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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 36
To counter the influence of the Chinese Communist Party, the Iranian
Regime, and the Russian Federation in the nation of Georgia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY3, 2025
Mr. W
ILSONof South Carolina (for himself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. HUDSON, and
Mr. V
EASEY) 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To counter the influence of the Chinese Communist Party,
the Iranian Regime, and the Russian Federation in the
nation of Georgia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mobilizing and En-4
hancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, 5
Resilience, and Independence Act’’ or the ‘‘MEGOBARI 6
Act’’. 7
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1
In this Act: 2
(1) A
PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -3
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-4
mittees’’ means— 5
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 6
the Senate; 7
(B) the Committee on Appropriations of 8
the Senate; 9
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 10
the House of Representatives; and 11
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 12
the House of Representatives. 13
(2) NATO.—The term ‘‘NATO’’ means the 14
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 15
(3) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 16
the Secretary of State. 17
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 18
It is the sense of Congress that— 19
(1) the progress made by the people of Georgia 20
in forging an innovative and productive society since 21
the country’s independence from the Soviet Union 22
should be applauded; 23
(2) the consolidation of democracy in Georgia is 24
critical for regional stability and United States na-25
tional interests; 26
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(3) Georgia has seen significant democratic 1
backsliding in recent years, as evidenced by numer-2
ous independent assessments and measures; 3
(4) the current Georgian government is increas-4
ingly hostile towards independent domestic civil soci-5
ety and its chief Euro-Atlantic partners while in-6
creasingly embracing enhanced ties with the Russian 7
Federation, the People’s Republic of China, and 8
other anti-Western authoritarian regimes; 9
(5) the United States has an interest in pro-10
tecting and securing democracy in Georgia; and 11
(6) the Secretary should suspend the United 12
States-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission, 13
established through the United States-Georgia Char-14
ter on Strategic Partnership on January 9, 2009, 15
until after the Government of Georgia takes meas-16
ures— 17
(A) to represent the democratic wishes of 18
the citizens of Georgia; and 19
(B) to uphold its constitutional obligation 20
to advance the country towards membership in 21
the European Union and NATO. 22
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 23
It is the policy of the United States— 24
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(1) to support the constitutionally stated aspi-1
rations of Georgia to become a member of the Euro-2
pean Union and NATO, which is made clear under 3
Article 78 of the Constitution of Georgia and is sup-4
ported by the overwhelming majority of the citizens 5
of Georgia; 6
(2) to continue supporting the capacity of the 7
Government of Georgia to protect its sovereignty 8
and territorial integrity from further Russian ag-9
gression or encroachment within its internationally 10
recognized borders; 11
(3) to call on all political parties and elected 12
Members of the Parliament of Georgia to continue 13
working on addressing the reform plan outlined by 14
the European Commission to resume Georgia’s re-15
cently granted candidate status through an inclusive 16
and transparent consultation process that involves 17
opposition parties and civil society organizations, 18
which the people of Georgia have freely elected to 19
pursue; 20
(4) to reevaluate its relationship with the Gov-21
ernment of Georgia and review all forms of foreign 22
and security assistance made available to the Gov-23
ernment if it takes the required steps— 24
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(A) to reorient itself toward its European 1
Union accession agenda; and 2
(B) to advance policy or legislation reflect-3
ing the express wishes of the Georgian people; 4
(5) to emphasize the importance of contributing 5
to international efforts— 6
(A) to combat Russian aggression, includ-7
ing through sanctions on trade with Russia and 8
the implementation and enforcement of world-9
wide sanctions on Russia; and 10
(B) to reduce, rather than increase, trade 11
ties between Georgia and Russia; 12
(6) to continue supporting the ongoing develop-13
ment of democratic values in Georgia, including free 14
and fair elections, freedom of association, an inde-15
pendent and accountable judiciary, an independent 16
media, public-sector transparency and accountability, 17
the rule of law, countering malign influence, and 18
anti-corruption efforts and to impose swift con-19
sequences on individuals who are directly responsible 20
for leading or have directly and knowingly engaged 21
in leading actions of policies that significantly un-22
dermine those standards; 23
(7) to continue to support the Georgian people 24
