shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report that includes— 
(1) a description of the full extent of involve-
ment in Libya by the Governments of Saudi Arabia, 
Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey, 
Sudan, Russia, the People’s Republic of China, 
France, and Italy, including— 
(A) a description of which governments are 
linked to drone and aircraft strikes; 
(B) the estimated dollar value and the 
amounts of various types of equipment trans-
ferred to the warring parties; and 
(C) an attribution of outside financial sup-
port provided to each reported presence of for-
eign mercenaries in Libya; 
(2) a determination and analysis of whether the 
actions by the governments identified in paragraph 
(1) violate the arms embargo with respect to Libya 
in accordance with United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 2473 (2019) and predecessor Security 
Council resolutions; 
(3) a list of the specific offending materiel or fi-
nancial support transfers that would be in violation 
of the arms embargo with respect to Libya in ac-
cordance with United Nations Security Council Res-
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olution 2473 (2019) and predecessor Security Coun-
cil resolutions; and 
(4) a determination and analysis of the activi-
ties of foreign armed groups, including affiliates of 
the Islamic State (ISIS), al-Qa’ida in the Islamic 
Maghreb (AQIM), and Ansar al-Sharia, in Libya. 
(b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 
a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 103. STRATEGY TO COUNTER RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN 
LIBYA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) In the 2019 ‘‘posture statement’’ to Con-
gress provided by General Thomas Waldhauser, 
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Commander of United States Africa Command 
(AFRICOM), asserted that Russia was ‘‘invok[ing] 
Qaddafi-era relationships and debts to obtain eco-
nomic and military contracts . . . aimed at access-
ing Libya’s vast oil market, reviving arms sales, and 
gaining access to coastal territories’’. 
(2) Russia’s involvement in Libya and neigh-
boring countries is part of a larger regional strategy 
to monitor the southern coastline of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization (NATO), isolate Europe 
from Africa, and exert control over the southern 
Mediterranean Sea region. 
(b) REPORT AND STRATEGY.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State and the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on— 
(A) an assessment of Russian influence 
and objectives in Libya; 
(B) the potential threat such influence 
poses to the United States, southern Europe, 
and NATO operations in the Mediterranean 
Sea; 
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(C) Russia’s use of currency issuing and 
printing; and 
(D) Russia’s use of mercenaries, military 
contractors, and paramilitary forces in Libya. 
(2) STRATEGY.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date on which the report required by paragraph 
(1) is submitted to the appropriate congressional 
committees, the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of Defense shall brief the appropriate congressional 
committees regarding a strategy to counter threats 
identified in the report. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
contain a classified annex. 
(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select 
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Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate. 
TITLE II—ACTIONS TO ADDRESS 
FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN 
LIBYA 
SEC. 201. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON THOSE SUP-
PORTING RUSSIAN MILITARY INTERVENTION 
IN LIBYA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 
days after the date on which the report required by section 
102 is submitted to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, the President shall impose the sanctions described 
in section 204 with respect to a foreign person if the Presi-
dent determines that the foreign person, on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, knowingly engages in 
an activity described in subsection (b). 
(b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A foreign person en-
gages in an activity described in this subsection if the per-
son knowingly provides significant financial, material, or 
technological support to, or knowingly engages in a signifi-
cant transaction with— 
(1) a foreign person that is knowingly operating 
in a military capacity in Libya for or on behalf of 
the Government of Russia; or 
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