Title: Countering Foreign Interference with Our Armed Forces Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Countering Foreign Interference with Our Armed Forces Act
This bill directs the Department of Defense to report annually to Congress regarding attempts by the Russian Federation, or any foreign person acting as a agent for Russia, to disseminate Russian disinformation or propaganda through social media or the Internet to members of the Armed Forces with probable intent to injure the United States or advantage Russia.
The military departments and the Department of State shall jointly report annually to Congress on each approval for employment or compensation from a foreign government to a retired member of the armed forces in a general or flag officer grade that was issued during the preceding year. The first such report shall cover the five-year period ending with the year before the year in which the report is submitted.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1470 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1470

 To protect members of our Armed Forces from Russian and other foreign 
                 interference, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 28, 2017

  Ms. Warren introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To protect members of our Armed Forces from Russian and other foreign 
                 interference, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Countering Foreign Interference with 
Our Armed Forces Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON ATTEMPTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO PROVIDE 
              DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES BY SOCIAL MEDIA.

    (a) Annual Report Required.--Not later than March 31 each year, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on attempts by the Russian Federation, or any 
foreign person acting as an agent of or on behalf of the Russian 
Federation, during the preceding year to knowingly disseminate Russian 
Federation-supported disinformation or propaganda, through social media 
applications or related Internet-based means, to members of the Armed 
Forces with probable intent to cause injury to the United States or 
advantage the Government of the Russian Federation.
    (b) Form.--Each report under this section shall be submitted in 
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORTS ON APPROVAL OF EMPLOYMENT OR COMPENSATION OF 
              RETIRED GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICERS BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
              FOR EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE PURPOSES.

    (a) Annual Reports.--Section 908 of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Annual Reports on Approvals for Retired General and Flag 
Officers.--(1) Not later than January 31 each year, the Secretaries of 
the military departments and the Secretary of State shall jointly 
submit to the appropriate committees and Members of Congress a report 
on each approval under subsection (b) for employment or compensation 
described in subsection (a) for a retired member of the armed forces in 
a general or flag officer grade that was issued during the preceding 
year.
    ``(2) In this subsection, the appropriate committees and Members of 
Congress are--
            ``(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        Senate;
            ``(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        House of Representatives;
            ``(C) the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the 
        Senate; and
            ``(D) the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
        Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.''.
    (b) Scope of First Report.--The first report submitted pursuant to 
subsection (d) of section 908 of title 37, United States Code (as added 
by subsection (a) of this section), after the date of the enactment of 
this Act shall cover the five-year period ending with the year before 
the year in which such report is submitted.
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