and civil society organizations that reflect the aspi-25
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rations of the Georgian people for democracy and a 1
future with the people of Europe; 2
(8) to continue supporting the right of the 3
Georgian people to freely engage in peaceful protest, 4
determine their future, and make independent and 5
sovereign choices on foreign and security policy, in-6
cluding regarding Georgia’s relationship with other 7
countries and international organizations, without 8
interference, intimidation, or coercion by other coun-9
tries or those acting on their behalf; 10
(9) to call on all political parties, elected Mem-11
bers of the Parliament of Georgia, and officers of 12
the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia to respect 13
the freedoms of peaceful assembly, association, and 14
expression, including for the press, and the rule of 15
law, and encourage a vibrant and inclusive civil soci-16
ety; 17
(10) to call on the Government of Georgia to 18
release all persons detained or imprisoned on politi-19
cally motivated grounds and drop any pending 20
charges against them; 21
(11) to call on the Government of Georgia to 22
thoroughly investigate all allegations emerging from 23
the recent national elections, which took place on 24
October 2024, make a determination whether the 25
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elections should be judged as illegitimate and hold 1
those responsible for interference in the elections; 2
and 3
(12) to continue impressing upon the Govern-4
ment of Georgia that the United States is committed 5
to sustaining and deepening bilateral relations and 6
supporting Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations. 7
SEC. 5. REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS. 8
(a) R
EPORT ONRUSSIANINTELLIGENCEASSETS IN 9
G
EORGIA.— 10
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 11
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-12
retary of State, in coordination with the Director of 13
National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, 14
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-15
gress a classified report, prepared consistent with 16
the protection of sources and methods, examining 17
the penetration of Russian intelligence elements and 18
their assets in Georgia, that includes an annex ex-19
amining Chinese influence and the potential inter-20
section of Russian-Chinese cooperation in Georgia. 21
(2) A
PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -22
GRESS.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate com-23
mittees of Congress’’ means— 24
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 1
the Senate, the Select Committee on Intel-2
ligence of the Senate, and the Committee on 3
Armed Services of the Senate; and 4
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 5
the House of Representatives, the Permanent 6
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 7
of Representatives, and the Committee on 8
Armed Services of the House of Representa-9
tives. 10
(b) 5-Y
EARUNITEDSTATESSTRATEGY FORBILAT-11
ERALRELATIONSWITHGEORGIA.— 12
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 13
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 14
and the Administrator of the United States Agency 15
for International Development, in coordination with 16
the heads of other relevant Federal departments and 17
agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congres-18
sional committees a detailed strategy that— 19
(A) outlines specific objectives for enhanc-20
ing bilateral ties which reflect the current do-21
mestic political environment in Georgia; 22
(B) includes a determination of the tools, 23
resources, and funding that should be available 24
to achieve the objectives outlined pursuant to 25
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paragraph (1) and an assessment whether 1
Georgia should remain the second-highest re-2
cipient of United States funding in the Europe 3
and Eurasia region; 4
(C) includes a determination of the extent 5
to which the United States should continue to 6
invest in its partnership with Georgia; 7
(D) includes a plan for how the United 8
States can continue to support civil society and 9
independent media organizations in Georgia; 10
and 11
(E) includes a determination whether the 12
Government of Georgia remains committed to 13
expanding trade ties with the United States and 14
Europe and whether the United States Govern-15
ment should continue to invest in Georgian 16
projects. 17
(2) F
ORM.—The report required by paragraph 18
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, with a 19
classified annex. 20
SEC. 6. SANCTIONS. 21
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 22
(1) A
DMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms 23
‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ have the 24
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meanings given such terms in section 101 of the Im-1
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 2
(2) A
PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -3
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-4
gress’’ means— 5
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 6
the Senate; 7
(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 8
and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 9
(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 10
