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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 295
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to support or facilitate the participation
of the Russian Federation in the Group of Seven, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY11, 2023
Mr. K
EATING(for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to support or facilitate
the participation of the Russian Federation in the Group
of Seven, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN 3
THE G7. 4
(a) S
TATEMENT OFPOLICY.—It is the policy of the 5
United States to exclude the Russian Federation from the 6
Group of Seven or reconstitute a Group of Eight that in-7
cludes the Russian Federation. 8
(b) L
IMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-9
sion of law, no Federal funds are authorized to be appro-10
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priated or otherwise made available to take any action to 1
support or facilitate— 2
(1) the participation of the Russian Federation 3
in a Group of Seven proceeding; or 4
(2) the reconstitution of a Group of Eight that 5
includes the Russian Federation. 6
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