Congress orders reports on Russia and China's influence in Georgia

What it does

The bill tells the State Department and intelligence agencies to write two reports. Both reports must be done within 180 days. One report is secret and assesses Russian and Chinese intelligence operations in Georgia. The other report is public and lays out U.S. strategy for Georgia. The strategy report must evaluate whether Georgia should stay a top funding priority. It must also say whether Georgia is committed to trade with the U.S. and Europe. The bill does not give out new money or change current policy.

Who it affects

The bill itself does not directly affect ordinary people. It is a reporting requirement for government agencies. The reports could lead to changes in U.S. aid to Georgia or shifts in how the U.S. works with Georgia.

One thing to notice

The bill asks whether Georgia should remain a top funding priority in the region. This signals the U.S. may reduce or move aid money elsewhere.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.

• Feb 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Feb 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs”
• Jun 8, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3967)”
• Jun 8, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $240,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 99 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.

Joe Wilson, who sponsored the bill, received $280,500 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Fdd Action — $240,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• intelligence operations — Secret activities by one country to gather information about another
• strategy — A plan for how to handle a situation or reach a goal
• funding priority — A country or program the government decides to give money to first
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.