‘‘(3) the President should provide the United 
States Agency for Global Media with a surge capac-
ity (as such term is defined in section 316 of the 
United States International Broadcasting Act (22 
U.S.C. 6216)) for programs and activities in 
Belarus; 
‘‘(4) the Chief Executive Officer of the United 
States Agency for Global Media, working through 
the Open Technology Fund and in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, should expand and prioritize 
efforts to provide anti-censorship technology and 
services to journalists and civil society in Belarus in 
order to enhance their ability to safely access or 
share digital news and information without fear of 
repercussions or surveillance; and 
‘‘(5) the United States should continue to con-
demn the Belarusian authorities’ crackdown on inde-
pendent media, including the harassment and mass 
detentions of independent and foreign journalists 
and the denial of accreditation. 
‘‘(b) STRATEGY TO PROMOTE EXPANDED BROAD-
CASTING, INTERNET FREEDOM, AND ACCESS TO INFOR-
MATION IN BELARUS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Belarus De-
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mocracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act of 
2020, the Chief Executive Officer of the United 
States Agency for Global Media and the Secretary of 
State shall jointly submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a comprehensive strategy, includ-
ing a cost estimate, to carry out the following: 
‘‘(A) Expand independent radio, television, 
live stream, and social network broadcasting 
and communications in Belarus to provide news 
and information, particularly in the Belarusian 
language, that is credible, comprehensive, and 
accurate. 
‘‘(B) Support the development and use of 
anti-censorship and circumvention technologies 
by the Open Technology Fund and the Bureau 
of Democracy Human Rights and Labor that 
enable the citizens of Belarus to communicate 
securely and undertake internet activities with-
out interference from the Government of 
Belarus. 
‘‘(C) Assist efforts to overcome attempts 
by the Government of Belarus to disrupt inter-
net access and block content online. 
‘‘(D) Monitor the cooperation of the Gov-
ernment of Belarus with any foreign govern-
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ment or organization for purposes related to the 
censorship or surveillance of the internet, in-
cluding an assessment of any such cooperation 
in the preceding ten years. 
‘‘(E) Monitor the purchase or receipt by 
the Government of Belarus of any technology or 
training from any foreign government or orga-
nization for purposes related to the censorship 
or surveillance of the internet, including an as-
sessment of any such purchase or receipt in the 
preceding ten years. 
‘‘(F) Assist with the protection of journal-
ists who have been targeted for free speech ac-
tivities, including through the denial of accredi-
tation. 
‘‘(G) Provide cyber-attack mitigation serv-
ices to civil society organizations in Belarus. 
‘‘(H) Provide resources for educational ma-
terials and training on digital literacy, bypass-
ing internet censorship, digital safety, and in-
vestigative and analytical journalism for inde-
pendent journalists working in Belarus. 
‘‘(I) Build the capacity of civil society, 
media, and other nongovernmental and organi-
zations 
to 
identify, 
track, 
and 
counter 
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disinformation, including from proxies of the 
Government of Russia working at Belarusian 
state television. 
‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be transmitted in unclassified form but 
may contain a classified annex.’’. 
SEC. 
6. 
SANCTIONS 
AGAINST 
THE 
GOVERNMENT 
OF 
BELARUS. 
Section 6 of the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 
(Public Law 109–480; 22 U.S.C. 5811 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘December 19, 2010’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘August 9, 
2020’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, 
peaceful protesters,’’ after ‘‘all opposition activ-
ists’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraphs (3) and (6) and 
redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (7) as 
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND
RUSSIAN
INDIVIDUALS
COMPLICIT
IN 
THE
CRACKDOWN
THAT
OCCURRED
AFTER 
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THE
AUGUST
9, 2020, ELECTION’’ after 
‘‘BELARUS’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
(5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) is a member of the Central Election Com-
mission of Belarus or assisted the Commission in 
manipulating the presidential election of August 9, 
2020;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(5) is a member of any branch of the security 
or law enforcement services of Belarus, including the 
KGB, Interior Ministry, and OMON special police 
unit, and is responsible for, or complicit in, ordering, 
controlling, materially assisting, sponsoring, or pro-
viding financial, material, or technological support 
for, or otherwise directing, the crackdown on opposi-
tion leaders, journalists, and peaceful protestors that 
occurred in connection with the presidential election 
of August 9, 2020; or’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) is a government official, including at the 
Information Ministry, responsible for the crackdown 
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