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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 868 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To support democracy and the rule of law in Georgia, and for other purposes. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | MARCH5, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mrs. S |
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| 9 | 9 | | HAHEEN(for herself and Mr. RISCH) introduced the following bill; |
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| 10 | 10 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | To support democracy and the rule of law in Georgia, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | for other purposes. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mobilizing and En-4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | hancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Resilience, and Independence Act’’ or the ‘‘MEGOBARI 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act’’. 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | In this Act: 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | mittees’’ means— 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the Senate; 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) the Committee on Appropriations of 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the Senate; 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the House of Representatives; and 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the House of Representatives. 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) NATO.—The term ‘‘NATO’’ means the 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) S |
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| 40 | 40 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the Secretary of State. 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | It is the sense of Congress that— 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) the progress made by the people of Georgia 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | in forging an innovative and productive society since 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the country’s independence from the Soviet Union 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | should be applauded; 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) the consolidation of democracy in Georgia is 22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | critical for regional stability and United States na-23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | tional interests; 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (3) Georgia has seen significant democratic 1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | backsliding in recent years, as evidenced by numer-2 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ous independent assessments and measures; 3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (4) the current Georgian government is increas-4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ingly hostile towards independent domestic civil soci-5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ety and its chief Euro-Atlantic partners while in-6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | creasingly embracing enhanced ties with the Russian 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Federation, the People’s Republic of China, and 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | other anti-Western authoritarian regimes; 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (5) the United States has an interest in pro-10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | tecting and securing democracy in Georgia; and 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (6) the Secretary should suspend the United 12 |
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| 66 | 66 | | States-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission, 13 |
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| 67 | 67 | | established through the United States-Georgia Char-14 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ter on Strategic Partnership on January 9, 2009, 15 |
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| 69 | 69 | | until after the Government of Georgia takes meas-16 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ures— 17 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (A) to represent the democratic wishes of 18 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the citizens of Georgia; and 19 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (B) to uphold its constitutional obligation 20 |
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| 74 | 74 | | to advance the country towards membership in 21 |
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| 75 | 75 | | the European Union and NATO. 22 |
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| 76 | 76 | | SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 23 |
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| 77 | 77 | | It is the policy of the United States— 24 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (1) to support the constitutionally stated aspi-1 |
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| 82 | 82 | | rations of Georgia to become a member of the Euro-2 |
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| 83 | 83 | | pean Union and NATO, which is made clear under 3 |
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| 84 | 84 | | Article 78 of the Constitution of Georgia and is sup-4 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ported by the overwhelming majority of the citizens 5 |
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| 86 | 86 | | of Georgia; 6 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (2) to continue supporting the capacity of the 7 |
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| 88 | 88 | | Government of Georgia to protect its sovereignty 8 |
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| 89 | 89 | | and territorial integrity from further Russian ag-9 |
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| 90 | 90 | | gression or encroachment within its internationally 10 |
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| 91 | 91 | | recognized borders; 11 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (3) to call on all political parties and elected 12 |
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| 93 | 93 | | Members of the Parliament of Georgia to continue 13 |
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| 94 | 94 | | working on addressing the reform plan outlined by 14 |
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| 95 | 95 | | the European Commission to resume Georgia’s re-15 |
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| 96 | 96 | | cently granted candidate status through an inclusive 16 |
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| 97 | 97 | | and transparent consultation process that involves 17 |
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| 98 | 98 | | opposition parties and civil society organizations, 18 |
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| 99 | 99 | | which the people of Georgia have freely elected to 19 |
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| 100 | 100 | | pursue; 20 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (4) to reevaluate its relationship with the Gov-21 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ernment of Georgia and review all forms of foreign 22 |
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| 103 | 103 | | and security assistance made available to the Gov-23 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ernment if it takes the required steps— 24 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (A) to reorient itself toward its European 1 |
