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,,bill  ,to direct ! ,secret>y ( ,/ate  
to develop & submit to ,congress a      
/rategy & implem5tation plan outl9+     
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influ5ce & activities ( ! ,russian      
,f$]ation & its proxies 9 ,africa1 & =  
o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act
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regul>ly assess ! scale & scope ( !     
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activities 9 ,africa t und]m9e ,unit$   
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=eign assi/ance programs2 &  7,b7 to    
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,african gov]nm5ts & _! (ficials :o are 
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activities4  #c4 ,/rategy &             
implem5tation plan2 report  7a7 ,/rategy
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days aft] ! date ( ! enactm5t ( ?is     
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,russian ,f$]ation & its proxies 9      
,africa1 includ+ programs & o!r         
initiatives design$ to-- 7#a7 /r5g!n    
democratic in/itutions1 improve gov]nm5t
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/&>ds relat$ to human rights1 labor1    
anti-corruption initiatives1 fiscal     
transp>5cy1 monitor natural res\rces &  
extractive indu/ries1 & o!r t5ets ( good
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dis9=mation op]ations & ! activities (  

,russian1 ,russia-connect$1 or          
,russian-fund$ private milit>y          
contractors 9 ,africa4  7b7 ,report     
7#a7 ,9 g5]al ,n lat] ?an #ahj days aft]
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( ,/ate1 9 consultation ) ! heads ( o!r 
relevant ,f$]al dep>tm5ts & ag5cies z   
appropriate1 %all submit to !           
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ef=ts to c\nt] ! malign influ5ce &      
activities ( ! ,russian ,f$]ation & its 
proxies 9 ,africa4  7#b7 ,elem5ts ,!    
report requir$ by p>agraph 7#a7 %all    
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priorities & /rategic objectives ( su*  
engagem5t 9 ,africa1 includ+ influ5ce & 
activities t involve ,russian proxies1  
su* z ,russian olig>*s1 ,russian-fund$  
private milit>y contractors1 & o!r      

individuals & entities directly or      
indirectly employ$ by or f9ancially or  
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(ficials1 :o are involv$ 9 or aid       
activities to1 among o!r ?+s-- 7i7      
manipulate ,african gov]nm5ts & _!      
policies1 z well z ! public op9ions &   
vot+ pref]5ces ( ,african populations & 
diaspora gr\ps1 includ+ ^? 9 ! ,unit$   
,/ates2 &  7ii7 inve/ 91 engage1 or     
o!rwise control /rategic sectors 9      
,africa1 su* z m9+ & o!r =ms ( natural  
res\rce extraction & exploitation1      
milit>y bas+ & o!r security coop]ation  
agreem5ts1 & in=mation & communications 
te*nology4  7,b7 ,a detail$ acc\nt (    
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prec$+ #c fiscal ye>s to address        
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7,c7 ,an analysis ( policy &            
programmatic limitations1 gaps1 &       

res\rce requirem5ts to effectively c\nt]
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9 ,africa4  7,d7 ,an ov]view ( o!r      
initiatives & assi/ance programs fund$  
by o!r int]national donors & p>tn]      
c\ntries to c\nt] ,russia's malign      
influ5ce & activities 9 ,africa4  7,e7  
,an id5tification ( ,african gov]nm5ts &
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activities t b5efit ,unit$              
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,global ,magnitsky ,human ,rights       
,acc\ntability ,act 7subtitle ,f ( title
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,u4,s4,c4 #bfef note71 ! ,c\nt]+        
,am]ica's ,adv]s>ies ,?r\gh ,sanctions  
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,u4,s4,c4 #idja et seq471 ,executive    
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relat+ to block+ prop]ty ) respect to   
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gov]nm5ts1 (ficials1 & o!r individuals &
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sanctions aga9/ ,russia & its proxies   
acc\ntable ?r\gh sanctions or o!r       
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unclassifi$ =m b may include a classifi$
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