IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1008 
Affirming the United States commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization and condemning President Donald Trump’s failure to confront 
Vladimir Putin for Russia’s election interference and worldwide aggres-
sion, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2018 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Mr. SCHIFF) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 
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 
Affirming the United States commitment to the North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization and condemning President Don-
ald Trump’s failure to confront Vladimir Putin for Rus-
sia’s election interference and worldwide aggression, and 
for other purposes. 
Whereas Presidents of both the Republican and Democratic 
parties have embraced the mantle of promoting democ-
racy and human rights on the international stage; 
Whereas in the wake of World War II, the United States led 
the effort to rebuild Europe through the Marshall Plan, 
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the Berlin Airlift, and other efforts that promoted a pros-
perous, peaceful, and democratic Europe; 
Whereas the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is 
an alliance built upon shared democratic values and com-
mitted to the collective defense of its members; 
Whereas the United States was a founding member of the al-
liance and, beginning with NATO’s first Supreme Allied 
Commander Europe, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, has 
proudly provided leadership to the alliance for nearly sev-
enty years; 
Whereas NATO continues to provide a defensive shield for al-
lies against a revanchist Russia, train regional partners 
in Eastern Europe, and contribute to peace and security 
more broadly; 
Whereas President Trump has undermined the core principle 
of NATO, that of mutual defense, by criticizing Article 
5 of the NATO treaty and questioning whether the 
United States would come to the defense of a NATO 
member state if it is attacked; 
Whereas, in a departure from decades of encouraging Euro-
pean integration and closer ties to the United States, 
President Trump referred to the European Union as 
America’s leading geopolitical ‘‘foe’’; 
Whereas President Trump has departed from the precedents 
of Presidents of both parties in publicly castigating 
NATO allies and other democratic countries, while prais-
ing autocratic rulers who undermine or destroy demo-
cratic processes in their own countries and violate human 
rights with impunity; 
Whereas, on January 6, 2017, the Director of National Intel-
ligence released an Intelligence Community Assessment 
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(ICA) on Russia’s involvement in the 2016 United States 
election that stated, ‘‘We assess Russian President Vladi-
mir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed 
at the US presidential election. Russia’s goals were to 
undermine public faith in the US democratic process, 
denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability 
and potential presidency. We further assess Putin and 
the Russian Government developed a clear preference for 
President-elect Trump.’’; 
Whereas President Trump has repeatedly dismissed the judg-
ments of the intelligence community (as such term is de-
fined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3003(4)) regarding Russia’s interference in 
the 2016 United States election; 
Whereas, on July 3, 2018, the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate released a report assessing the qual-
ity of the January 2017 ICA and found ‘‘the ICA is a 
sound intelligence product;’’ 
Whereas despite being aware that Russia interfered in the 
2016 United States election, President Trump met with 
President Putin in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018; 
Whereas President Trump has refused to denounce President 
Putin or the Russian Federation for interfering in the 
2016 United States election; 
Whereas President Trump stated that the United States pol-
icy toward Russia has been ‘‘foolish’’ and the United 
States is ‘‘responsible’’ for the present state of the rela-
tionship between the United States and Russia; 
Whereas President Trump stated, ‘‘President Putin was ex-
tremely strong and powerful in his denial’’ of Russian in-
terference in the 2016 United States election; 
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Whereas President Trump stated, ‘‘[The Director of National 
Intelligence] came to me and some others they said they 
think it’s Russia. I have President Putin. He just said 
it’s not Russia. I will say this: I don’t see any reason why 
it would be [Russia].’’; 
Whereas in attempting to clarify these remarks in Helsinki, 
President Trump once again cast doubt on the intel-
ligence community’s judgement saying, ‘‘Could be other 
people also. There’s a lot of people out there.’’; 
Whereas President Putin stated in response to whether he 
wanted President Trump to win the 2016 election, ‘‘Yes, 
I did. Yes, I did.’’; 
Whereas President Trump stated that the United States Gov-
ernment investigation into Russian interference in the 
2016 United States election is a ‘‘disaster for our coun-
try’’ and ‘‘a total witch hunt’’; 
Whereas despite President Trump’s assertions that Russia 
did not interfere in the 2016 election, the Department of 
Justice has indicted and secured guilty pleas from mul-
tiple individuals over the course of its investigations into 
the Trump-Russia scandal; 
Whereas, on July 13, 2018, the Department of Justice in-
dicted 12 Russian military intelligence officers for ille-
gally hacking Democratic Party computer systems and 
subsequently distributing the material in furtherance of 
the Russian effort to interfere in the 2016 United States 
election; and 
Whereas in his belligerent behavior towards our closest allies 
and obsequious treatment of Vladimir Putin, President 
Trump calls into question the United States commitment 
to NATO, opposition to Russian aggression, and obliga-
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tion to counter attacks on our shared democratic values: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) affirms the commitment of the United 
States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) and to the duty to promote democracy, 
freedom, human rights, market-based economies, 
rule of law, and security around the world; 
(2) concurs with the January 2017 Intelligence 
Community Assessment concerning Russia’s inter-
ference in the 2016 United States election to benefit 
Donald Trump and damage Hillary Clinton; 
(3) demands that the United States seek and 
the Russian Federation grant transfers to the 
United States of the 12 Russian military intelligence 
officers indicted for interfering in the 2016 United 
States election; and 
(4) condemns President Trump for— 
(A) his efforts to undermine the findings 
of the United States intelligence community; 
(B) his failure to hold the Russian Federa-
tion accountable for its illegal attack on Amer-
ican democracy; 
(C) his actions to undermine United States 
global leadership, attacking allies and partners, 
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befriending strongmen, and otherwise upending 
the international system; and 
(D) his failure to fulfill his duty to place 
the interests of the United States before all oth-
ers, including those of the Russian Federation, 
thereby violating the Presidential oath of office, 
which states that the President shall ‘‘faithfully 
execute the Office of President of the United 
States, and will to the best of [his] ability, pre-
serve, protect and defend the Constitution of 
the United States’’. 
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