. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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