IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1023 

Condemning Vladimir Putin’s attack on United States officials and 

reaffirming support for those Americans who have served their Nation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2018 

Mr. TED LIEU of California (for himself, Mr. JONES, and Mr. CASTRO of 

Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning Vladimir Putin’s attack on United States officials and reaffirming support for those Americans who 

have served their Nation. 

Whereas, on January 6, 2017, the Office of the Director of 

National Intelligence issued a declassified report entitled 

‘‘Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent 

US Elections’’; 

Whereas the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 

assessed that, ‘‘Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. 

presidential election’’; 

Whereas the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 

assessed that, ‘‘Russia’s goals were to undermine public 

faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary 


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Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency’’; 

Whereas Russian efforts to disrupt elections across Europe, 

undermine the rule of law, and propagate disinformation 

to sow discord within liberal democracies are well-documented in formal intelligence community assessments and 

independent academic analyses; 

Whereas, on July 13, 2018, Special Counsel Robert Mueller 

filed an indictment against 12 intelligence officers in the 

Russian Federation’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the 

General Staff (GRU) who are charged with executing political influence operations and cyberattacks against the 

United States, conspiracy to commit an offense against 

the United States, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to launder money; 

Whereas in response to the indictments against the GRU officers, Vladimir Putin suggested to President Donald J. 

Trump that the United States turn over various Americans, including former United States Ambassador to 

Russia Michael McFaul, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Helsinki Commission Kyle Parker, former Assistant Secretary of State David Kramer, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Law Enforcement Jonathan Winer, for interrogation by Kremlin officials for unspecified crimes; 

Whereas allowing Russian authorities to interrogate current 

or former congressional staff for their actions conducted 

as a matter of official duties would result in grave harm 

to the ability of Members of Congress in carrying out 

their duties with the support of staff; and 


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Whereas the false equivalence between Vladimir Putin’s baseless conspiracy theories about alleged crimes, designed to 

sow discord, and the thorough, meticulous work of the 

United States intelligence community and Department of 

Justice to indict Russian operatives undermines the integrity of the Office of the President and the United 

States legal system: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns Vladimir Putin’s transparent at3 tempt to undermine the rule of law and attack indi4 vidual United States officials; 

5 (2) calls upon the Administration to imme6 diately and firmly reject Vladimir Putin’s proposal 

7 and demand unconditional access to the 12 Russian 

8 intelligence officials indicted for attacking the 

9 United States; 

10 (3) expresses steadfast support for the current 

11 and former United States officials singled out by the 

12 government of Vladimir Putin; and 

13 (4) reaffirms that the United States should 

14 refuse to make available any current or former dip15 lomatic, civil servant, political appointee, law en16 forcement official, or member of the Armed Forces 

17 of the United States for questioning by the govern18 ment of Vladimir Putin. 

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