Sec. 1239A. STRATEGY TO COUNTER THE THREAT OF MALIGN INFLUENCE BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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## SEC. 1239A STRATEGY TO COUNTER THE THREAT OF MALIGN INFLUENCE BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ###
(a)Strategy ####
(1)In general The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, in coordination with the appropriate United States Government officials, shall jointly develop a comprehensive strategy to counter the threat of malign influence by the Russian Federation. ####
(2)Scope of strategy The strategy required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following actions: #####
(A)To attribute, defend against, and counter hybrid warfare operations short of traditional armed conflict against the United States and its allies and partners. #####
(B)To deter, and respond when necessary, to malicious cyber activities by the Russian Federation. #####
(C)To identify and defend against the threat of malign influence by the Russian Federation, including actions to counter— ######
(i)the use of misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda in social and traditional media; ######
(ii)corrupt or illicit financing of political parties, think tanks, media organizations, and academic institutions; and ######
(iii)the use of coercive economic tools, including sanctions, market access, cryptocurrencies, and differential pricing, especially in the energy sector. #####
(D)To promote the core values and principles of the United States, enhance the transatlantic relationship, strengthen good governance and democracy among European allies and partners, and further integration into multilateral institutions underpinning the global order, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)and the European Union. ###
(b)Elements The strategy required by subsection
(a)shall include the following elements: ####
(1)Security measures Actions to counter the use of force, coercion, and other hybrid warfare operations of the military, intelligence, and other security forces, including irregulars, groups, or individuals, of the Russian Federation, including the following: #####
(A)Actions to build the military presence and capabilities of military and security forces of the United States and European allies and partners to deter and respond to aggression by the Russian Federation. #####
(B)Actions to improve indications and warnings, and capabilities to identify and attribute responsibility for the use of force, coercion, or other hybrid warfare operations by the Russian Federation. #####
(C)Actions to support NATO allies and non-NATO partners in maintaining their sovereignty and territorial integrity. ####
(2)Information operations Actions to counter information operations of the Russian Federation, including the following: #####
(A)Actions to identify, attribute, and counter malign disinformation, active measures, propaganda, and deception and denial activities of the Russian Federation in the United States and Europe, through traditional and social media. #####
(B)To enhance joint, regional, and combined information operations and strategic communication strategies to counter Russian Federation information warfare, malign influence, and propaganda activities and increase cooperation, exercises, and policy development with the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence. #####
(C)The establishment of interagency mechanisms for the coordination and implementation of the strategy with respect to disinformation, active measures, propaganda, and deception and denial activities of the Russian Federation. #####
(D)Actions to strengthen the effectiveness of and fully resource the Global Engagement Center to carry out its purpose specified in section 1287(a)(2) of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) to lead, synchronize, and coordinate efforts of the Federal Government to recognize, understand, expose, and counter propaganda and disinformation efforts by the Russian Federation, other foreign governments, and non-state actors. #####
(E)Programs to strengthen investigative journalism and media independence abroad in countries most vulnerable to malign influence by the Russian Federation. #####
(F)Actions to build resilience to disinformation, active measures, propaganda, and deception and denial activities of the Russian Federation in the United States and other countries vulnerable to malign influence by the Russian Federation. #####
(G)Efforts to work with traditional and social media providers to attribute and counter the threat of malign influence by the Russian Federation. ####
(3)Cyber measures Actions to counter the threat of malign influence by the Russian Federation in cyberspace, including the following: #####
(A)To increase inclusion of regional cyber planning within larger United States joint planning exercises in the European region and increase joint exercises and policy development through the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence. #####
(B)To identify potential areas of cybersecurity collaboration and partnership capabilities with NATO and other European allies and partners. #####
(C)Programs to educate citizens, information and communications technology experts, and private sector organizations in the United States and abroad to enhance their resilience to malign influence by the Russian Federation in cyberspace. ####
(4)Political and diplomatic measures Actions to counter malign political influence by the Russian Federation in the United States and among European allies and partners, including the following: #####
(A)Programs and activities to enhance the resilience of United States democratic institutions and infrastructure at the national and subnational levels. #####
(B)Programs working through the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development to promote good governance and enhance democratic institutions abroad, particularly in countries deemed most vulnerable to malign influence by the Russian Federation. #####
(C)Actions within the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and other multi-lateral organizations to counter malign influence by the Russian Federation. #####
(D)Actions to identify organizations or networks of individuals affiliated or collaborating with the Government of the Russian Federation or proxies of the Russian Federation in the United States or European allies and partners. ####
(5)Financial measures Actions to counter corrupt and illicit financial networks of the Russian Federation in the United States and abroad, including the following: #####
(A)Actions to promote the transparency of corrupt and illicit financial transactions of the Russian Federation, and other anti-corruption measures. #####
(B)Actions to maintain and enhance the focus within the Department of the Treasury on tracing corrupt and illicit financial flows linked to the Russian Federation that interact with the United States financial system and exposing beneficial ownership and opaque Russia-related business transactions of significant importance. #####
(C)Actions to build the capacity of financial intelligence units of allies and partners. #####
(D)Actions to enhance financial intelligence cooperation between the United States and the European Union. ####
(6)Energy security measures Actions to promote the energy security of European allies and partners, and to reduce their dependence on energy imports from the Russian Federation that the Russian Federation uses as a weapon to coerce, intimidate, and influence those countries, including the following: #####
(A)Actions to develop plans, working with the governments of European allies and partners to enhance energy market liberalization, effective regulation and oversight, energy reliability, and energy efficiency. #####
(B)Actions to work with the European Union to promote the growth of liquefied natural gas trade and expansion of the gas transport infrastructure in Europe. #####
(C)Actions to promote a dialogue within the NATO on a coherent, strategic approach to energy security for NATO members and partner nations. ####
(7)Promotion of values Actions to promote United States values and principles to provide a strong, credible alternative to malign influence by the Russian Federation, including the following: #####
(A)Actions to promote alliance structure, the importance of transatlantic security as it relates to United States national security, and the continued integration of countries within multilateral institutions within Europe. #####
(B)Public diplomacy and outreach to the people of the Russian Federation. ###
(c)Consistency With Other Laws The strategy required by subsection
(a)shall be consistent with the following: ####
(1)The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (Public Law 115-44). ####
(2)The Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.). ####
(3)The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.). ####
(4)The Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 5811 note). ###
(d)Report Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report detailing the strategy required by subsection (a). ###
(e)Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined In the section the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— ####
(1)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and ####
(2)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. ## Subtitle E Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
(INF)Treaty Preservation Act of 2017
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