1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Russia in G7 Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Group of Seven, or G7, is a group of the seven largest advanced economies in the world and includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with the European Union as an observer. (2) The G7 countries are all democracies and focused on strengthening democratic governance globally. (3) In 1997, the G7 invited the Russian Federation to join the group, in recognition of the Russian political and economic reforms underway at that time. (4) In 2014, Russia invaded Ukraine and illegally occupied Crimea. (5) In the aftermath of this aggression, the G8 decided to suspend Russia’s membership, issuing a statement labeling Russia’s invasion a violation of international law that could have grave implications for the legal order that protects unity and sovereignty of all states . (6) In the wake of Russia’s suspension, the remaining countries reconstituted themselves as the G7. (7) Since 2014, Russia has repeatedly interfered in democratic elections in G7 countries, including the 2016 United States presidential election, and continues to conduct disinformation and covert influence campaigns against many of the G7 countries. (8) In June 2018, the G7 created the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism, with the mandate to identify and respond to diverse and evolving threats to our democracies . (9) Then-Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, testified before Congress on January 29, 2019, that Russia is stepping up its campaign to divide Western political and security institutions” and “we expect Russia will continue to wage its information war against democracies and to use social media to attempt to divide our societies . (10) Russia continues to flout the Minsk agreements by directly leading and indirectly supporting separatist forces in Ukraine. (11) Russia continues to make attempts to tighten its hold on Crimea by further militarizing the territory and offering Russian