text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Fight Russian Corruption Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
  
      Congress finds the following:
              (1) The Russian Federation uses corruption as a strategic 
          tool to erode democratic governance from within and discredit 
          the liberal democratic system, thereby strengthening Russia's 
          sphere of influence.
              (2) Russia's ultimate goal is to dissolve the transatlantic 
          union by capitalizing on and exacerbating existing tensions 
          within European countries.
              (3) In 2016, the Center for Strategic and International 
          Studies (CSIS) and the Centre for the Study of Democracy 
          concluded that Russia has cultivated an opaque network of 
          patronage across the region that it uses to influence and 
          direct decision-making. Russia seeks to gain influence over if 
          not control of critical state institutions, bodies, and the 
          economy and uses this influence to shape national policies and 
          decisions.
              (4) Central and Eastern European leaders, including those 
          from Romania, the Czech Republic, Latvia, and Poland, have 
          warned that Russia engages in economic warfare by using 
          politically motivated investments to advance its agenda, and 
          seeks to challenge the transatlantic orientation of Central and 
          Eastern Europe.
              (5) While countries along Russia's border, especially the 
          Baltic countries, Ukraine, and Georgia, are under threat from 
          Moscow's malign influence and military aggression, corruption 
          is also part of Russia's hybrid warfare strategy to use direct 
          and indirect action to coerce, destabilize and exercise malign 
          influence over other countries.
              (6) Much like a virus, malign Russian-fueled corruption 
          inconspicuously penetrates a country through what appears to be 
          a host of legitimate financial transactions.
              (7) According to CSIS, the corruption, often through opaque 
          financial transactions, infects various strategic sectors of 
          host economies, particularly energy, media, and financial 
          sectors. Over time, the host countries' institutions become 
          compromised and can no longer self-police or resist Russian 
          influence, thereby allowing Russian control over the 
          government.
              (8) In France, Austria, Germany, and the United Kingdom, 
          Russia directly supports entities that feed directly off lack 
          of confidence and trust in democratic systems, which enhances 
          the popularity of extreme parties.
              (9) The United States intelligence community concluded that 
          Russia deployed similar tactics in the 2016 United States 
          elections in order to erode public confidence and trust in the 
          United States political system.
              (10) This strategy exploits the inherent openness and 
          vulnerabilities within Western capitalist systems. To combat 
          it, the United States must support efforts of foreign partner 
          countries to investigate corruption and strengthen fiscal 
          transparency.
              (11) Only through strengthening Western governance and 
          institutions will the United States and its partners thwart 
          Russian tactics of corruption and exploitation and prevent 
          Russia's virus-like corruption from eroding democracy in the 
          United States.
  
  SEC. 3. OFFICE OF ANTI-CORRUPTION RELATING TO ILLICIT RUSSIAN FINANCIAL 
                ACTIVITIES IN EUROPE.
  
      Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
  U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
  section:
  
  ``SEC. 64. OFFICE OF ANTI-CORRUPTION RELATING TO ILLICIT RUSSIAN 
                FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES IN EUROPE.
  
      ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of State shall establish within 
  the Department of State the Office of Anti-Corruption relating to 
  Illicit Russian Financial Activities in Europe (in this section 
  referred to as the `Office').
      ``(b) Head of Office.--The head of the Office shall be the Director 
  of Anti-Corruption relating to Illicit Russian Financial Activities in 
  Europe (in this section referred to as the `Director'). The Director 
  shall be appointed by Secretary, in consultation with the Assistant 
  Secretary of State for European Affairs.
      ``(c) Functions.--The Office shall carry out the following 
  functions:
              ``(1) In coordination with the intelligence community, 
          analyze financial networks of the Russian Federation that 
          operate in European countries relating to investments in the 
          real estate, energy, media, infrastructure, philanthropy, civil 
          society, sports, nongovernmental organization, and other 
          sectors.
              ``(2) In coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
          train United States liaison officers to serve in key United 
          States diplomatic and consular posts in European countries to 
          cooperate with foreign partners in the uncovering and 
          prosecution of illicit Russian financial activity.
      ``(d) Report.--
              ``(1) In general.--The Office shall develop and submit to 
          the appropriate congressional committees on an annual basis a 
          report on the conduct and results of activities of the Office 
          carried out under subsection (c) during the prior year.
              ``(2) Form.--The report required under this subsection 
          shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a 
          classified annex.
      ``(e) Personnel.--The Secretary of State is authorized to accept 
  details or assignments of any personnel on a reimbursable or 
  nonreimbursable basis for the purpose of carrying out this section, and 
  the head of any Federal agency is authorized to detail or assign 
  personnel of such agency on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis to 
  the Secretary for purposes of carrying out this section.
      ``(f) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--The term 
  `appropriate congressional committees' means--
              ``(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
          Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and
              ``(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
          on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on 
          Finance of the Senate.''.
  