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| 109 | 109 | | Union accession agenda; and 2 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (B) to advance policy or legislation reflect-3 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ing the express wishes of the Georgian people; 4 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (5) to emphasize the importance of contributing 5 |
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| 113 | 113 | | to international efforts— 6 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (A) to combat Russian aggression, includ-7 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ing through sanctions on trade with Russia and 8 |
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| 116 | 116 | | the implementation and enforcement of world-9 |
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| 117 | 117 | | wide sanctions on Russia; and 10 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (B) to reduce, rather than increase, trade 11 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ties between Georgia and Russia; 12 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (6) to continue supporting the ongoing develop-13 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ment of democratic values in Georgia, including free 14 |
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| 122 | 122 | | and fair elections, freedom of association, an inde-15 |
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| 123 | 123 | | pendent and accountable judiciary, an independent 16 |
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| 124 | 124 | | media, public-sector transparency and accountability, 17 |
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| 125 | 125 | | the rule of law, countering malign influence, and 18 |
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| 126 | 126 | | anti-corruption efforts and to impose swift con-19 |
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| 127 | 127 | | sequences on individuals who are directly responsible 20 |
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| 128 | 128 | | for leading or have directly and knowingly engaged 21 |
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| 129 | 129 | | in leading actions of policies that significantly un-22 |
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| 130 | 130 | | dermine those standards; 23 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (7) to continue to support the Georgian people 24 |
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| 132 | 132 | | and civil society organizations that reflect the aspi-25 |
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| 136 | 136 | | rations of the Georgian people for democracy and a 1 |
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| 137 | 137 | | future with the people of Europe; 2 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (8) to continue supporting the right of the 3 |
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| 139 | 139 | | Georgian people to freely engage in peaceful protest, 4 |
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| 140 | 140 | | determine their future, and make independent and 5 |
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| 141 | 141 | | sovereign choices on foreign and security policy, in-6 |
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| 142 | 142 | | cluding regarding Georgia’s relationship with other 7 |
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| 143 | 143 | | countries and international organizations, without 8 |
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| 144 | 144 | | interference, intimidation, or coercion by other coun-9 |
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| 145 | 145 | | tries or those acting on their behalf; 10 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (9) to call on all political parties, elected Mem-11 |
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| 147 | 147 | | bers of the Parliament of Georgia, and officers of 12 |
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| 148 | 148 | | the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia to respect 13 |
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| 149 | 149 | | the freedoms of peaceful assembly, association, and 14 |
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| 150 | 150 | | expression, including for the press, and the rule of 15 |
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| 151 | 151 | | law, and encourage a vibrant and inclusive civil soci-16 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ety; 17 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (10) to call on the Government of Georgia to 18 |
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| 154 | 154 | | release all persons detained or imprisoned on politi-19 |
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| 155 | 155 | | cally motivated grounds and drop any pending 20 |
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| 156 | 156 | | charges against them; 21 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (11) to call on the Government of Georgia to 22 |
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| 158 | 158 | | thoroughly investigate all allegations emerging from 23 |
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| 159 | 159 | | the recent national elections, which took place on 24 |
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| 160 | 160 | | October 2024, make a determination whether the 25 |
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| 164 | 164 | | elections should be judged as illegitimate and hold 1 |
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| 165 | 165 | | those responsible for interference in the elections; 2 |
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| 166 | 166 | | and 3 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (12) to continue impressing upon the Govern-4 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ment of Georgia that the United States is committed 5 |
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| 169 | 169 | | to sustaining and deepening bilateral relations and 6 |
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| 170 | 170 | | supporting Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations. 7 |
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| 171 | 171 | | SEC. 5. REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS. 8 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (a) R |
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| 173 | 173 | | EPORT ONRUSSIANINTELLIGENCEASSETS IN 9 |
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| 174 | 174 | | G |
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| 175 | 175 | | EORGIA.— 10 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (1) I |
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| 177 | 177 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 11 |
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| 178 | 178 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-12 |
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| 179 | 179 | | retary of State, in coordination with the Director of 13 |
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| 180 | 180 | | National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, 14 |
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| 181 | 181 | | shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-15 |
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| 182 | 182 | | gress a classified report, prepared consistent with 16 |
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| 183 | 183 | | the protection of sources and methods, examining 17 |
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| 184 | 184 | | the penetration of Russian intelligence elements and 18 |
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| 185 | 185 | | their assets in Georgia, that includes an annex ex-19 |
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| 186 | 186 | | amining Chinese influence and the potential inter-20 |
