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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4348 

To direct the Director of National Intelligence to produce a National 

Intelligence Estimate on Russian political intentions, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 9, 2017 

Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent 

Select Committee on Intelligence, and in addition to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the Director of National Intelligence to produce 

a National Intelligence Estimate on Russian political intentions, 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 ‘‘Keeping Russian En5 trapments Minimal and Limiting Intelligence Networks 

6 Act’’ or the ‘‘KREMLIN Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Russia continues to engage in information 

2 warfare and political interference in the West, in3 cluding by undermining democratic systems and ex4 ploiting economic and ethnic tensions within member 

5 countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

6 (2) Such activities constitute a threat to the 

7 United States and to its allies. 

8 (3) The intelligence community of the United 

9 States, while aware of such activities, does not have 

10 a complete understanding of the political intentions 

11 underlying these activities, which is critical to effec12 tively calibrate a United States response to Russian 

13 aggression and prevent escalation. 

14 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

15 It is the sense of Congress that— 

16 (1) the Countering America’s Adversaries 

17 Through Sanctions Act (Public Law 115–44) was an 

18 appropriate response to Russia’s— 

19 (A) meddling in the 2016 United States 

20 presidential election; 

21 (B) continued aggression in the Ukraine 

22 and the Crimea region; and 

23 (C) support for the Assad regime in Syria; 

24 (2) the United States should sustain its newly 

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1 uania, and Estonia and urge Canada, the United 

2 Kingdom, and Germany to quickly deploy and sus3 tain parallel commitments in those countries; 

4 (3) the United States has defensive intentions 

5 in pursuing such sanctions and such enhanced mili6 tary posture in Europe, and does not seek to threat7 en Russian territory; and 

8 (4) the United States does not seek to be an 

9 enemy of the Russian people and propaganda di10 rected against the United States by President Vladi11 mir Putin misrepresents the intentions of the United 

12 States for the purposes of preserving his power. 

13 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ES14 TIMATE. 

15 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 

17 consultation with the Secretary of State, shall produce a 

18 National Intelligence Estimate on the political intentions 

19 of Russia, including with respect to each of the following: 

20 (1) Russian leadership intentions in pursuing 

21 military scenarios against members of the North At22 lantic Treaty Organization, including conduct of an 

23 exercise on the border with Moldova of more than 

24 100,000 Russian forces in August 2017. 


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1 (2) Russian leadership reactions to the Euro2 pean Reassurance Initiative. 

3 (3) Areas of possible joint cooperation with 

4 Russia. 

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