  SEC. 4. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED MATTERS.
  
      (a) Authority To Provide Foreign Assistance.--
              (1) In general.--The Secretary of State is authorized to 
          provide assistance to European countries to combat corruption.
              (2) Types of assistance.--Assistance authorized to be 
          provided under paragraph (1) may include the following:
                      (A) Support for activities described in paragraphs 
                  (1) and (2) of section 64(c) of the State Department 
                  Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by section 3 of 
                  this Act).
                      (B) Support for and strengthening of foreign 
                  programs focused on investigative journalism and 
                  independence of the media environment to expose Russian 
                  corruption.
                      (C) Support for activities in Europe relating to 
                  anti-corruption, anti-propaganda, and anti-Russian 
                  malign influence.
      (b) Matters Relating to NATO.--The Secretary of State shall seek to 
  work with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to carry out 
  the following actions:
              (1) Elevate anti-corruption as an element of NATO's 
          Readiness Action Plan.
              (2) Task the NATO Assistant Secretary General for 
          Intelligence and Warning with monitoring Russian influence in 
          NATO member states.
              (3) Prioritizing the combating of Russian influence under 
          the NATO-European Union framework.
      (c) EU-US Summit.--The Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
  Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized to host a summit between the 
  United States and the European Union on preventing undeclared, cross-
  border money flows invested in strategic areas or economic sectors of 
  European countries.
  
  SEC. 5. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE.
  
      (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
  develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
  National Intelligence Estimate on the matters described in subsection 
  (b).
      (b) Matters Described.--The matters described in this subsection 
  are the following:
              (1) Any purchases made in the 5-year period ending on the 
          date of the enactment of this Act by individuals and entities 
          of key sectors in European countries, particularly purchases 
          that provide monopolistic control of a sector.
              (2) A detailed analysis of the individuals and entities 
          making such purchases, including sources of revenue for each 
          individual and entity and any links to the Russian Federation.
  
  SEC. 6. REPORT.
  
      Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
  Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Treasury shall jointly 
  submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
  implementation of this Act.
  
  SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
  
      In this Act:
              (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
          ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                      (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                  Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
                  Representatives; and
                      (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and 
                  the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
              (2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
          community'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the 
          National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
target: Fight Russian Corruption Act This bill amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require the Department of State to establish the Office of Anti-Corruption relating to Illicit Russian Financial Activities in Europe. Such office shall: (1) analyze financial networks of the Russian Federation operating in European countries that relate to real estate, energy, media, infrastructure, and other sectors; and (2) train U.S. liaison officers to serve in key U.S. diplomatic and consular posts in such countries to cooperate with foreign partners in uncovering and prosecuting illicit Russian financial activity.  The bill authorizes the State Department to provide assistance to European countries to combat corruption, including to support: (1) activities of such office; (2) foreign programs focused on investigative journalism and independence of the media environment to expose Russian corruption; and (3) activities in Europe related to anti-corruption, anti-propoganda, and anti-Russian malign influence.  The State Department shall seek to work with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to: (1) elevate anti-corruption as an element of NATO's Readiness Action Plan, (2) task the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence and Warning with monitoring Russian influence in NATO member states, and (3) prioritize the combating of Russian influence under the NATO-European Union framework. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall submit a National Intelligence Estimate on: (1) purchases made in the last five years by individuals and entities of key sectors in European countries, particularly purchases that provide monopolistic control of a sector; and (2) the individuals and entities making such purchases, including any links to the Russian Federation. 
feat_title: Fight Russian Corruption Act