---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 9544"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "9544"
heading: "Report on media organizations controlled and funded by the Government of the Russian Federation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/9544"
units:
  - "Chapter 102 — Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia"
  - "Subchapter II — Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia"
---

# §9544. Report on media organizations controlled and funded by the Government of the Russian Federation

- (a) **In general—** Not later than 90 days after August 2, 2017, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/22/9521.md?p=1) a report that includes a description of media organizations that are controlled and funded by the Government of the Russian Federation, and any affiliated entities, whether operating within or outside the Russian Federation, including broadcast and satellite-based television, radio, Internet, and print media organizations.
- (b) **Form of report—** The report required by [subsection (a)](#a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–44, title II, § 255, Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 930.)