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| 187 | 187 | | section of Russian-Chinese cooperation in Georgia. 21 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (2) A |
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| 189 | 189 | | PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -22 |
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| 190 | 190 | | GRESS.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate com-23 |
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| 191 | 191 | | mittees of Congress’’ means— 24 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 1 |
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| 196 | 196 | | the Senate; 2 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 3 |
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| 198 | 198 | | of the Senate; 4 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (C) the Committee on Armed Services of 5 |
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| 200 | 200 | | the Senate; 6 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 7 |
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| 202 | 202 | | the House of Representatives; 8 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (E) the Permanent Select Committee on 9 |
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| 204 | 204 | | Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 10 |
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| 205 | 205 | | and 11 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (F) the Committee on Armed Services of 12 |
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| 207 | 207 | | the House of Representatives. 13 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (b) 5-Y |
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| 209 | 209 | | EARUNITEDSTATESSTRATEGY FORBILAT-14 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ERALRELATIONSWITHGEORGIA.— 15 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (1) I |
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| 212 | 212 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 16 |
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| 213 | 213 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 17 |
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| 214 | 214 | | and the Administrator of the United States Agency 18 |
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| 215 | 215 | | for International Development, in coordination with 19 |
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| 216 | 216 | | the heads of other relevant Federal departments and 20 |
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| 217 | 217 | | agencies, shall submit to the appropriate committees 21 |
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| 218 | 218 | | of Congress a detailed strategy that— 22 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (A) outlines specific objectives for enhanc-23 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ing bilateral ties which reflect the current do-24 |
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| 221 | 221 | | mestic political environment in Georgia; 25 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (B) includes a determination of the tools, 1 |
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| 226 | 226 | | resources, and funding that should be available 2 |
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| 227 | 227 | | to achieve the objectives outlined pursuant to 3 |
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| 228 | 228 | | subparagraph (A) and an assessment whether 4 |
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| 229 | 229 | | Georgia should remain the second-highest re-5 |
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| 230 | 230 | | cipient of United States funding in the Europe 6 |
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| 231 | 231 | | and Eurasia region; 7 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (C) includes a determination of the extent 8 |
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| 233 | 233 | | to which the United States should continue to 9 |
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| 234 | 234 | | invest in its partnership with Georgia; 10 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (D) includes a plan for how the United 11 |
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| 236 | 236 | | States can continue to support civil society and 12 |
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| 237 | 237 | | independent media organizations in Georgia; 13 |
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| 238 | 238 | | and 14 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (E) includes a determination whether the 15 |
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| 240 | 240 | | Government of Georgia remains committed to 16 |
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| 241 | 241 | | expanding trade ties with the United States and 17 |
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| 242 | 242 | | Europe and whether the United States Govern-18 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ment should continue to invest in Georgian 19 |
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| 244 | 244 | | projects. 20 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (2) F |
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| 246 | 246 | | ORM.—The report required by paragraph 21 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, with a 22 |
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| 248 | 248 | | classified annex. 23 |
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| 249 | 249 | | SEC. 6. SANCTIONS. 24 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (a) D |
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| 251 | 251 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 25 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms 1 |
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| 256 | 256 | | ‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ have the 2 |
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| 257 | 257 | | meanings given such terms in section 101 of the Im-3 |
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| 258 | 258 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 4 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (2) A |
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| 260 | 260 | | PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -5 |
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| 261 | 261 | | GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-6 |
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| 262 | 262 | | gress’’ means— 7 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 8 |
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| 264 | 264 | | the Senate; 9 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 10 |
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| 266 | 266 | | and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 11 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 12 |
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| 268 | 268 | | Senate; 13 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 14 |
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| 270 | 270 | | the House of Representatives; 15 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 16 |
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| 272 | 272 | | House of Representatives; and 17 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (F) the Committee on Financial Services 18 |
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| 274 | 274 | | of the House of Representatives. 19 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (3) F |
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| 276 | 276 | | OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-20 |
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| 277 | 277 | | son’’ means any individual or entity that is not a 21 |
