Sec. 5. Reports and briefings

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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a classified report, prepared consistent with the protection of sources and methods, examining the penetration of Russian intelligence elements and their assets in Georgia, that includes an annex examining Chinese influence and the potential intersection of Russian-Chinese cooperation in Georgia.

In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a detailed strategy that— outlines specific objectives for enhancing bilateral ties which reflect the current domestic political environment in Georgia; includes a determination of the tools, resources, and funding that should be available to achieve the objectives outlined pursuant to paragraph

(1)and an assessment whether Georgia should remain the second-highest recipient of United States funding in the Europe and Eurasia region; includes a determination of the extent to which the United States should continue to invest in its partnership with Georgia; includes a plan for how the United States can continue to support civil society and independent media organizations in Georgia; and includes a determination whether the Government of Georgia remains committed to expanding trade ties with the United States and Europe and whether the United States Government should continue to invest in Georgian projects. The report required by paragraph

(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, with a classified annex.