Title: Maria Butina NRA Transparency Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Maria Butina NRA Transparency Act
This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to produce an estimate of the total amount of funds provided to the National Rifle Association by the Russian Federation for the purpose of influencing the 2016 presidential election.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6630 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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 Representatives 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:
            (1) On January 6, 2017, the Office of the Director of 
        National Intelligence issued its Intelligence Community 
        Assessment ``Assessing Russian Activities 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 assess 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 Assessment, 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 agencies 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 
        information, and based our findings on the entire body of 
        intelligence reporting included in the ICA.''
            (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 conspiracy 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 enactment 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 estimate of the total amount of the funds 
provided to the National Rifle Association by the Russian Federation, 
including funds provided through intermediaries, for the purpose of 
influencing the 2016 presidential election in the United States.
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