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| 278 | 278 | | United States person. 22 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (4) I |
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| 280 | 280 | | MMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS .—The term 23 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ‘‘immediate family members’’ has the meaning given 24 |
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| 282 | 282 | | the term ‘‘immediate relatives’’ in section 25 |
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| 286 | 286 | | 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 1 |
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| 287 | 287 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(b)(2)(A)(i)). 2 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (5) K |
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| 289 | 289 | | NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 3 |
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| 290 | 290 | | respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 4 |
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| 291 | 291 | | means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 5 |
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| 292 | 292 | | have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 6 |
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| 293 | 293 | | result. 7 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (6) U |
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| 295 | 295 | | NITES STATES PERSON .—The term 8 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ‘‘United States person’’ means— 9 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (A) a United States citizen or an alien law-10 |
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| 298 | 298 | | fully admitted for permanent residence to the 11 |
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| 299 | 299 | | United States; 12 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (B) an entity organized under the laws of 13 |
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| 301 | 301 | | the United States or any jurisdiction within the 14 |
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| 302 | 302 | | United States, including a foreign branch of 15 |
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| 303 | 303 | | such an entity; or 16 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (C) any person within the United States. 17 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (b) I |
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| 306 | 306 | | NADMISSIBILITY OF OFFICIALS OFGOVERN-18 |
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| 307 | 307 | | MENT OFGEORGIA ANDCERTAINOTHERINDIVIDUALS 19 |
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| 308 | 308 | | I |
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| 309 | 309 | | NVOLVED IN BLOCKINGEURO-ATLANTICINTEGRA-20 |
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| 310 | 310 | | TION.— 21 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (1) I |
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| 312 | 312 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 22 |
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| 313 | 313 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 23 |
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| 314 | 314 | | shall determine whether each of the following foreign 24 |
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| 315 | 315 | | persons has knowingly engaged in significant acts of 25 |
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| 319 | 319 | | corruption, or acts of violence or intimidation in re-1 |
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| 320 | 320 | | lation to the blocking of Euro-Atlantic integration in 2 |
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| 321 | 321 | | Georgia: 3 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (A) Any individual who, on or after Janu-4 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ary 1, 2014, has served as a member of the 5 |
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| 324 | 324 | | Parliament of the Government of Georgia or as 6 |
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| 325 | 325 | | a current or former senior official of a Georgian 7 |
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| 326 | 326 | | political party. 8 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (B) Any individual who is serving as an of-9 |
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| 328 | 328 | | ficial in a leadership position working on behalf 10 |
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| 329 | 329 | | of the Government of Georgia, including law en-11 |
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| 330 | 330 | | forcement, intelligence, judicial, or local or mu-12 |
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| 331 | 331 | | nicipal government. 13 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (C) An immediate family member of an of-14 |
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| 333 | 333 | | ficial described in subparagraph (A) or a person 15 |
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| 334 | 334 | | described in subparagraph (B) who benefitted 16 |
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| 335 | 335 | | from the conduct of such official or person. 17 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (2) S |
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| 337 | 337 | | ANCTIONS.—The President shall impose 18 |
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| 338 | 338 | | the sanctions described in subsection (d)(2) with re-19 |
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| 339 | 339 | | spect to each foreign person with respect to which 20 |
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| 340 | 340 | | the President has made an affirmative decision 21 |
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| 341 | 341 | | under paragraph (1). 22 |
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| 342 | 342 | | (3) B |
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| 343 | 343 | | RIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after 23 |
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| 344 | 344 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 24 |
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| 348 | 348 | | shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress 1 |
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| 349 | 349 | | with respect to— 2 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (A) any foreign person with respect to 3 |
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| 351 | 351 | | which the President has made an affirmative 4 |
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| 352 | 352 | | determination under paragraph (1); and 5 |
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| 353 | 353 | | (B) the specific facts that justify each such 6 |
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| 354 | 354 | | affirmative determination. 7 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (4) W |
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| 356 | 356 | | AIVER.—The President may waive imposi-8 |
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| 357 | 357 | | tion of sanctions under this subsection on a case-by- 9 |
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| 358 | 358 | | case basis if the President determines and reports to 10 |
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| 359 | 359 | | the appropriate committees of Congress that— 11 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (A) such waiver would serve national secu-12 |
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| 361 | 361 | | rity interests; or 13 |
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| 362 | 362 | | (B) the circumstances which caused the in-14 |
