Title: Stopping Malign Activities from Russian Terrorism Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Stopping Malign Activities from Russian Terrorism Act
This bill directs the Department of State to report to Congress as to whether Russia qualifies as a state sponsor of terrorism. The State Department shall also report to Congress as to whether the following armed entities qualify as foreign terrorist organizations: (1) entities in the Donbas region of Ukraine controlled or aided by Russia, and (2) entities controlled by or associated with the Donetsk People's Republic or Lugansk People's Republic.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7561 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7561

  To require the Secretary of State to determine whether the Russian 
  Federation should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism and 
     whether Russian-sponsored armed entities in Ukraine should be 
 designated as foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2020

 Mr. Rose of New York (for himself and Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of State to determine whether the Russian 
  Federation should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism and 
     whether Russian-sponsored armed entities in Ukraine should be 
 designated as foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping Malign Activities from 
Russian Terrorism Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                of Representatives.
            (2) State sponsor of terrorism.--The term ``state sponsor 
        of terrorism'' means a country the government of which the 
        Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 
        1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 
        U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A)(i)), section 620A of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the Arms 
        Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any other provision of 
        law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for 
        acts of international terrorism.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS A 
              STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
determination to the appropriate congressional committees that 
indicates whether the Russian Federation meets the criteria to be 
designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.
    (b) Form.--The determination required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex, if 
appropriate.

SEC. 4. DETERMINATION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE RUSSIAN-SUPPORTED ARMED 
              FORCES IN THE DONBAS REGION OF UKRAINE AS FOREIGN 
              TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
determination to the appropriate congressional committees that 
indicates whether armed entities that are physically present in the 
Donbas region of Ukraine and are controlled or aided by the Russian 
Federation, or armed entities that are associated or controlled by the 
``Donetsk People's Republic'' or the ``Lugansk People's Republic'', 
meet the criteria to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations 
under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1189).
    (b) Form.--The determination required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex, if 
appropriate.

SEC. 5. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act may be construed--
            (1) to authorize the use of military force; or
            (2) to limit bilateral military-to-military dialogue 
        between the United States and the Russian Federation for the 
        purpose of reducing the risk of conflict.
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