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 
that undermine United States objectives and inter-
ests in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, 
each of which is experiencing such influence and ac-
tivities to varying degrees, and other regions as ap-
propriate; 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 other foreign governments and their 
officials who are complicit in aiding such malign 
influence and activities. 
SEC. 3. REGIONAL STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION 
PLAN; ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall develop and submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a regional 
strategy and implementation plan outlining United States 
efforts to counter the malign influence and activities of 
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the Russian Federation and its proxies in Africa, Latin 
America, the Middle East, and other regions as appro-
priate, 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 
the use and beneficiaries of natural resources and 
extractive industries, and other tenets of good gov-
ernance; 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. 
(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 regional strategy and implementa-
tion plan required by subsection (a) and related ef-
forts to counter the malign influence and activities 
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of the Russian Federation and its proxies in Africa, 
Latin America, the Middle East, and other regions 
as appropriate. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(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, Latin America, 
the Middle East, and other regions as appro-
priate, including influence and activities that in-
volve 
Russian 
proxies, 
such 
as 
Russian 
oligarchs, Russian-funded private military con-
tractors, and other individuals and entities di-
rectly or indirectly employed by or financially or 
politically associated with Russia and its offi-
cials, who are involved in or aid activities to, 
among other things— 
(i) manipulate foreign governments 
and their policies, as well as the public 
opinions and voting preferences of their re-
spective populations and diaspora groups, 
including those in the United States; and 
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(ii) invest in, engage, or otherwise 
control strategic sectors in identified re-
gions, including mining and other forms of 
natural resource extraction and exploi-
tation, military basing and other security 
cooperation agreements, and information 
and communications technology. 
(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, Latin America, the 
Middle East, and other regions as appropriate, 
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, Latin 
America, the Middle East, and other regions as 
appropriate. 
(D) An overview of other initiatives and 
assistance programs funded by other inter-
national donors and partner countries to 
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counter Russia’s malign influence and activities 
in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and 
other regions as appropriate. 
(E) An identification of governments and 
government officials in Africa, Latin America, 
the Middle East, and other regions as appro-
priate, Russian government officials, and other 
individuals and entities that have facilitated 
payments and other prohibited activities that 
benefit United States-sanctioned individuals 
and entities tied to Russia, including in viola-
tion of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 
Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of 
Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note), 
the Countering America’s Adversaries Through 
Sanctions Act (Public Law 115–44; 22 U.S.C. 
9401 et seq.), Executive Order 14024 (86 Fed. 
Reg. 20249; relating to blocking property with 
respect to specified harmful foreign activities of 
the Government of the Russian Federation), 
and Executive Order 13848 (83 Fed. Reg. 
46843; relating to imposing certain sanctions in 
the event of foreign interference in a United 
States election), and a detailed overview of 
United States efforts to hold such governments, 
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