Sec. 503. Assessment of threat finance relating to the Russian Federation
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Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, acting through the National Intelligence Manager for Threat Finance, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report containing an assessment of the financing of threat activity by the Russian Federation. The report under subsection
(a)shall include, at a minimum, the following: A summary of leading examples from the 3-year period prior to the date of the report of any threat finance activities conducted by, for the benefit of, or at the behest of officials of the Government of Russia, persons subject to sanctions under any provision of law imposing sanctions with respect to Russia, or Russian nationals subject to sanctions under any other provision of law. An assessment with respect to any trends or patterns in threat finance activities relating to Russia, including common methods of conducting such activities. A summary of engagement and coordination with international partners on threat finance relating to Russia, especially in Europe, including examples of such engagement and coordination. An identification of any resource and collection gaps. The report submitted under subsection
(a)may be submitted in classified form. In this section, the term threat finance means— the financing of cyber operations, global influence campaigns, intelligence service activities, proliferation, terrorism, or transnational crime and drug organizations; the methods and entities used to spend, store, move, raise, or conceal money or value on behalf of threat actors; sanctions evasion; or other forms of threat financing domestically or internationally, as defined by the President.