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| 363 | 363 | | dividual to be ineligible have sufficiently 15 |
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| 364 | 364 | | changed. 16 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (c) I |
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| 366 | 366 | | MPOSITION OFSANCTIONSWITHRESPECT TO 17 |
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| 367 | 367 | | U |
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| 368 | 368 | | NDERMINING PEACE, SECURITY, STABILITY, SOV-18 |
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| 369 | 369 | | EREIGNTY ORTERRITORIALINTEGRITY OFGEORGIA.— 19 |
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| 370 | 370 | | (1) I |
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| 371 | 371 | | N GENERAL.—The President may impose 20 |
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| 372 | 372 | | the sanctions described in subsection (d)(1) and 21 |
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| 373 | 373 | | shall impose the sanctions described in subsection 22 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (d)(2) with respect to each foreign person the Presi-23 |
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| 375 | 375 | | dent determines, on or after the date of the enact-24 |
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| 376 | 376 | | ment of this Act— 25 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (A) is responsible for, complicit in, or has 1 |
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| 381 | 381 | | directly or indirectly engaged in or attempted to 2 |
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| 382 | 382 | | engage in, actions or policies, including order-3 |
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| 383 | 383 | | ing, controlling, or otherwise directing acts that 4 |
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| 384 | 384 | | are intended to undermine the peace, security, 5 |
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| 385 | 385 | | stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of 6 |
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| 386 | 386 | | Georgia; 7 |
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| 387 | 387 | | (B) is or has been a leader or official of an 8 |
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| 388 | 388 | | entity that has, or whose members have, en-9 |
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| 389 | 389 | | gaged in any activity described in subparagraph 10 |
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| 390 | 390 | | (A); or 11 |
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| 391 | 391 | | (C) is an immediate family member of a 12 |
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| 392 | 392 | | person subject to sanctions for conduct de-13 |
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| 393 | 393 | | scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) and bene-14 |
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| 394 | 394 | | fitted from the conduct of such person. 15 |
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| 395 | 395 | | (2) B |
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| 396 | 396 | | RIEF AND WRITTEN NOTIFICATION .—Not 16 |
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| 397 | 397 | | later than 10 days after imposing sanctions on a for-17 |
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| 398 | 398 | | eign person or persons pursuant to this subsection, 18 |
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| 399 | 399 | | the President shall brief and provide written notifi-19 |
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| 400 | 400 | | cation to the appropriate committees of Congress re-20 |
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| 401 | 401 | | garding the imposition of such sanctions, which shall 21 |
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| 402 | 402 | | describe— 22 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (A) the foreign person or persons subject 23 |
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| 404 | 404 | | to the imposition of such sanctions; 24 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (B) the activity justifying the imposition of 1 |
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| 409 | 409 | | such sanctions; and 2 |
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| 410 | 410 | | (C) the specific sanctions imposed on such 3 |
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| 411 | 411 | | foreign person or persons. 4 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (3) W |
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| 413 | 413 | | AIVER.—The President may waive the ap-5 |
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| 414 | 414 | | plication of sanctions under this subsection with re-6 |
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| 415 | 415 | | spect to a foreign person for renewable periods not 7 |
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| 416 | 416 | | to exceed 180 days if, not later than 15 days before 8 |
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| 417 | 417 | | the date on which such waiver is to take effect, the 9 |
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| 418 | 418 | | President submits to the appropriate committees of 10 |
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| 419 | 419 | | Congress a written determination and justification 11 |
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| 420 | 420 | | that the waiver is in the national security interests 12 |
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| 421 | 421 | | of the United States. 13 |
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| 422 | 422 | | (d) S |
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| 423 | 423 | | ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-14 |
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| 424 | 424 | | scribed in this subsection are the following with respect 15 |
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| 425 | 425 | | to a foreign person described in subsection (b) or (c), as 16 |
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| 426 | 426 | | applicable: 17 |
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| 427 | 427 | | (1) B |
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| 428 | 428 | | LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—Notwith-18 |
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| 429 | 429 | | standing the requirements under section 202 of the 19 |
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| 430 | 430 | | International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 20 |
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| 431 | 431 | | U.S.C. 1701), the President shall exercise all au-21 |
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| 432 | 432 | | thorities granted under the International Emergency 22 |
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| 433 | 433 | | Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to 23 |
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| 434 | 434 | | the extent necessary to block and prohibit all trans-24 |
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| 435 | 435 | | actions in property and interests in property of the 25 |
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| 439 | 439 | | foreign person if such property and interests in 1 |
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| 440 | 440 | | property are in the United States, come within the 2 |
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| 441 | 441 | | United States, or are or come within the possession 3 |
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| 442 | 442 | | or control of a United States person. 4 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (2) I |
