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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 759 

Expressing that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the 

Russian Federation interfered in the 2016 United States Presidential 

election and deliberately spread false information to implicate the Republic of Ukraine. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 10, 2019 

Mr. KEATING submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Permanent Select 

Committee on Intelligence, 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 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Russian Federation interfered in the 2016 

United States Presidential election and deliberately 

spread false information to implicate the Republic of 

Ukraine. 

Whereas, on October 7, 2016, the Department of Homeland 

Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a joint statement, which concluded that the 

intelligence community of the United States was ‘‘confident that the Russian Government directed the recent 

compromises of e-mails from U.S. persons and institutions, including from U.S. political organizations’’ and 


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that ‘‘these thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the U.S. election process’’; 

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

National Intelligence, on behalf of all 17 intelligence 

agencies, released an unclassified report entitled ‘‘Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. 

Elections’’, which included analysis by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and 

the National Security Agency that asserted ‘‘Russian 

President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign 

in 2016 aimed at the U.S. Presidential election. Russia’s 

goals were to undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her 

electability and potential presidency’’; 

Whereas the unclassified report from the intelligence community found that ‘‘Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump’’ as 

well as ‘‘aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election 

chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton 

and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him’’. On November 11, 2017, the Central Intelligence Agency, led by 

then-Director Mike Pompeo, issued a statement saying 

‘‘The director stands by and has always stood by the 

January 2017 intelligence community assessment’’ and 

that ‘‘the intelligence assessment with regard to Russian 

election meddling has not changed’’; 

Whereas, on May 16, 2018, Richard M. Burr, the Chairman 

of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated ‘‘There is no 

doubt that Russia undertook an unprecedented effort to 

interfere with our 2016 elections’’; 

Whereas, on March 22, 2018, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives 


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issued the ‘‘Report on Russian Active Measures’’ which 

states, ‘‘In 2015, Russia began engaging in a covert influence campaign aimed at the U.S. Presidential election.’’. The report goes on to state, ‘‘Russia conducted 

cyberattacks on U.S. political institutions in 2015–2016’’ 

and ‘‘Russian-state actors and third-party intermediaries 

were responsible for the dissemination of documents and 

communications stolen from U.S. political organizations’’. 

The report also found that ‘‘Russian intelligence leveraged social media in an attempt to sow social discord and 

to undermine the U.S. electoral process’’; 

Whereas, on June 8, 2018, then-Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, publicly stated that ‘‘Russia conducted an unprecedented influence campaign to interfere 

in the U.S. electoral and political process’’; 

Whereas, on July 16, 2018, then-Speaker of the House, Paul 

D. Ryan, said that ‘‘there is no question that Russia 

interfered in our election and continues attempts to undermine democracy’’; 

Whereas, on July 18, 2018, Director of the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation, Christopher A. Wray, asserted, ‘‘as I 

have said consistently, Russia attempted to interfere with 

the last election and continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day’’; 

Whereas, on July 25, 2019, the Senate Select Committee on 

Intelligence also issued a report on ‘‘Russian Active 

Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. 

Election’’, which stated that ‘‘The Russian Government 

directed extensive activity, beginning in at least 2014 and 

carrying into at least 2017, against U.S. election infrastructure at the state and local level’’. The report also 

stated that ‘‘the Committee found that the IRA (Internet 


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Research Agency) sought to influence the 2016 U.S. 

Presidential election by harming Hillary Clinton’s 

chances of success and supporting Donald Trump at the 

direction of the Kremlin . . . the Committee found that 

IRA social media activity was overtly and almost invariably supportive of then-candidate Trump, and to the detriment of Secretary Clinton’s campaign’’; 

Whereas, on February 2, 2017, Russian President Vladimir 

Putin said in a press conference with Hungarian Prime 

Minister Viktor Orban that ‘‘as we all know, during the 

Presidential campaign in the United States, the Ukrainian Government adopted a unilateral position in favor of 

one candidate. More than that, certain oligarchs, certainly with the approval of the political leadership, funded this candidate, or female candidate, to be more precise.’’; 

Whereas, on November 13, 2019, when asked whether there 

was any factual basis to support the allegation that 

Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, 

George Kent, testified before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, 

‘‘To my knowledge, there is no factual basis, no . . . I 

think it’s amply clear that Russian interference was at 

the heart of the interference in the 2016 election cycle.’’; 

Whereas, on November 15, 2019, when asked about allegations that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 United States 

elections, former United States Ambassador to Ukraine 

Marie Yovanovitch testified before the Permanent Select 

Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, ‘‘the U.S. intelligence community has concluded 

that it was Russia.’’; 


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Whereas, on November 19, 2019, when asked about allegations Ukraine interfered in the 2016 United States elections, National Security Council Director for European 

Affairs Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, testified 

before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 

the House of Representatives, ‘‘It is the consensus of the 

entire intelligence community that the Russians interfered in the U.S. elections in 2016.’’; 

Whereas, on November 21, 2019, former National Security 

Council Senior Director for Europe and Russia, Fiona 

Hill testified before the Permanent Select Committee on 

Intelligence of the House of Representatives, ‘‘Based on 

questions and statements I have heard, some of you on 

this Committee appear to believe that Russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our 

country—and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, 

Ukraine did. This is a fictional narrative that has been 

perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves.’’; and 

Whereas, on December 9, 2019, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Christopher A. Wray stated, ‘‘We 

have no information that indicates that Ukraine interfered with the 2016 Presidential election.’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the conclusions of United States 

3 intelligence agencies that the government of Russian 

4 President Vladimir Putin, and not the Government 

5 of Ukraine interfered in the 2016 United States 

6 Presidential elections; 


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1 (2) recognizes that disinformation campaigns 

2 run by Russian intelligence operatives have aimed to 

3 shift blame for interference in the 2016 elections 

4 from Russia to Ukraine; 

5 (3) condemns ongoing Russian disinformation 

6 campaigns and efforts to undermine freedom, de7 mocracy, the rule of law, and free and fair elections; 

8 (4) recognizes that Ukraine is at the front lines 

9 of combating Russian military aggression and ma10 lign political influence; and 

11 (5) reaffirms its support for the government 

12 and people of Ukraine in their fight against Russian 

13 aggression and interference. 

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