IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 47 
Expressing the sense of Congress that until the conclusion of the FBI’s 
criminal and counterintelligence investigations into the nature of the 
Russian connection to the Trump campaign, the Trump Administration 
is acting under a ‘‘gray cloud’’ of the appearance of a conflict of interest, 
and, as such, should refrain from taking any actions or making any 
changes to United States policy that could be seen as benefitting Presi-
dent Putin or his inner circle. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2017 
Mr. SWALWELL of California (for himself and Mr. ENGEL) submitted the fol-
lowing concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 
Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that until the conclusion 
of the FBI’s criminal and counterintelligence investiga-
tions into the nature of the Russian connection to the 
Trump campaign, the Trump Administration is acting 
under a ‘‘gray cloud’’ of the appearance of a conflict 
of interest, and, as such, should refrain from taking 
any actions or making any changes to United States 
policy that could be seen as benefitting President Putin 
or his inner circle. 
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Whereas the Russian Federation has been a longstanding ad-
versary of the United States; 
Whereas the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
(FBI), James Comey, and the Director of the National 
Security Agency, Michael Rogers, testified at a March 
20, 2017, hearing of the House Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence (in this resolution referred to as 
the ‘‘HPSCI Hearing’’) that the Russian Federation is a 
foreign adversary of the United States and should be 
treated as such in all interactions with United States offi-
cials; 
Whereas the Russian Federation has an institutionalized op-
position to human rights, democracy, and the sovereignty 
of its neighbors, exhibited most recently in its 2014 inva-
sion of Crimea, its support for troops that shot down a 
Malaysian Airlines passenger jet, its state-sponsored sup-
pression of an independent media, and its support for 
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad; 
Whereas 17 United States intelligence agencies jointly con-
cluded in a January 2017 public report (‘‘IC report’’) 
that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered 
a campaign to interfere in the 2016 United States elec-
tions in order to harm former Secretary of State Hillary 
Clinton’s chances of winning with a preference toward 
candidate Donald Trump; 
Whereas the Russian Federation’s attack on the 2016 United 
States elections was multi-faceted, and included the hack-
ing and dissemination of the contents of electronic sys-
tems of the Democratic National Committee and the 
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and its 
emails, the hacking and dissemination of the e-mails of 
Secretary Clinton’s campaign chairman, the probing of 
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voter databases in Florida, Illinois, and, Arizona, the dis-
semination of fake news through paid social media trolls, 
and using its state broadcasting station—directly tied to 
Russia’s intelligence services—RT, to attack Secretary 
Clinton and support Donald Trump; 
Whereas the IC report concluded that the Russian Federation 
will undoubtedly attempt to meddle in and influence fu-
ture United States elections and elections of United 
States allies; 
Whereas despite the Russian Federation’s status as an adver-
sary and its attack on our democracy, Trump campaign 
officials and members of the Trump Administration have 
established or maintained well known and publicly docu-
mented ties with people close to President Putin; 
Whereas such ties include— 
(1) Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who provided 
misleading testimony for his Senate confirmation hear-
ings with respect to at least twice meeting with Russia’s 
Ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, in 
2016; 
(2) former Assistant to the President for National 
Security, Michael Flynn, who was compelled to resign 
just weeks into his tenure because he misled Vice Presi-
dent Mike Pence about his conversations with Ambas-
sador Kislyak, and who also failed to disclose a $33,750 
payment from RT, for a speech in Moscow in 2015, and 
a $11,250 payment from Kaspersky Lab, a company sus-
pected of having ties with the Russian intelligence serv-
ices and later caught up in a Russian espionage inves-
tigation, for a speech in 2015; 
(3) Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who 
received over $12,000,000 from former pro-Russian 
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in his work as a 
political consultant in Kiev, and who reportedly signed a 
$10,000,000 annual contract with Russian business mag-
nate and Putin ally, Oleg Depripaska, saying he would 
influence American politics, business, and news, in a pro- 
Russia manner; 
(4) Trump campaign national security advisor J.D. 