Senate; 11
(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 12
the House of Representatives; 13
(E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 14
House of Representatives; and 15
(F) the Committee on Financial Services 16
of the House of Representatives. 17
(3) F
OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-18
son’’ means any individual or entity that is not a 19
United States person. 20
(4) I
MMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS .—The term 21
‘‘immediate family members’’ has the meaning given 22
the term ‘‘immediate relatives’’ in section 23
201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 24
Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(b)(2)(A)(i)). 25
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(5) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 1
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 2
means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 3
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 4
result. 5
(6) U
NITES STATES PERSON .—The term 6
‘‘United States person’’ means— 7
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-8
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 9
United States; 10
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 11
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 12
United States, including a foreign branch of 13
such an entity; or 14
(C) any person within the United States. 15
(b) I
NADMISSIBILITY OF OFFICIALS OFGOVERN-16
MENT OFGEORGIA ANDCERTAINOTHERINDIVIDUALS 17
I
NVOLVED IN BLOCKINGEURO-ATLANTICINTEGRA-18
TION.— 19
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 20
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 21
shall determine whether each of the following foreign 22
persons has knowingly engaged in significant acts of 23
corruption, or acts of violence or intimidation in re-24
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lation to the blocking of Euro-Atlantic integration in 1
Georgia: 2
(A) Any individual who, on or after Janu-3
ary 1, 2014, has served as a member of the 4
Parliament of the Government of Georgia or as 5
a current or former senior official of a Georgian 6
political party. 7
(B) Any individual who is serving as an of-8
ficial in a leadership position working on behalf 9
of the Government of Georgia, including law en-10
forcement, intelligence, judicial, or local or mu-11
nicipal government. 12
(C) An immediate family member of an of-13
ficial described in subparagraph (A) or a person 14
described in subparagraph (B) who benefitted 15
from the conduct of such official or person. 16
(2) S
ANCTIONS.—The President shall impose 17
the sanctions described in subsection (d)(2) with re-18
spect to each foreign person with respect to which 19
the President has made an affirmative decision 20
under paragraph (1). 21
(3) B
RIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after 22
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 23
shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress 24
with respect to— 25
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(A) any foreign person with respect to 1
which the President has made an affirmative 2
determination under paragraph (1); and 3
(B) the specific facts that justify each such 4
affirmative determination. 5
(4) W
AIVER.—The President may waive imposi-6
tion of sanctions under this subsection on a case-by- 7
case basis if the President determines and reports to 8
the appropriate committees of Congress that— 9
(A) such waiver would serve national secu-10
rity interests; or 11
(B) the circumstances which caused the in-12
dividual to be ineligible have sufficiently 13
changed. 14
(c) I
MPOSITION OFSANCTIONSWITHRESPECT TO 15
U
NDERMINING PEACE, SECURITY, STABILITY, SOV-16
EREIGNTY ORTERRITORIALINTEGRITY OFGEORGIA.— 17
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The President may impose 18
the sanctions described in subsection (d)(1) and 19
shall impose the sanctions described in subsection 20
(d)(2) with respect to each foreign person the Presi-21
dent determines, on or after the date of the enact-22
ment of this Act— 23
(A) is responsible for, complicit in, or has 24
directly or indirectly engaged in or attempted to 25
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engage in, actions or policies, including order-1
ing, controlling, or otherwise directing acts that 2
are intended to undermine the peace, security, 3
stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of 4
Georgia; 5
(B) is or has been a leader or official of an 6
entity that has, or whose members have, en-7
gaged in any activity described in subparagraph 8
(A); or 9
(C) is an immediate family member of a 10
person subject to sanctions for conduct de-11
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) and bene-12
fitted from the conduct of such person. 13
(2) B
RIEF AND WRITTEN NOTIFICATION .—Not 14
later than 10 days after imposing sanctions on a for-15
eign person or persons pursuant to this subsection, 16
the President shall brief and provide written notifi-17
cation to the appropriate committees of Congress re-18
garding the imposition of such sanctions, which shall 19
describe— 20
(A) the foreign person or persons subject 21
to the imposition of such sanctions; 22
(B) the activity justifying the imposition of 23
such sanctions; and 24
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(C) the specific sanctions imposed on such 1
