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elections should be judged as illegitimate and hold 
those responsible for interference in the elections; 
and 
(12) to continue impressing upon the Govern-
ment of Georgia that the United States is committed 
to sustaining and deepening bilateral relations and 
supporting Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations. 
SEC. 5. REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS. 
(a) REPORT ON RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE ASSETS IN 
GEORGIA.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State, in coordination with the Director of 
National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a classified report, prepared consistent with 
the protection of sources and methods, examining 
the penetration of Russian intelligence elements and 
their assets in Georgia, that includes an annex ex-
amining Chinese influence and the potential inter-
section of Russian-Chinese cooperation in Georgia. 
(2) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate com-
mittees of Congress’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate, the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives, the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(b) 5-YEAR UNITED STATES STRATEGY FOR BILAT-
ERAL RELATIONS WITH GEORGIA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
and the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, in coordination with 
the heads of other relevant Federal departments and 
agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a detailed strategy that— 
(A) outlines specific objectives for enhanc-
ing bilateral ties which reflect the current do-
mestic political environment in Georgia; 
(B) includes a determination of the tools, 
resources, and funding that should be available 
to achieve the objectives outlined pursuant to 
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paragraph (1) and an assessment whether 
Georgia should remain the second-highest re-
cipient of United States funding in the Europe 
and Eurasia region; 
(C) includes a determination of the extent 
to which the United States should continue to 
invest in its partnership with Georgia; 
(D) includes a plan for how the United 
States can continue to support civil society and 
independent media organizations in Georgia; 
and 
(E) includes a determination whether the 
Government of Georgia remains committed to 
expanding trade ties with the United States and 
Europe and whether the United States Govern-
ment should continue to invest in Georgian 
projects. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, with a 
classified annex. 
SEC. 6. SANCTIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms 
‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ have the 
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meanings given such terms in section 101 of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(2) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; 
(E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(F) the Committee on Financial Services 
of the House of Representatives. 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means any individual or entity that is not a 
United States person. 
(4) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS.—The term 
‘‘immediate family members’’ has the meaning given 
the 
term 
‘‘immediate 
relatives’’ 
in 
section 
201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(b)(2)(A)(i)). 
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(5) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 
means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 
result. 
(6) 
UNITES
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity; or 
(C) any person within the United States. 
(b) INADMISSIBILITY
OF OFFICIALS
OF GOVERN-
MENT OF GEORGIA AND CERTAIN OTHER INDIVIDUALS 
INVOLVED
IN
BLOCKING
EURO-ATLANTIC
INTEGRA-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall determine whether each of the following foreign 
persons has knowingly engaged in significant acts of 
corruption, or acts of violence or intimidation in re-
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lation to the blocking of Euro-Atlantic integration in 
Georgia: 
(A) Any individual who, on or after Janu-
ary 1, 2014, has served as a member of the 
Parliament of the Government of Georgia or as 
a current or former senior official of a Georgian 
political party. 
(B) Any individual who is serving as an of-
ficial in a leadership position working on behalf 
of the Government of Georgia, including law en-
forcement, intelligence, judicial, or local or mu-
nicipal government. 
(C) An immediate family member of an of-
ficial described in subparagraph (A) or a person 
described in subparagraph (B) who benefitted 
from the conduct of such official or person. 
(2) SANCTIONS.—The President shall impose 
the sanctions described in subsection (d)(2) with re-
spect to each foreign person with respect to which 
the President has made an affirmative decision 
under paragraph (1). 
(3) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress 
with respect to— 
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(A) any foreign person with respect to 
which the President has made an affirmative 
determination under paragraph (1); and 
(B) the specific facts that justify each such 
affirmative determination. 
(4) WAIVER.—The President may waive imposi-
tion of sanctions under this subsection on a case-by- 
case basis if the President determines and reports to 
the appropriate committees of Congress that— 
(A) such waiver would serve national secu-
rity interests; or 
(B) the circumstances which caused the in-
dividual to be ineligible have sufficiently 
changed. 
(c) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
UNDERMINING
PEACE, SECURITY, STABILITY, SOV-
EREIGNTY OR TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF GEORGIA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may impose 
the sanctions described in subsection (d)(1) and 
shall impose the sanctions described in subsection 
(d)(2) with respect to each foreign person the Presi-
dent determines, on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act— 
(A) is responsible for, complicit in, or has 
directly or indirectly engaged in or attempted to 
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engage in, actions or policies, including order-
ing, controlling, or otherwise directing acts that 
are intended to undermine the peace, security, 
stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of 
Georgia; 
(B) is or has been a leader or official of an 
entity that has, or whose members have, en-
gaged in any activity described in subparagraph 
(A); or 
(C) is an immediate family member of a 
person subject to sanctions for conduct de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) and bene-
fitted from the conduct of such person. 
(2) BRIEF AND WRITTEN NOTIFICATION.—Not 
later than 10 days after imposing sanctions on a for-
eign person or persons pursuant to this subsection, 
the President shall brief and provide written notifi-
cation to the appropriate committees of Congress re-
garding the imposition of such sanctions, which shall 
describe— 
(A) the foreign person or persons subject 
to the imposition of such sanctions; 
(B) the activity justifying the imposition of 
such sanctions; and 
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(C) the specific sanctions imposed on such 
foreign person or persons. 
(3) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of sanctions under this subsection with re-
spect to a foreign person for renewable periods not 
to exceed 180 days if, not later than 15 days before 
the date on which such waiver is to take effect, the 
President submits to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a written determination and justification 
that the waiver is in the national security interests 
of the United States. 
