Russia Bounty Response Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 10, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 10, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Russia Bounty Response Act of 2020
This bill requires various actions in response to the influence of Russia's government in South and Central Asia and contains other related provisions.
The Department of State shall report to Congress a strategy for using U.S. diplomacy to counter such Russian influence.
The bill imposes sanctions on various individuals and entities, including (1) Russian President Vladimir Putin or any person acting on his behalf, (2) any senior Russian government official involved in a program to provide bounties for killing members of the U.S. Armed Forces or certain North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Afghanistan, and (3) individuals and entities that facilitate illicit or corrupt activities on behalf of Putin or other specified persons. The bill imposes civil and criminal penalties related to violations of such sanctions.
The bill also authorizes various activities, including (1) rewards for information about Russian bounties against U.S. Armed Forces anywhere in the world, and (2) State Department activities to counter Russian influence in South and Central Asia.
The State Department shall seek to establish a working group involving officials from the government of Afghanistan to address threats to Afghanistan's security posed by Russia's government. The State Department must also create a Deputy Assistant Secretary position tasked with coordinating efforts to counter Russian influence in South and Central Asia. The President shall also appoint a special envoy tasked with countering Russian influence in the region.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 10, 2020 to Sep 16, 2020, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Sep 10, 2020 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Sep 10, 2020 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Sep 10, 2020 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Sep 10, 2020 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Sep 10, 2020 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Sep 16, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Sep 10, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Afghanistan
- Alliances
- Asia
- Collective security
- Computer security and identity theft
- Conflicts and wars
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of State
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- European Union
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Foreign property
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Military operations and strategy
- Military personnel and dependents
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Russia
- Sanctions
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Visas and passports
- War and emergency powers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2020Introduced in Senate
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