MEGOBARI Act

Summary

Directs U.S. policy and actions toward Georgia by conditioning parts of the bilateral relationship on Georgia’s progress toward EU and NATO integration, suspending a strategic commission until democratic reforms occur, requiring multiple reports and assessments on foreign influence and U.S. strategy, and directing visa bans and sanctions for Georgian actors who knowingly obstruct Euro‑Atlantic integration. If Georgia later demonstrates sustained democratic progress, the bill directs expansions in people‑to‑people exchanges and military cooperation; the law sunsets five years after enactment.

• Conditions U.S.–Georgia relationship and some assistance on Georgia’s progress toward EU and NATO accession and democratic reforms.
• Suspends the U.S.–Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission until the Georgian government takes specified democratic steps.
• Requires a classified 180‑day report on Russian intelligence penetration in Georgia, including a China annex, and a 90‑day 5‑year bilateral strategy from State and USAID.
• Directs the President to determine within 90 days whether named Georgian officials knowingly obstructed Euro‑Atlantic integration, to impose visa bans and sanctions if so, and to brief Congress.
• Authorizes expanded people‑to‑people exchanges and military cooperation if Georgia is certified as making sustained democratic progress.
• Targets a broad set of Georgian actors: national and local officials, party leaders, parliament members (since 2014), and immediate family/beneficiaries of corrupt acts.
• Does not itself appropriate funds but requires assessment of aid levels and U.S. investment priorities for Georgia.
• Sunsets and loses force five years after enactment.