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| 444 | 444 | | NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 5 |
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| 445 | 445 | | PAROLE.— 6 |
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| 446 | 446 | | (A) V |
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| 447 | 447 | | ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—A 7 |
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| 448 | 448 | | foreign person that is an alien shall be— 8 |
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| 449 | 449 | | (i) inadmissible to the United States; 9 |
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| 450 | 450 | | (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 10 |
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| 451 | 451 | | documentation to enter the United States; 11 |
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| 452 | 452 | | and 12 |
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| 453 | 453 | | (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 13 |
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| 454 | 454 | | or paroled into the United States or to re-14 |
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| 455 | 455 | | ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-15 |
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| 456 | 456 | | tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 16 |
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| 457 | 457 | | seq.). 17 |
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| 458 | 458 | | (B) C |
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| 459 | 459 | | URRENT VISAS REVOKED .—The for-18 |
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| 460 | 460 | | eign person shall be subject to the following: 19 |
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| 461 | 461 | | (i) Revocation of any visa or other 20 |
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| 462 | 462 | | entry documentation regardless of when 21 |
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| 463 | 463 | | the visa or other entry documentation is or 22 |
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| 464 | 464 | | was issued. 23 |
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| 465 | 465 | | (ii) A revocation under clause (i) shall 24 |
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| 466 | 466 | | take effect immediately and automatically 25 |
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| 470 | 470 | | cancel any other valid visa or entry docu-1 |
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| 471 | 471 | | mentation that is in the foreign person’s 2 |
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| 472 | 472 | | possession. 3 |
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| 473 | 473 | | (e) I |
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| 474 | 474 | | MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 4 |
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| 475 | 475 | | (1) I |
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| 476 | 476 | | MPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-5 |
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| 477 | 477 | | ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 6 |
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| 478 | 478 | | and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 7 |
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| 479 | 479 | | Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 8 |
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| 480 | 480 | | this section. 9 |
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| 481 | 481 | | (2) P |
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| 482 | 482 | | ENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-10 |
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| 483 | 483 | | tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 11 |
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| 484 | 484 | | violation of subsection (d)(2)(A) or any regulation, 12 |
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| 485 | 485 | | license, or order issued under that subsection shall 13 |
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| 486 | 486 | | be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections 14 |
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| 487 | 487 | | (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Eco-15 |
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| 488 | 488 | | nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-16 |
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| 489 | 489 | | tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-17 |
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| 490 | 490 | | scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 18 |
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| 491 | 491 | | (3) R |
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| 492 | 492 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 19 |
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| 493 | 493 | | Act, or any amendment made by this Act, may be 20 |
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| 494 | 494 | | construed to limit the authority of the President to 21 |
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| 495 | 495 | | designate or sanction persons pursuant to an appli-22 |
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| 496 | 496 | | cable Executive order or otherwise pursuant to the 23 |
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| 497 | 497 | | International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 24 |
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| 498 | 498 | | U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 25 |
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| 502 | 502 | | (f) RULEMAKING.— 1 |
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| 503 | 503 | | (1) I |
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| 504 | 504 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 2 |
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| 505 | 505 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 3 |
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| 506 | 506 | | President shall prescribe such regulations as are 4 |
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| 507 | 507 | | necessary for the implementation of this section. 5 |
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| 508 | 508 | | (2) N |
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| 509 | 509 | | OTIFICATION TO CONGRESS .—Not later 6 |
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| 510 | 510 | | than 10 days before prescribing regulations pursu-7 |
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| 511 | 511 | | ant to paragraph (1), the President shall notify the 8 |
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| 512 | 512 | | appropriate committees of Congress of the proposed 9 |
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| 513 | 513 | | regulations and the provisions of this section that 10 |
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| 514 | 514 | | the regulations are implementing. 11 |
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| 515 | 515 | | (g) S |
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| 516 | 516 | | ANCTIONSWITHRESPECT TOBROADERCOR-12 |
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| 517 | 517 | | RUPTION INGEORGIA.— 13 |
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| 518 | 518 | | (1) D |
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| 519 | 519 | | ETERMINATION.—The President shall de-14 |
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| 520 | 520 | | termine whether there are foreign persons who, on 15 |
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| 521 | 521 | | or after the date of the enactment of this Act, have 16 |