foreign person or persons. 2
(3) W
AIVER.—The President may waive the ap-3
plication of sanctions under this subsection with re-4
spect to a foreign person for renewable periods not 5
to exceed 180 days if, not later than 15 days before 6
the date on which such waiver is to take effect, the 7
President submits to the appropriate committees of 8
Congress a written determination and justification 9
that the waiver is in the national security interests 10
of the United States. 11
(d) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-12
scribed in this subsection are the following with respect 13
to a foreign person described in subsection (b) or (c), as 14
applicable: 15
(1) B
LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—Notwith-16
standing the requirements under section 202 of the 17
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 18
U.S.C. 1701), the President shall exercise all au-19
thorities granted under the International Emergency 20
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to 21
the extent necessary to block and prohibit all trans-22
actions in property and interests in property of the 23
foreign person if such property and interests in 24
property are in the United States, come within the 25
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United States, or are or come within the possession 1
or control of a United States person. 2
(2) I
NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 3
PAROLE.— 4
(A) V
ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—A 5
foreign person that is an alien shall be— 6
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 7
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 8
documentation to enter the United States; 9
and 10
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 11
or paroled into the United States or to re-12
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-13
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 14
seq.). 15
(B) C
URRENT VISAS REVOKED .—The for-16
eign person shall be subject to the following: 17
(i) Revocation of any visa or other 18
entry documentation regardless of when 19
the visa or other entry documentation is or 20
was issued. 21
(ii) A revocation under clause (i) shall 22
take effect immediately and automatically 23
cancel any other valid visa or entry docu-24
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mentation that is in the foreign person’s 1
possession. 2
(e) I
MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 3
(1) I
MPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-4
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 5
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 6
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 7
this section. 8
(2) P
ENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-9
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 10
violation of subsection (d)(2)(A) or any regulation, 11
license, or order issued under that subsection shall 12
be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections 13
(b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Eco-14
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-15
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-16
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 17
(3) R
ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 18
Act, or any amendment made by this Act, may be 19
construed to limit the authority of the President to 20
designate or sanction persons pursuant to an appli-21
cable Executive order or otherwise pursuant to the 22
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 23
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 24
(f) R
ULEMAKING.— 25
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 1
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 2
President shall prescribe such regulations as are 3
necessary for the implementation of this section. 4
(2) N
OTIFICATION TO CONGRESS .—Not later 5
than 10 days before prescribing regulations pursu-6
ant to paragraph (1), the President shall notify the 7
appropriate committees of Congress of the proposed 8
regulations and the provisions of this section that 9
the regulations are implementing. 10
(g) S
ANCTIONSWITHRESPECT TOBROADERCOR-11
RUPTION INGEORGIA.— 12
(1) D
ETERMINATION.—The President shall de-13
termine whether there are foreign persons who, on 14
or after the date of the enactment of this Act, have 15
engaged in significant corruption in Georgia or acts 16
that are intended to undermine the peace, security, 17
stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Geor-18
gia for the purposes of potential imposition of sanc-19
tions pursuant to powers granted to the President 20
under the International Emergency Economic Pow-21
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 22
(2) R
EPORT.— 23
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 24
days after the date of the enactment of this 25
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Act, the President shall submit a report to the 1
appropriate committees of Congress that— 2
(i) identifies all foreign persons the 3
President has determined, pursuant to this 4
subsection, have engaged in significant cor-5
ruption in Georgia or committed acts that 6
are intended to undermine the peace, secu-7
rity, stability, sovereignty, or territorial in-8
tegrity of Georgia; 9
(ii) the dates on which sanctions were 10
