,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aahi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aa1    
#bjai ,mr4 ,gardner 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,menendez7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,secretary of ,state to determine       
whether the ,russian ,federation should 
be designated as a state sponsor of     
terrorism and whether ,russian-sponsored
 armed entities in ,ukraine should be   
designated as foreign terrorist         
organizations4  #a4 ,short title  ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,stopping      
,malign ,activities from ,russian       
,terrorism ,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in  
this ,act3 7#a7 ,appropriate            
congressional committees ,the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means--  7,a7 the ,committee on ,foreign
 ,relations of the ,senate2 and  7,b7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of  
the ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7   

,state sponsor of terrorism ,the term   
state sponsor of terrorism means a      
country1 the government of which the    
,secretary of ,state has determined1 for
 purposes of section #f7;j7 of the      
,export ,administration ,act of #aigi   
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #dfje7;j77 7as in effect 
pursuant to the ,international          
,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act71     
section #fbj;,a of the ,foreign         
,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #bcga71 section #dj of the ,arms       
,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4    
#bghj71 or any other provision of law1  
is a government that has repeatedly     
provided support for acts of            
international terrorism4  #c4           
,determination on the designation of the
 ,russian ,federation as a state sponsor
 of terrorism  7a7 ,in general ,not     
later than #ij days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,state shall submit a     
determination to the appropriate        
congressional committees that indicates 

whether the ,russian ,federation meets  
the criteria to be designated as a state
 sponsor of terrorism4  7b7 ,form ,the  
determination required under subsection 
7a7 shall be submitted in unclassified  
form1 but may include a classified      
annex1 if appropriate4  #d4             
,determination on the designation of the
 ,russian-supported armed forces in the 
,donbas region of ,ukraine as foreign   
terrorist organizations  7a7 ,in general
 ,not later than #ij days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary of ,state shall submit a     
determination to the appropriate        
congressional committees that indicates 
whether armed entities that are         
physically present in the ,donbas region
 of ,ukraine and are controlled or aided
 by the ,russian ,federation1 or armed  
entities that are associated or         
controlled by the ,donetsk ,people's    
,republic or the ,lugansk ,people's     
,republic1 meet the criteria to be      
designated as foreign terrorist         

organizations under section #bai of the 
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahi74  7b7 ,form ,the       
determination required under subsection 
7a7 shall be submitted in unclassified  
form1 but may include a classified      
annex1 if appropriate4