1. Prohibition on Russian participation in the G7 (a) Limitation Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds are authorized to be appropriated, obligated, or expended to take any action to support or facilitate— (1) the participation of Russia in a Group of Seven proceeding; or (2) the reconstitution of the Group of Eight to include Russia. (b) Termination Subsection (a) shall cease to have any force or effect after the date on which— (1) the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, certify to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership that the Government of Russia, and all persons acting as an agent of or otherwise on behalf of such government, has halted all interference in United States elections or elections of the other members of the Group of Seven, members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union, and other allies and partners; (2) the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership that the Government of Russia, and all persons acting as an agent of or otherwise on behalf of such government, has— (A) ended its illegal occupation of Crimea and is fully complying with its commitments under the Minsk agreement with respect to Eastern Ukraine; (B) ended its illegal occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and will support efforts for the reintegration of these regions with the Republic of Georgia; and (C) withdrawn its troops and armaments from Transnistria and fully respects Moldova’s sovereignty and territorial integrity