imposed; and 11
(iii) the reasons for imposing such 12
sanctions. 13
(B) F
ORM.—The report required under 14
subparagraph (A) shall be provided in unclassi-15
fied form, but may include a classified annex. 16
(h) T
ERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—Any sanctions 17
imposed on a foreign person pursuant to this section shall 18
terminate on the earlier of— 19
(1) the date on which the President certifies to 20
the appropriate committees of Congress that the for-21
eign person is no longer engaging in the activities 22
that led to the imposition of such sanction; or 23
(2) the sunset date described in section 7. 24
(i) E
XCEPTIONS.— 25
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(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 1
(A) A
GRICULTURAL COMMODITY .—The 2
term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning 3
given such term in section 102 of the Agricul-4
tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 5
(B) G
OOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ means any 6
article, natural or man-made substance, mate-7
rial, supply, or manufactured product, including 8
inspection and test equipment and excluding 9
technical data. 10
(C) M
EDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical 11
device’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘de-12
vice’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 13
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 14
(D) M
EDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has 15
the meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 16
201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 17
Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 18
(2) E
XCEPTIONS.— 19
(A) E
XCEPTION RELATING TO INTEL -20
LIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this 21
section shall not apply to— 22
(i) any activity subject to the report-23
ing requirements under title V of the Na-24
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tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 1
3091 et seq.); or 2
(ii) any authorized intelligence activi-3
ties of the United States. 4
(B) E
XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -5
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS .—Sanctions under this 6
section shall not apply with respect to a foreign 7
person if admitting or paroling the person into 8
the United States is necessary to permit the 9
United States to comply with the Agreement re-10
garding the Headquarters of the United Na-11
tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, 12
and entered into force November 21, 1947, be-13
tween the United Nations and the United 14
States, or other applicable international obliga-15
tions. 16
(C) H
UMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE .—Sanc-17
tions under this section shall not apply to— 18
(i) the conduct or facilitation of a 19
transaction for the provision of agricultural 20
commodities, food, medicine, medical de-21
vices, or humanitarian assistance, or for 22
humanitarian purposes; or 23
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(ii) transactions that are necessary 1
for, or related to, the activities described in 2
paragraph (1). 3
(j) E
XCEPTIONRELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 4
G
OODS.—The requirement to block and prohibit all trans-5
actions in all property and interests in property under this 6
section shall not include the authority or a requirement 7
to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 8
SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO GEOR-9
GIA. 10
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Upon submission to Congress of 11
the certification described in subsection (c)— 12
(1) the Secretary of State, in consultation with 13
other heads of other relevant Federal departments 14
and agencies, should seek to further enhance people- 15
to-people contacts and academic exchanges between 16
the United States and Georgia; and 17
(2) the President, in consultation with the Sec-18
retary of Defense, should maintain, and as appro-19
priate, expand military co-operation with Georgia, 20
including by providing further security and defense 21
equipment ideally suited for territorial defense 22
against Russian aggression and related training, 23
maintenance, and operations support elements. 24
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(b) SENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-1
gress that, after the submission of the certification de-2
scribed in subsection (c) should the Georgian government 3
take steps to re-align itself with its Euro-Atlantic agenda, 4
including significant changes to the foreign influence law, 5
the President should take steps to improve the bilateral 6
relationship between the United States and Georgia, in-7
cluding actions to bolster Georgia’s ability to deter threats 8
from Russia and other malign actors. 9
(c) C
ERTIFICATIONDESCRIBED.—The certification 10
described in this subsection is a certification submitted to 11
Congress by the President that Georgia has shown signifi-12
cant and sustained progress towards reinvigorating its de-13
mocracy and advancing its Euro-Atlantic integration. 14
SEC. 8. SUNSET. 15
This Act shall cease to have any force or effect begin-16
ning on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enact-17
ment of this Act. 18
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