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(4) in response, the countries of Europe and Eurasia should 
redouble efforts to build resilience within their institutions, 
political systems, and civil societies; 
(5) the United States supports the institutions that the 
Government of the Russian Federation seeks to undermine, 
including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Euro-
pean Union; 
(6) a strong North Atlantic Treaty Organization is critical 
to maintaining peace and security in Europe and Eurasia; 
(7) the United States should continue to work with the 
European Union as a partner against aggression by the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation, coordinating aid programs, 
development assistance, and other counter-Russian efforts; 
(8) the United States should encourage the establishment 
of a commission for media freedom within the Council of 
Europe, modeled on the Venice Commission regarding rule 
of law issues, that would be chartered to provide governments 
with expert recommendations on maintaining legal and regu-
latory regimes supportive of free and independent media and 
an informed citizenry able to distinguish between fact-based 
reporting, opinion, and disinformation; 
(9) in addition to working to strengthen the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization and the European Union, the United 
States should work with the individual countries of Europe 
and Eurasia— 
(A) 
to 
identify 
vulnerabilities 
to 
aggression, 
disinformation, corruption, and so-called hybrid warfare 
by the Government of the Russian Federation; 
(B) to establish strategic and technical plans for 
addressing those vulnerabilities; 
(C) to ensure that the financial systems of those coun-
tries are not being used to shield illicit financial activity 
by officials of the Government of the Russian Federation 
or individuals in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle 
who have been enriched through corruption; 
(D) to investigate and prosecute cases of corruption 
by Russian actors; and 
(E) to work toward full compliance with the Convention 
on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in Inter-
national Business Transactions (commonly referred to as 
the ‘‘Anti-Bribery Convention’’) of the Organization for Eco-
nomic Co-operation and Development; and 
(10) the President of the United States should use the 
authority of the President to impose sanctions under— 
(A) the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability 
Act of 2012 (title IV of Public Law 112–208; 22 U.S.C. 
5811 note); and 
(B) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability 
Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 
U.S.C. 2656 note). 
SEC. 253. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
The United States, consistent with the principle of ex injuria 
jus non oritur, supports the policy known as the ‘‘Stimson Doctrine’’ 
and thus does not recognize territorial changes effected by force, 
including the illegal invasions and occupations of Abkhazia, South 
Ossetia, Crimea, Eastern Ukraine, and Transnistria.
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SEC. 254. COORDINATING AID AND ASSISTANCE ACROSS EUROPE AND 
EURASIA. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated for the Countering Russian Influence Fund 
$250,000,000 for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Countering Russian Influ-
ence Fund shall be used to effectively implement, prioritized in 
the following order and subject to the availability of funds, the 
following goals: 
(1) To assist in protecting critical infrastructure and elec-
toral mechanisms from cyberattacks in the following countries: 
(A) Countries that are members of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization or the European Union that the Sec-
retary of State determines— 
(i) are vulnerable to influence by the Russian Fed-
eration; and 
(ii) lack the economic capability to effectively 
respond to aggression by the Russian Federation with-
out the support of the United States. 
(B) Countries that are participating in the enlargement 
process of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the 
European 
Union, 
including 
Albania, 
Bosnia 
and 
Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Kosovo, Serbia, 
and Ukraine. 
(2) To combat corruption, improve the rule of law, and 
otherwise strengthen independent judiciaries and prosecutors 
general offices in the countries described in paragraph (1). 
(3) To respond to the humanitarian crises and instability 
caused or aggravated by the invasions and occupations of 
Georgia and Ukraine by the Russian Federation. 
(4) To improve participatory legislative processes and legal 
education, political transparency and competition, and compli-
ance with international obligations in the countries described 
in paragraph (1). 
(5) To build the capacity of civil society, media, and other 
nongovernmental organizations countering the influence and 
propaganda of the Russian Federation to combat corruption, 
prioritize access to truthful information, and operate freely 
in all regions in the countries described in paragraph (1). 
(6) To assist the Secretary of State in executing the func-
tions specified in section 1287(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 
22 U.S.C. 2656 note) for the purposes of recognizing, under-
standing, 
exposing, 
and 
countering 
propaganda 
and 
disinformation efforts by foreign governments, in coordination 
with the relevant regional Assistant Secretary or Assistant 
Secretaries of the Department of State. 
