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This Act may be cited as the . Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Sense of Congress. Sec. 3. Statement of policy on Crimea. TITLE I—Matters relating to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Subtitle A—Opposition of the Senate to withdrawal from NATO Sec. 101. Opposition of the Senate to withdrawal from North Atlantic Treaty. Sec. 102. Limitation on use of funds.
Sec. 103. Authorization for Senate Legal Counsel to represent Senate in opposition to withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty. Sec. 104. Reporting requirement. Subtitle B—Strengthening the NATO alliance Sec. 111. Report on NATO alliance resilience and United States diplomatic posture. Sec. 112. Expedited NATO excess defense articles transfer program. Sec. 113. Definitions. TITLE II—Matters relating to the Department of State Subtitle A—Public diplomacy modernization Sec. 201.
Avoiding duplication of programs and efforts. Sec. 202. Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy. Subtitle B—Other matters Sec. 211. Department of State responsibilities with respect to cyberspace policy. Sec. 212. Enhanced hiring authority for Department of State. Sec. 213. Sense of Congress. TITLE III—Chemical weapons nonproliferation Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Findings. Sec. 303. Statement of policy. Sec. 304. Report on sanctions relating to use of chemical weapons by the Russian Federation.
Sec. 305. Report on production and use of chemical and biological weapons by the Russian Federation. Sec. 306. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 307. Chemical Weapons Convention defined. TITLE IV—International Cybercrime Prevention Act Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Predicate offenses. Sec. 403. Forfeiture. Sec. 404. Shutting down botnets. Sec. 405. Aggravated damage to a critical infrastructure computer. Sec. 406. Stopping trafficking in botnets; forfeiture. TITLE V—Combating election interference Sec. 501.
Prohibition on interference with voting systems. Sec. 502. Inadmissibility of aliens seeking to interfere in United States elections. TITLE VI—Sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation Subtitle A—Expansion of Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act Sec. 601. Sense of Congress on role of sanctions. Sec. 602. Sanctions related to interference of the Russian Federation with democratic processes and elections. Sec. 603. Sanctions relating to the actions of the Russian Federation with respect to Ukraine.
Sec. 604. Conforming and technical amendments. Sec. 605. Congressional review and continued applicability of sanctions under the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012. Subtitle B—Coordination with the European Union Sec. 611. Sense of Congress on coordination with allies with respect to sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation. Sec. 612. Office of Sanctions Coordination of the Department of State. Sec. 613. Report on coordination of sanctions between the United States and European Union.
Subtitle C—Reports relating to sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation Sec. 621. Definitions. Sec. 622. Updated report on oligarchs and parastatal entities of the Russian Federation. Sec. 623. Report on section 224 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. Sec. 624. Report on section 225 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. Sec. 625. Report on section 226 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. Sec. 626.
Report on section 228 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. Sec. 627. Report on section 233 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. Sec. 628. Report on section 234 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. Subtitle D—General provisions Sec. 641. Exception relating to activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Sec. 642. Rule of construction. TITLE VII—Other matters relating to the Russian Federation Sec. 701.
Determination on designation of the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism. Sec. 702. Expansion of geographic targeting orders of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Sec. 703. Extension of limitations on importation of uranium from Russian Federation. Sec. 704. Establishment of a National Fusion Center to respond to threats from the Government of the Russian Federation. Sec. 705. Countering Russian Influence Fund. Sec. 706. Coordinating aid and assistance across Europe and Eurasia.
Sec. 707. Addressing abuse and misuse by the Russian Federation of INTERPOL red notices and red diffusions. Sec. 708. Report on accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Russian Federation in Syria. Sec. 709. Report on activities of the Russian Federation in Syria. Sec. 710. Report on the assassination of Boris Nemtsov. Sec. 711. Report on the personal net worth and assets of Vladimir Putin. Sec. 712. Sense of Congress on responsibility of technology companies for state-sponsored disinformation.