[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4348 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4348

 To direct the Director of National Intelligence to produce a National 
 Intelligence Estimate on Russian political intentions, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2017

Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself, Ms. Jackson Lee, and Ms. Shea-Porter) 
  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent 
 Select Committee on Intelligence, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Director of National Intelligence to produce a National 
 Intelligence Estimate on Russian political intentions, 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 ``Keeping Russian Entrapments Minimal 
and Limiting Intelligence Networks Act'' or the ``KREMLIN Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Russia continues to engage in information warfare and 
        political interference in the West, including by undermining 
        democratic systems and exploiting economic and ethnic tensions 
        within member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty 
        Organization.
            (2) Such activities constitute a threat to the United 
        States and to its allies.
            (3) The intelligence community of the United States, while 
        aware of such activities, does not have a complete 
        understanding of the political intentions underlying these 
        activities, which is critical to effectively calibrate a United 
        States response to Russian aggression and prevent escalation.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions 
        Act (Public Law 115-44) was an appropriate response to 
        Russia's--
                    (A) meddling in the 2016 United States presidential 
                election;
                    (B) continued aggression in the Ukraine and the 
                Crimea region; and
                    (C) support for the Assad regime in Syria;
            (2) the United States should sustain its newly deployed 
        enhanced forward presence in Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia and 
        urge Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany to quickly deploy 
        and sustain parallel commitments in those countries;
            (3) the United States has defensive intentions in pursuing 
        such sanctions and such enhanced military posture in Europe, 
        and does not seek to threaten Russian territory; and
            (4) the United States does not seek to be an enemy of the 
        Russian people and propaganda directed against the United 
        States by President Vladimir Putin misrepresents the intentions 
        of the United States for the purposes of preserving his power.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall produce a National Intelligence Estimate on 
the political intentions of Russia, including with respect to each of 
the following:
            (1) Russian leadership intentions in pursuing military 
        scenarios against members of the North Atlantic Treaty 
        Organization, including conduct of an exercise on the border 
        with Moldova of more than 100,000 Russian forces in August 
        2017.
            (2) Russian leadership reactions to the European 
        Reassurance Initiative.
            (3) Areas of possible joint cooperation with Russia.
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