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| 522 | 522 | | engaged in significant corruption in Georgia or acts 17 |
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| 523 | 523 | | that are intended to undermine the peace, security, 18 |
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| 524 | 524 | | stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Geor-19 |
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| 525 | 525 | | gia for the purposes of potential imposition of sanc-20 |
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| 526 | 526 | | tions pursuant to powers granted to the President 21 |
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| 527 | 527 | | under the International Emergency Economic Pow-22 |
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| 528 | 528 | | ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 23 |
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| 529 | 529 | | (2) R |
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| 530 | 530 | | EPORT.— 24 |
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| 534 | 534 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 1 |
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| 535 | 535 | | days after the date of the enactment of this 2 |
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| 536 | 536 | | Act, the President shall submit a report to the 3 |
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| 537 | 537 | | appropriate committees of Congress that— 4 |
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| 538 | 538 | | (i) identifies all foreign persons the 5 |
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| 539 | 539 | | President has determined, pursuant to this 6 |
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| 540 | 540 | | subsection, have engaged in significant cor-7 |
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| 541 | 541 | | ruption in Georgia or committed acts that 8 |
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| 542 | 542 | | are intended to undermine the peace, secu-9 |
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| 543 | 543 | | rity, stability, sovereignty, or territorial in-10 |
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| 544 | 544 | | tegrity of Georgia; 11 |
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| 545 | 545 | | (ii) the dates on which sanctions were 12 |
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| 546 | 546 | | imposed; and 13 |
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| 547 | 547 | | (iii) the reasons for imposing such 14 |
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| 548 | 548 | | sanctions. 15 |
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| 549 | 549 | | (B) F |
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| 550 | 550 | | ORM.—The report required under 16 |
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| 551 | 551 | | subparagraph (A) shall be provided in unclassi-17 |
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| 552 | 552 | | fied form, but may include a classified annex. 18 |
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| 553 | 553 | | (h) T |
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| 554 | 554 | | ERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—Any sanctions 19 |
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| 555 | 555 | | imposed on a foreign person pursuant to this section shall 20 |
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| 556 | 556 | | terminate on the earlier of— 21 |
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| 557 | 557 | | (1) the date on which the President certifies to 22 |
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| 558 | 558 | | the appropriate committees of Congress that the for-23 |
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| 559 | 559 | | eign person is no longer engaging in the activities 24 |
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| 560 | 560 | | that led to the imposition of such sanction; or 25 |
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| 564 | 564 | | (2) the sunset date described in section 8. 1 |
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| 565 | 565 | | (i) E |
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| 566 | 566 | | XCEPTIONS.— 2 |
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| 567 | 567 | | (1) D |
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| 568 | 568 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 3 |
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| 569 | 569 | | (A) A |
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| 570 | 570 | | GRICULTURAL COMMODITY .—The 4 |
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| 571 | 571 | | term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning 5 |
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| 572 | 572 | | given such term in section 102 of the Agricul-6 |
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| 573 | 573 | | tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 7 |
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| 574 | 574 | | (B) G |
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| 575 | 575 | | OOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ means any 8 |
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| 576 | 576 | | article, natural or man-made substance, mate-9 |
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| 577 | 577 | | rial, supply, or manufactured product, including 10 |
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| 578 | 578 | | inspection and test equipment and excluding 11 |
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| 579 | 579 | | technical data. 12 |
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| 580 | 580 | | (C) M |
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| 581 | 581 | | EDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical 13 |
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| 582 | 582 | | device’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘de-14 |
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| 583 | 583 | | vice’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 15 |
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| 584 | 584 | | and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 16 |
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| 585 | 585 | | (D) M |
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| 586 | 586 | | EDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has 17 |
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| 587 | 587 | | the meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 18 |
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| 588 | 588 | | 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 19 |
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| 589 | 589 | | Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 20 |
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| 590 | 590 | | (2) E |
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| 591 | 591 | | XCEPTIONS.— 21 |
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| 592 | 592 | | (A) E |
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| 593 | 593 | | XCEPTION RELATING TO INTEL -22 |
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| 594 | 594 | | LIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this 23 |
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| 595 | 595 | | section shall not apply to— 24 |
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| 599 | 599 | | (i) any activity subject to the report-1 |
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| 600 | 600 | | ing requirements under title V of the Na-2 |
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| 601 | 601 | | tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3 |
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| 602 | 602 | | 3091 et seq.); or 4 |
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| 603 | 603 | | (ii) any authorized intelligence activi-5 |
