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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 243 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit United States recognition of Bidzina Ivanishvili or any Govern- |
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| 6 | 6 | | ment of Georgia that is led by Bidzina Ivanishvili, and for other pur- |
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| 7 | 7 | | poses. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY9, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. W |
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| 11 | 11 | | ILSONof South Carolina (for himself and Mr. COHEN) introduced the |
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| 12 | 12 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, |
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| 13 | 13 | | and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be |
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| 14 | 14 | | subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration |
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| 15 | 15 | | of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con- |
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| 16 | 16 | | cerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To prohibit United States recognition of Bidzina Ivanishvili |
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| 19 | 19 | | or any Government of Georgia that is led by Bidzina |
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| 20 | 20 | | Ivanishvili, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Georgian Nightmare 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Non-Recognition Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 243 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF RECOGNITION OF IVANISHVILI 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | REGIME. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) S |
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| 32 | 32 | | TATEMENT OFPOLICY.—It is the policy of the 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | United States— 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) not to recognize or normalize relations with 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | any Government of Georgia that is led by Bidzina 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Ivanishvili or any proxies due to the Ivanishvili re-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | gime’s ongoing crimes against the Georgian people; 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) to actively oppose recognition or normaliza-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | tion of relations by other governments with any Gov-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ernment of Georgia that is led by Bidzina Ivanishvili 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | or any proxies, including by fully implementing the 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | mandatory primary and secondary sanctions in Ex-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ecutive Order No. 14024; and 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) to use the full range of authorities, includ-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ing those provided under the Global Magnitsky Act 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | and Executive Order No. 14024, to deter corrupt ac-17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | tivity or foreign influence operations by Georgia on 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, the Iranian 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | regime, and the Russian Federation. 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) P |
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| 51 | 51 | | ROHIBITION.—In accordance with subsection 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (a), no Federal official or employee may take any action, 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | and no Federal funds may be made available, to recognize 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | or otherwise imply, in any manner, United States recogni-24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | tion of Bidzina Ivanishvili or any Government in Georgia 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | that is led by Bidzina Ivanishvili or any proxies. 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •HR 243 IH |
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| 60 | 60 | | (c) RECOGNITION OFPRESIDENT OFGEORGIA.—The 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | United States shall recognize the incumbent President of 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Georgia prior to the fraudulent elections on October 26, 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2024 as the only legitimate leader in Georgia. 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (d) R |
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| 65 | 65 | | ESTORATION OF GEORGIANCONSTITUTION.— 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | In the case of the restoration of the Georgian constitution 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | as demonstrated by the holding of free and fair elections 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | as certified by the Chairman and Co-Chairman of the U.S. 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Helsinki Commission, this policy may be declared void by 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | the President. 10 |
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