(c) REVISION
OF ACTIVITIES
FOR WHICH AMOUNTS MAY BE 
USED.—The Secretary of State may modify the goals described 
in subsection (b) if, not later than 15 days before revising such 
a goal, the Secretary notifies the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of the revision. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, acting 
through the Coordinator of United States Assistance to Europe 
and Eurasia (authorized pursuant to section 601 of the Support 
for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C.
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5461) and section 102 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging 
Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 
(22 U.S.C. 5812)), and in consultation with the Administrator 
for the United States Agency for International Development, 
the Director of the Global Engagement Center of the Depart-
ment of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors, and the heads of other rel-
evant Federal agencies, coordinate and carry out activities to 
achieve the goals described in subsection (b). 
(2) METHOD.—Activities to achieve the goals described in 
subsection (b) shall be carried out through— 
(A) initiatives of the United States Government; 
(B) Federal grant programs such as the Information 
Access Fund; or 
(C) nongovernmental or international organizations, 
such as the Organization for Security and Co-operation 
in Europe, the National Endowment for Democracy, the 
Black Sea Trust, the Balkan Trust for Democracy, the 
Prague Civil Society Centre, the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Strategic Communications Centre of Excel-
lence, the European Endowment for Democracy, and 
related organizations. 
(3) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1 of each year, 
the Secretary of State, acting through the Coordinator of 
United States Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on the programs and activities carried out to achieve 
the goals described in subsection (b) during the preceding 
fiscal year. 
(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subparagraph 
(A) shall include, with respect to each program or activity 
described in that subparagraph— 
(i) the amount of funding for the program or 
activity; 
(ii) the goal described in subsection (b) to which 
the program or activity relates; and 
(iii) an assessment of whether or not the goal 
was met. 
(e) COORDINATION WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to maximize cost efficiency, elimi-
nate duplication, and speed the achievement of the goals 
described in subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall ensure 
coordination with— 
(A) the European Union and its institutions; 
(B) the governments of countries that are members 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the European 
Union; and 
(C) international organizations and quasi-govern-
mental funding entities that carry out programs and activi-
ties that seek to accomplish the goals described in sub-
section (b). 
(2) REPORT BY SECRETARY OF STATE.—Not later than April 
1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that includes— 
(A) the amount of funding provided to each country 
referred to in subsection (b) by—
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(i) the European Union or its institutions; 
(ii) the government of each country that is a 
member of the European Union or the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization; and 
(iii) international organizations and quasi-govern-
mental funding entities that carry out programs and 
activities that seek to accomplish the goals described 
in subsection (b); and 
(B) an assessment of whether the funding described 
in subparagraph (A) is commensurate with funding pro-
vided by the United States for those goals. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to apply to or limit United States foreign assistance 
not provided using amounts available in the Countering Russian 
Influence Fund. 
(g) ENSURING ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR GOVERNANCE ACTIVI-
TIES.—In order to ensure that the United States Government is 
properly focused on combating corruption, improving rule of law, 
and building the capacity of civil society, media, and other non-
governmental organizations in countries described in subsection 
(b)(1), the Secretary of State shall establish a pilot program for 
Foreign Service officer positions focused on governance and 
anticorruption activities in such countries. 
SEC. 255. REPORT ON MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS CONTROLLED AND 
FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that includes a description of media organizations that are con-
trolled and funded by the Government of the Russian Federation, 
and any affiliated entities, whether operating within or outside 
the Russian Federation, including broadcast and satellite-based 
television, radio, Internet, and print media organizations. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 256. REPORT ON RUSSIAN FEDERATION INFLUENCE ON ELEC-
TIONS IN EUROPE AND EURASIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and 
leadership a report on funds provided by, or funds the use of 
which was directed by, the Government of the Russian Federation 
or any Russian person with the intention of influencing the outcome 
of any election or campaign in any country in Europe or Eurasia 
during the preceding year, including through direct support to 
any political party, candidate, lobbying campaign, nongovernmental 
organization, or civic organization. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
annex. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADER-
SHIP.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees and 
leadership’’ means—