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| 604 | 604 | | ties of the United States. 6 |
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| 605 | 605 | | (B) E |
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| 606 | 606 | | XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -7 |
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| 607 | 607 | | NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS .—Sanctions under this 8 |
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| 608 | 608 | | section shall not apply with respect to a foreign 9 |
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| 609 | 609 | | person if admitting or paroling the person into 10 |
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| 610 | 610 | | the United States is necessary to permit the 11 |
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| 611 | 611 | | United States to comply with the Agreement re-12 |
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| 612 | 612 | | garding the Headquarters of the United Na-13 |
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| 613 | 613 | | tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, 14 |
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| 614 | 614 | | and entered into force November 21, 1947, be-15 |
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| 615 | 615 | | tween the United Nations and the United 16 |
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| 616 | 616 | | States, or other applicable international obliga-17 |
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| 617 | 617 | | tions. 18 |
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| 618 | 618 | | (C) H |
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| 619 | 619 | | UMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE .—Sanc-19 |
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| 620 | 620 | | tions under this section shall not apply to— 20 |
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| 621 | 621 | | (i) the conduct or facilitation of a 21 |
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| 622 | 622 | | transaction for the provision of agricultural 22 |
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| 623 | 623 | | commodities, food, medicine, medical de-23 |
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| 624 | 624 | | vices, or humanitarian assistance, or for 24 |
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| 625 | 625 | | humanitarian purposes; or 25 |
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| 629 | 629 | | (ii) transactions that are necessary 1 |
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| 630 | 630 | | for, or related to, the activities described in 2 |
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| 631 | 631 | | paragraph (1). 3 |
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| 632 | 632 | | (j) E |
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| 633 | 633 | | XCEPTIONRELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 4 |
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| 634 | 634 | | G |
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| 635 | 635 | | OODS.—The requirement to block and prohibit all trans-5 |
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| 636 | 636 | | actions in all property and interests in property under this 6 |
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| 637 | 637 | | section shall not include the authority or a requirement 7 |
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| 638 | 638 | | to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 8 |
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| 639 | 639 | | SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO GEOR-9 |
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| 640 | 640 | | GIA. 10 |
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| 641 | 641 | | (a) I |
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| 642 | 642 | | NGENERAL.—Upon submission to Congress of 11 |
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| 643 | 643 | | the certification described in subsection (c)— 12 |
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| 644 | 644 | | (1) the Secretary of State, in consultation with 13 |
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| 645 | 645 | | other heads of other relevant Federal departments 14 |
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| 646 | 646 | | and agencies, should seek to further enhance people- 15 |
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| 647 | 647 | | to-people contacts and academic exchanges between 16 |
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| 648 | 648 | | the United States and Georgia; and 17 |
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| 649 | 649 | | (2) the President, in consultation with the Sec-18 |
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| 650 | 650 | | retary of Defense, should maintain, and as appro-19 |
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| 651 | 651 | | priate, expand military cooperation with Georgia, in-20 |
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| 652 | 652 | | cluding by providing further security and defense 21 |
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| 653 | 653 | | equipment ideally suited for territorial defense 22 |
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| 654 | 654 | | against Russian aggression and related training, 23 |
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| 655 | 655 | | maintenance, and operations support elements. 24 |
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| 659 | 659 | | (b) SENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-1 |
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| 660 | 660 | | gress that, after the submission of the certification de-2 |
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| 661 | 661 | | scribed in subsection (c), if the Government of Georgia 3 |
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| 662 | 662 | | takes steps to realign itself with its Euro-Atlantic agenda, 4 |
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| 663 | 663 | | including significant changes to the foreign influence law, 5 |
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| 664 | 664 | | the President should take steps to improve the bilateral 6 |
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| 665 | 665 | | relationship between the United States and Georgia, in-7 |
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| 666 | 666 | | cluding actions to bolster Georgia’s ability to deter threats 8 |
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| 667 | 667 | | from Russia and other malign actors. 9 |
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| 668 | 668 | | (c) C |
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| 669 | 669 | | ERTIFICATIONDESCRIBED.—The certification 10 |
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| 670 | 670 | | described in this subsection is a certification submitted to 11 |
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| 671 | 671 | | Congress by the President that Georgia has shown signifi-12 |
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| 672 | 672 | | cant and sustained progress towards reinvigorating its de-13 |
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| 673 | 673 | | mocracy and advancing its Euro-Atlantic integration. 14 |
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| 674 | 674 | | SEC. 8. SUNSET. 15 |
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| 675 | 675 | | This Act shall cease to have any force or effect begin-16 |
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| 676 | 676 | | ning on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enact-17 |
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| 677 | 677 | | ment of this Act. 18 |
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