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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1470 

To protect members of our Armed Forces from Russian and other foreign 

interference, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 28, 2017 

Ms. WARREN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To protect members of our Armed Forces from Russian 

and other foreign interference, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Foreign 

5 Interference with Our Armed Forces Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON ATTEMPTS OF THE RUSSIAN 

2 FEDERATION TO PROVIDE DISINFORMATION 

3 AND PROPAGANDA TO MEMBERS OF THE 

4 ARMED FORCES BY SOCIAL MEDIA. 

5 (a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 

6 March 31 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

7 to the congressional defense committees a report on at8 tempts by the Russian Federation, or any foreign person 

9 acting as an agent of or on behalf of the Russian Federa10 tion, during the preceding year to knowingly disseminate 

11 Russian Federation-supported disinformation or propa12 ganda, through social media applications or related Inter13 net-based means, to members of the Armed Forces with 

14 probable intent to cause injury to the United States or 

15 advantage the Government of the Russian Federation. 

16 (b) FORM.—Each report under this section shall be 

17 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi18 fied annex. 

19 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORTS ON APPROVAL OF EMPLOYMENT 

20 OR COMPENSATION OF RETIRED GENERAL 

21 OR FLAG OFFICERS BY FOREIGN GOVERN22 MENTS FOR EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE PUR23 POSES. 

24 (a) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 908 of title 37, 

25 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

26 following new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORTS ON APPROVALS FOR RE2 TIRED GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS.—(1) Not later 

3 than January 31 each year, the Secretaries of the military 

4 departments and the Secretary of State shall jointly sub5 mit to the appropriate committees and Members of Con6 gress a report on each approval under subsection (b) for 

7 employment or compensation described in subsection (a) 

8 for a retired member of the armed forces in a general or 

9 flag officer grade that was issued during the preceding 

10 year. 

11 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the appropriate committees 

12 and Members of Congress are— 

13 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

14 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 

15 on Appropriations of the Senate; 

16 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

17 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee 

18 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; 

19 ‘‘(C) the Majority Leader and the Minority 

20 Leader of the Senate; and 

21 ‘‘(D) the Speaker of the House of Representa22 tives and the Minority Leader of the House of Rep23 resentatives.’’. 

24 (b) SCOPE OF FIRST REPORT.—The first report sub25 mitted pursuant to subsection (d) of section 908 of title 


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1 37, United States Code (as added by subsection (a) of this 

2 section), after the date of the enactment of this Act shall 

3 cover the five-year period ending with the year before the 

4 year in which such report is submitted. 

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