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Calendar No. 40 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1617 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 13, 2019 
Received; read the first time 
MARCH 14, 2019 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
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 pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Russian En-
trapments Minimal and Limiting Intelligence Networks 
Act’’ or the ‘‘KREMLIN Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Russia continues to engage in information 
warfare and political interference in the West, in-
cluding by undermining democratic systems and ex-
ploiting economic and ethnic tensions within member 
countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
(2) Such activities constitute a threat to the 
United States and to its allies. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Countering America’s Adversaries 
Through Sanctions Act (Public Law 115–44) au-
thorized the United States Government to impose 
sanctions in response to actions by countries, includ-
ing Russia, that undermine the security of the 
United States; 
(2) the United States should sustain its con-
tribution to the newly deployed enhanced forward 
presence of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia 
and encourage Canada, the United Kingdom, and 
Germany to continue their important leadership 
roles in the military presence of NATO in those 
countries; 
(3) the United States has defensive intentions 
in pursuing such sanctions and such enhanced mili-
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tary posture in Europe, and does not seek to threat-
en Russian territory; 
(4) the United States does not seek to be an 
enemy of the Russian people; 
(5) the United States desires a peaceful, eco-
nomically prosperous relationship with Russia based 
on democratic principles where freedom and the rule 
of law are upheld for all; and 
(6) the United States is committed to defending 
these fundamental beliefs against any Russian ag-
gression. 
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees each of the assessments 
described in subsection (b). 
(b) ASSESSMENTS DESCRIBED.—The assessments 
described in this section are the following with respect to 
the current intentions of the political leadership of the 
Russian Federation and based on intelligence obtained 
from all sources: 
(1) Potential military action against members 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 
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(2) Potential responses to an enlarged United 
States or NATO military presence in eastern Europe 
or to increased United States military support for 
allies and partners in the region, such as the provi-
sion of additional lethal military equipment to 
Ukraine or Georgia. 
(3) Potential areas where the Government of 
the Russian Federation could exploit weaknesses and 
divisions among the governments of its Western ad-
versaries. 
(c) FORM.—Each assessment required under sub-
section (a) may be submitted in classified form but shall 
also include an unclassified executive summary, consistent 
with the protection of intelligence sources and methods. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
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(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 12, 
2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 40 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1617 
AN ACT 
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to 
submit intelligence assessments of the intentions 
of the political leadership of the Russian Federa-
tion, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 14, 2019 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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