(d) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following with respect 
to a foreign person described in subsection (b) or (c), as 
applicable: 
(1) 
BLOCKING
OF
PROPERTY.—Notwith-
standing the requirements under section 202 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701), the President shall exercise all au-
thorities granted under the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to 
the extent necessary to block and prohibit all trans-
actions in property and interests in property of the 
foreign person if such property and interests in 
property are in the United States, come within the 
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United States, or are or come within the possession 
or control of a United States person. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 
PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR
PAROLE.—A 
foreign person that is an alien shall be— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—The for-
eign person shall be subject to the following: 
(i) Revocation of any visa or other 
entry documentation regardless of when 
the visa or other entry documentation is or 
was issued. 
(ii) A revocation under clause (i) shall 
take effect immediately and automatically 
cancel any other valid visa or entry docu-
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mentation that is in the foreign person’s 
possession. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
this section. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of subsection (d)(2)(A) or any regulation, 
license, or order issued under that subsection shall 
be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
Act, or any amendment made by this Act, may be 
construed to limit the authority of the President to 
designate or sanction persons pursuant to an appli-
cable Executive order or otherwise pursuant to the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(f) RULEMAKING.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall prescribe such regulations as are 
necessary for the implementation of this section. 
(2) NOTIFICATION
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 10 days before prescribing regulations pursu-
ant to paragraph (1), the President shall notify the 
appropriate committees of Congress of the proposed 
regulations and the provisions of this section that 
the regulations are implementing. 
(g) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO BROADER COR-
RUPTION IN GEORGIA.— 
(1) DETERMINATION.—The President shall de-
termine whether there are foreign persons who, on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act, have 
engaged in significant corruption in Georgia or acts 
that are intended to undermine the peace, security, 
stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Geor-
gia for the purposes of potential imposition of sanc-
tions pursuant to powers granted to the President 
under the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
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Act, the President shall submit a report to the 
appropriate committees of Congress that— 
(i) identifies all foreign persons the 
President has determined, pursuant to this 
subsection, have engaged in significant cor-
ruption in Georgia or committed acts that 
are intended to undermine the peace, secu-
rity, stability, sovereignty, or territorial in-
tegrity of Georgia; 
(ii) the dates on which sanctions were 
imposed; and 
(iii) the reasons for imposing such 
sanctions. 
(B) FORM.—The report required under 
subparagraph (A) shall be provided in unclassi-
fied form, but may include a classified annex. 
(h) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—Any sanctions 
imposed on a foreign person pursuant to this section shall 
terminate on the earlier of— 
(1) the date on which the President certifies to 
the appropriate committees of Congress that the for-
eign person is no longer engaging in the activities 
that led to the imposition of such sanction; or 
(2) the sunset date described in section 7. 
(i) EXCEPTIONS.— 
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(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(A) 
AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITY.—The 
term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 102 of the Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 
(B) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ means any 
article, natural or man-made substance, mate-
rial, supply, or manufactured product, including 
inspection and test equipment and excluding 
technical data. 
(C) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical 
device’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘de-
vice’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
(D) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 
201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) EXCEPTION
RELATING
TO
INTEL-
LIGENCE
ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this 
section shall not apply to— 
(i) any activity subject to the report-
ing requirements under title V of the Na-
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tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3091 et seq.); or 
(ii) any authorized intelligence activi-
ties of the United States. 
(B) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER-
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—Sanctions under this 
section shall not apply with respect to a foreign 
person if admitting or paroling the person into 
the United States is necessary to permit the 
United States to comply with the Agreement re-
garding the Headquarters of the United Na-
tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, 
and entered into force November 21, 1947, be-
tween the United Nations and the United 
States, or other applicable international obliga-
tions. 
(C) HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE.—Sanc-
tions under this section shall not apply to— 
(i) the conduct or facilitation of a 
transaction for the provision of agricultural 
commodities, food, medicine, medical de-
vices, or humanitarian assistance, or for 
humanitarian purposes; or 
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(ii) transactions that are necessary 
for, or related to, the activities described in 
paragraph (1). 
(j) EXCEPTION RELATING
TO IMPORTATION
OF 
GOODS.—The requirement to block and prohibit all trans-
actions in all property and interests in property under this 
section shall not include the authority or a requirement 
to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 
SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO GEOR-
GIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon submission to Congress of 
the certification described in subsection (c)— 
(1) the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
other heads of other relevant Federal departments 
and agencies, should seek to further enhance people- 
to-people contacts and academic exchanges between 
the United States and Georgia; and 
(2) the President, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, should maintain, and as appro-
priate, expand military co-operation with Georgia, 
including by providing further security and defense 
equipment ideally suited for territorial defense 
against Russian aggression and related training, 
maintenance, and operations support elements. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that, after the submission of the certification de-
scribed in subsection (c) should the Georgian government 
take steps to re-align itself with its Euro-Atlantic agenda, 
including significant changes to the foreign influence law, 
the President should take steps to improve the bilateral 
relationship between the United States and Georgia, in-
cluding actions to bolster Georgia’s ability to deter threats 
from Russia and other malign actors. 
(c) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—The certification 
described in this subsection is a certification submitted to 
Congress by the President that Georgia has shown signifi-
cant and sustained progress towards reinvigorating its de-
mocracy and advancing its Euro-Atlantic integration. 
SEC. 8. SUNSET. 
This Act shall cease to have any force or effect begin-
ning on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 5, 2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 70 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 36 
AN ACT 
To counter the influence of the Chinese Communist 
Party, the Iranian Regime, and the Russian Fed-
eration in the nation of Georgia. 
MAY 6, 2025 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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