IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1015 
Commending the Department of Justice for its investigation into the inter-
ference by the Russian Federation in the 2016 United States Presidential 
election, and maintaining that the Russian Federation must be held 
accountable for its actions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2018 
Mr. LANCE (for himself and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Ju-
diciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Ways 
and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the Department of Justice for its investigation 
into the interference by the Russian Federation in the 
2016 United States Presidential election, and maintain-
ing that the Russian Federation must be held account-
able for its actions. 
Whereas, on July 13, 2018, an investigation of the Depart-
ment of Justice resulted in the indictment of 12 officials 
of the Government of the Russian Federation for inter-
fering with the 2016 United States Presidential election; 
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Whereas, on July 13, 2018, when speaking about the digital 
infrastructure of the United States being under attack 
from foreign actors, Director of National Intelligence 
Dan Coats stated, ‘‘In regards to state actions, Russia 
has been the most aggressive foreign actor. No question. 
And they continue their efforts to undermine our democ-
racy.’’; and 
Whereas, on July 16, 2018, in a joint press conference in 
Helsinki, Finland, the President of the Russian Federa-
tion, Vladimir Putin, denied that the Russian Federation 
interfered in the 2016 United States Presidential elec-
tion: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the Department of Justice for its 
thorough investigation into the interference in the 
2016 United States Presidential election, which re-
sulted in the indictment of 12 intelligence officers of 
the Government of the Russian Federation; 
(2) agrees with the assessment of the United 
States intelligence community that the Russian Fed-
eration interfered with the 2016 United States Pres-
idential election, and rejects the Russian Federa-
tion’s denial of such involvement; 
(3) reaffirms its position that the Russian Fed-
eration must be held accountable for interfering in 
the 2016 United States Presidential election; 
(4) calls upon relevant committees of the House 
of Representatives to exercise congressional over-
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sight, including prompt hearings and the release of 
relevant notes and information, to better understand 
the impact of the recent summit in Helsinki, Fin-
land, on the foreign policy and national security of 
the United States; and 
(5) calls for the immediate and full implementa-
tion of mandatory sanctions provided for in the 
Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanc-
tions Act (Public Law 115–44; 131 Stat. 886), 
which passed the House of Representatives 419–3, 
to deter and punish election interference by the Rus-
sian Federation. 
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