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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1617 

To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit intelligence assessments of the intentions of the political leadership of the Russian Federation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2019 

Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself and Mr. STEWART) 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 submit 

intelligence assessments of the intentions of the political 

leadership of the Russian Federation, 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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Russia continues to engage in information 

4 warfare and political interference in the West, in5 cluding by undermining democratic systems and ex6 ploiting economic and ethnic tensions within member 

7 countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

8 (2) Such activities constitute a threat to the 

9 United States and to its allies. 

10 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

11 It is the sense of Congress that— 

12 (1) the Countering America’s Adversaries 

13 Through Sanctions Act (Public Law 115–44) au14 thorized the United States Government to impose 

15 sanctions in response to actions by countries, includ16 ing Russia, that undermine the security of the 

17 United States; 

18 (2) the United States should sustain its con19 tribution to the newly deployed enhanced forward 

20 presence of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

21 (NATO) in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia 

22 and encourage Canada, the United Kingdom, and 

23 Germany to continue their important leadership 

24 roles in the military presence of NATO in those 

25 countries; 


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1 (3) the United States has defensive intentions 

2 in pursuing such sanctions and such enhanced mili3 tary posture in Europe, and does not seek to threat4 en Russian territory; 

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

6 enemy of the Russian people; 

7 (5) the United States desires a peaceful, eco8 nomically prosperous relationship with Russia based 

9 on democratic principles where freedom and the rule 

10 of law are upheld for all; and 

11 (6) the United States is committed to defending 

12 these fundamental beliefs against any Russian ag13 gression. 

14 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 

17 Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of State 

18 and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appro19 priate congressional committees each of the assessments 

20 described in subsection (b). 

21 (b) ASSESSMENTS DESCRIBED.—The assessments 

22 described in this section are the following with respect to 

23 the current intentions of the political leadership of the 

24 Russian Federation and based on intelligence obtained 

25 from all sources: 


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1 (1) Potential military action against members 

2 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 

3 (2) Potential responses to an enlarged United 

4 States or NATO military presence in eastern Europe 

5 or to increased United States military support for 

6 allies and partners in the region, such as the provi7 sion of additional lethal military equipment to 

8 Ukraine or Georgia. 

9 (3) Potential areas where the Government of 

10 the Russian Federation could exploit weaknesses and 

11 divisions among the governments of its Western ad12 versaries. 

13 (c) FORM.—Each assessment required under sub14 section (a) may be submitted in classified form but shall 

15 also include an unclassified executive summary, consistent 

16 with the protection of intelligence sources and methods. 

17 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

18 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com19 mittees’’ means— 

20 (1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel21 ligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 

22 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep23 resentatives; and 


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1 (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 

2 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 

3 on Armed Services of the Senate. 

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