(2) a statement of principles concerning the ap-
propriate deployment of offensive cyber capabilities. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees (as that term is defined in section 
101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code) the 
strategy developed under subsection (a). 
(2) FORM OF SUBMISSION.—The strategy sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) may be submitted in 
classified form. 
SEC. 332. MATTERS RELATING TO NATO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall seek 
to work with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) to carry out the following actions: 
(1) Elevating anti-corruption as an element of 
NATO’s Readiness Action Plan. 
(2) Tasking the NATO Assistant Secretary 
General for Intelligence and Warning with moni-
toring Russian influence in NATO member states. 
(3) Prioritizing the combating of Russian influ-
ence under the NATO–European Union framework. 
(b) EU–US SUMMIT.—The Secretary of State, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, is author-
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ized to host a summit between the United States and the 
European Union on preventing undeclared, cross-border 
money flows invested in strategic areas or economic sec-
tors of European countries. 
SEC. 333. COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND CORRUP-
TION FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President is authorized 
to establish in the Department of the Treasury a fund to 
be known as the Countering Russian Influence and Cor-
ruption Fund (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
(b) INITIAL AMOUNTS IN FUND.—The Fund shall 
consist of the following: 
(1) The unobligated balances, as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, of any amounts appro-
priated to carry out section 7070(d) of division C of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public 
Law 115–31). 
(2) The unobligated balances, as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, of any amounts otherwise 
available to the Secretary of State to carry out the 
purposes described in subsection (c). 
(c) PURPOSES OF FUND.—Amounts in the Fund for 
any fiscal year are authorized to be made available to the 
Secretary of State for bilateral assistance for countries in 
Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia to counter the fol-
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lowing activities in such countries carried out by the Rus-
sian Federation: 
(1) Support for disinformation and propaganda. 
(2) Interference in foreign elections. 
(3) Efforts to undermine financial transparency 
and governance. 
(4) Support for activities described in para-
graphs (1) and (2) of section 64(c) of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as added 
by section 204 of this Act). 
(5) Support for and strengthening of foreign 
programs focused on investigative journalism and 
independence of the media environment to expose 
Russian corruption. 
(d) CIVIL SOCIETY AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.— 
Amounts in the Fund for any fiscal year may be made 
available to carry out the purposes of the Fund under sub-
section (c) through civil society and other organizations 
that seek to mitigate the expansion of Russian influence 
and aggression, including through public awareness cam-
paigns and exchange activities. 
(e) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall submit to 
Congress a report for each fiscal year for which activities 
are undertaken pursuant to this section. 
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TITLE IV—COMBATING PUTIN’S 
REPRESSION (CPR) FOR RUS-
SIAN CIVIL SOCIETY 
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘CPR for Russian Civil 
Society Act’’. 
SEC. 402. STRENGTHENING DIALOGUE WITH THE RUSSIAN 
PEOPLE. 
(a) IMPROVED VISA SCREENING PROCEDURES FOR 
RUSSIAN VISITORS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
shall conduct a study on how to streamline and simplify 
visa procedures for Russian students and persons involved 
in professional and cultural exchanges in order to reduce 
the overall visa processing period and facilitate people-to- 
people exchanges. Such study shall examine average visa 
wait times for successful visa applicants from Russia and 
overall rejection rates of Russian nationals applying for 
visas. 
(b) ENHANCED SCREENING FOR PUTIN ALLIES.—In 
conjunction with the study undertaken pursuant to sub-
section (a), the Secretary of State, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of 
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the Treasury, shall develop enhanced visa screening proce-
dures for the following individuals: 
(1) Persons identified as ‘‘the most significant 
senior foreign political figures and oligarchs in the 
Russian Federation’’, as listed in a classified annex 
to a report issued on January 29, 2018, pursuant to 
section 241(a)(1) of the Countering America’s Ad-
versaries Through Sanctions Act, but who are not 
already included in the list of specially designated 
nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Of-
fice of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
the Treasury. 
(2) Persons who are not otherwise included in 
the specially designated nationals list but who pro-
mote Russian President Vladimir Putin’s policies of 
repression, as determined by the Secretary of State. 
(3) Persons who benefit from or act as agents 
of Russian persons on the specially designated na-
tionals list. 
(c) IMPROVED
TRACKING
OF
EXCHANGE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate a report on current cultural exchange and edu-
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cational programs with Russia. Such report shall include 
the following: 
(1) A list of existing programs funded by the 
United States Government dedicated to United 
States-Russia cultural and educational exchange and 
research, including funding levels for each program. 
(2) Information relating to funding of the pro-
grams specified in paragraph (1), including overall 
history of such funding since 1991, relative to fund-
ing for other regions with such exchange and re-
search programs. 
(d) STRATEGIC STABILITY.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, 
shall submit to Congress a report on efforts to 
strengthen strategic stability with Russia. 
(2) ANNUAL MEETINGS.—The Secretary of De-
fense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, 
shall host an annual bilateral meeting, through 
2023, with Russian counterparts in order to discuss 
relevant issues of common interest, including main-
taining strategic stability and open lines for crisis 
communications. 
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SEC. 403. SUPPORT RUSSIAN CIVIL SOCIETY. 
(a) FIGHT PUTIN’S CENSORSHIP.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall convene a meeting of senior leaders 
of United States technology companies that sell, license, 
or otherwise facilitate the installation of tools that allow 
the Government of Russia to censor, harass, or suppress 
the activities of civil society activists. Such meeting shall 
focus on developing a common code of conduct to restrain 
United States companies aiding and abetting the Govern-
ment of Russia’s efforts to suppress Russian civil society, 
fundamental freedoms in Russia, and efforts to expose 
corruption on the part of the Government of Russia. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise authorized to be appropriated for the Broad-
casting Board of Governors’ International Broad-
casting Operations Fund, there is authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000 to expand Russian lan-
guage programming and to provide for the dissemi-
nation of accurate and independent information to 
the Russian people through online media, radio, tele-
vision, cellular telephone, short message service, and 
other communications. The Broadcasting Board of 
Governors shall identify those countries that serve as 
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Russian vacation destinations and further target 
United States international broadcasting and pro-
gramming activities towards such countries. 
(2) USE OF AMOUNTS.—To achieve the objec-
tives described in paragraph (1), amounts in the 
International Broadcasting Operations Fund re-
ferred to in such subparagraph may be used to de-
velop— 
(A) additional transmission capability for 
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, including 
through additional shortwave and medium wave 
transmissions, satellite, and Internet mecha-
nisms; 
(B) additional proxy server capability and 
anti-censorship technologies to counter efforts 
by the Government of Russia to censor political 
and civil society activities, such as blocking of 
the Telegram app, and investigations into cor-
ruption on the part of the Government of Rus-
sia; 
(C) technologies to counter efforts to block 
SMS text message exchange over cellular phone 
networks; and 
(D) additional digital programs and oper-
ations for Voice of America in Russia. 
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(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO EXPANDED 
BROADCASTING IN COUNTRIES OF THE FORMER SO-
VIET UNION.—Paragraph (1) of section 8(e) of the 
Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 
8927(e); Public Law 118–272) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
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