[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3259 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3259

 To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the establishment or support 
  of a cybersecurity unit with the Russian Federation, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2017

Ms. Speier (for herself, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Evans, 
    Mr. McGovern, Mr. Engel, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Himes, Mr. Khanna, Ms. 
   Hanabusa, and Mr. Walz) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the establishment or support 
  of a cybersecurity unit with the Russian Federation, 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 ``Preventing Usurpation Through 
International Networks Act'' or the ``PUTIN Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENT OR SUPPORT OF CYBERSECURITY UNIT 
              WITH THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

    No Federal funds may be used to establish or support a 
cybersecurity unit in which the Government of the Russian Federation, 
or any individual acting on behalf of such Government, is a 
participant.
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