Gordon, who directly advocated for a change in the 2016 
Republican Party platform to include more pro-Russia 
and less pro-Ukraine policies, and who met with Ambas-
sador Kislyak, telling him he would like to improve 
United States-Russia relations; 
(5) Trump campaign senior foreign policy advisor 
Carter Page, who has ties to Gazprom, the Russian Fed-
eration’s state-owned gas company, made a speech in 
Moscow critical of United States foreign policy while a 
Trump campaign advisor, and met with Ambassador 
Kislyak at the 2016 Republican National Convention 
while serving as campaign advisor; 
(6) Trump campaign advisor Roger Stone, who had 
back-channel discussions with Julian Assange, the 
WikiLeaks founder, and had exchanges with hacker 
Guccifer 2.0, a known front for Russian intelligence, both 
of whom released documents damaging to Secretary Clin-
ton and her presidential campaign; and 
(7) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has met 
a number of times with President Putin and was awarded 
Russia’s Order of Friendship in 2013, the highest state 
honor for a foreigner; 
Whereas, despite being presented with clear and convincing 
evidence of atrocities committed by the Government of 
the Russian Federation and its President, President 
Trump has not only refused to criticize them, but has 
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gone so far as to praise President Putin and his govern-
ment, and furthermore, President Trump has been ex-
ceedingly willing to criticize or offend some of our closest 
allies, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, 
Germany, and Mexico; 
Whereas President Trump, his campaign officials, and some 
of his cabinet members have openly criticized the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), its usefulness, 
and its future, and this open criticism of NATO only 
helps Russia by seeming to call into question NATO’s 
power, influence, and ability to counter the Russian Fed-
eration strategically and militarily; 
Whereas NATO is one of our oldest and strongest military 
alliances that was created to counter the former Soviet 
Union’s aggression, and, more recently, provides a needed 
deterrent capability against an increasingly belligerent 
Russia; 
Whereas the Russian Federation has increased militarization 
in the region in the last few years, and the prime target 
of this aggression is our European allies, and NATO is 
a critical defense against this type of military aggression; 
Whereas the Russian Federation has increasingly used 
cyberwarfare as a weapon against democracies and demo-
cratic institutions, including in Estonia in 2007, Lith-
uania in 2008, Ukraine in 2014, Germany in 2015, and 
the United States in 2016; 
Whereas in response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of 
Ukraine, the United States, in close coordination with its 
European partners, imposed a series of escalating rounds 
of sanctions on business transactions in the United 
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States with respect to both Russian individuals and Rus-
sian companies, and in addition through travel bans; 
Whereas in response to the Russian Federation’s interference 
in the 2016 United States elections, the United States 
issued sanctions against Russian intelligence agents and 
entities, expelled 35 Russian personnel registered with 
the Russian diplomatic mission in the United States and 
listed them as ‘‘persona non grata’’, and shut down two 
Russian compounds in Maryland and New York alleged 
to have been used for intelligence activities; 
Whereas the FBI generally does not publicize ongoing inves-
tigations, except in extraordinary circumstances in which 
it believes it is in the public interest, and FBI Director 
Comey testified at the HPSCI Hearing, ‘‘This is one of 
those circumstances’’; 
Whereas Director Comey further testified that the FBI ‘‘is 
investigating the Russian government’s efforts to inter-
fere in the 2016 presidential election’’; 
Whereas Director Comey further testified that the FBI’s 
criminal and counterintelligence investigations include 
‘‘investigating the nature of any links between individuals 
associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian 
government, and whether there was any coordination be-
tween the campaign and Russia’s efforts’’; 
Whereas coordination between a foreign adversary and mem-
bers of a United States presidential campaign during the 
adversary’s attack on our democracy would be an unprec-
edented assault on the government and democratic proc-
ess of the United States; and 
Whereas the extensive ties between President Trump’s cam-
paign and Administration with President Putin’s govern-
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ment and associated individuals, President Trump’s 
statements and those of his Administration toward Presi-
dent Putin and his government about defense policy as 
it relates to the Russian Federation, and the ongoing 
criminal and counterintelligence investigations by the 
FBI, raise enough serious questions about the intent and 
influence behind any policy decisions the President or his 
Administration may make with respect to President 
Putin and the Government of the Russian Federation or 
otherwise affecting them: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) President Trump, his family, his business 
associates, his campaign associates, and members of 
his Administration should cooperate fully with all in-
vestigations undertaken which examine the Russian 
Federation’s attack on our democracy during the 
2016 United States elections, ties between officials 
with President Trump’s campaign and the Russian 
Federation, and possible coordination between these 
officials and the Russian Federation as part of its 
attack; 
(2) until the conclusion of the FBI’s criminal 
and counterintelligence investigations into the nature 
of the Russian connection to the Trump campaign, 
the Trump Administration is acting under a ‘‘gray 
cloud’’ of the appearance of a conflict of interest, 
and, as such, should refrain from taking any actions 
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or making any changes to United States policy that 
could be seen as benefitting President Putin or his 
inner circle; and 
(3) the appearance of any conflict of interest 
concerning a well-resourced, committed, and dan-
gerous foreign adversary and the institutions of 
United States Government primarily responsible for 
national defense and the conduct of foreign policy 
weakens our national security and erodes confidence 
between the United States and our allies. 
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