I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6630 
To require the Director of National Intelligence to investigate whether the 
National Rifle Association benefitted from Russia’s involvement in the 
United States presidential election of 2016. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2018 
Mrs. TORRES (for herself, Ms. MENG, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence 
A BILL 
To require the Director of National Intelligence to investigate 
whether the National Rifle Association benefitted from 
Russia’s involvement in the United States presidential 
election of 2016. 
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 ‘‘Maria Butina NRA 
Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) On January 6, 2017, the Office of the Di-
rector of National Intelligence issued its Intelligence 
Community Assessment ‘‘Assessing Russian Activi-
ties and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections’’, which 
stated that ‘‘We assess 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. We further as-
sess Putin and the Russian Government developed a 
clear preference for President-elect Trump.’’ 
(2) On July 2, 2018, the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate released its evaluation of 
the January 6, 2017, Intelligence Community As-
sessment, finding that ‘‘The Committee finds that 
the Intelligence Community met President Obama’s 
tasking and that the ICA is a sound intelligence 
product. While the Committee had to rely on agen-
cies that the sensitive information and accesses had 
been accurately reported, as part of our inquiry the 
Committee reviewed analytic procedures, interviewed 
senior intelligence officers well-versed with the infor-
mation, and based our findings on the entire body 
of intelligence reporting included in the ICA.’’ 
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(3) On Monday, July 17, a Federal court in 
Washington, DC, charged Maria Butina, a Russian 
national with a long record of gun rights activism 
and ties to the National Rifle Association, with con-
spiracy under section 371 of title 18, United States 
Code, to act as an agent of a foreign government 
(the Russian Federation) under section 951 of title 
18, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON RUSSIAN 
INFLUENCE THROUGH NRA. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of the Treasury, shall produce a national intelligence esti-
mate of the total amount of the funds provided to the Na-
tional Rifle Association by the Russian Federation, includ-
ing funds provided through intermediaries, for the purpose 
of influencing the 2016 presidential election in the United 
States. 
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