[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1023 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1023

   Condemning Vladimir Putin's attack on United States officials and 
 reaffirming support for those Americans who have served their Nation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2018

 Mr. Ted Lieu of California (for himself, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Castro of 
 Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Condemning Vladimir Putin's attack on United States officials and 
 reaffirming support for those Americans who have served their Nation.

Whereas, on January 6, 2017, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
        issued a declassified report entitled ``Assessing Russian Activities and 
        Intentions in Recent US Elections'';
Whereas the Office of the Director of National Intelligence assessed that, 
        ``Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 
        aimed at the U.S. presidential election'';
Whereas the Office of the Director of National Intelligence assessed that, 
        ``Russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic 
        process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and 
        potential presidency'';
Whereas Russian efforts to disrupt elections across Europe, undermine the rule 
        of law, and propagate disinformation to sow discord within liberal 
        democracies are well-documented in formal intelligence community 
        assessments and independent academic analyses;
Whereas, on July 13, 2018, Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed an indictment 
        against 12 intelligence officers in the Russian Federation's Main 
        Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) who are charged with 
        executing political influence operations and cyberattacks against the 
        United States, conspiracy to commit an offense against the United 
        States, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to launder money;
Whereas in response to the indictments against the GRU officers, Vladimir Putin 
        suggested to President Donald J. Trump that the United States turn over 
        various Americans, including former United States Ambassador to Russia 
        Michael McFaul, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Helsinki Commission Kyle 
        Parker, former Assistant Secretary of State David Kramer, and former 
        Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Law Enforcement 
        Jonathan Winer, for interrogation by Kremlin officials for unspecified 
        crimes;
Whereas allowing Russian authorities to interrogate current or former 
        congressional staff for their actions conducted as a matter of official 
        duties would result in grave harm to the ability of Members of Congress 
        in carrying out their duties with the support of staff; and
Whereas the false equivalence between Vladimir Putin's baseless conspiracy 
        theories about alleged crimes, designed to sow discord, and the 
        thorough, meticulous work of the United States intelligence community 
        and Department of Justice to indict Russian operatives undermines the 
        integrity of the Office of the President and the United States legal 
        system: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns Vladimir Putin's transparent attempt to 
        undermine the rule of law and attack individual United States 
        officials;
            (2) calls upon the Administration to immediately and firmly 
        reject Vladimir Putin's proposal and demand unconditional 
        access to the 12 Russian intelligence officials indicted for 
        attacking the United States;
            (3) expresses steadfast support for the current and former 
        United States officials singled out by the government of 
        Vladimir Putin; and
            (4) reaffirms that the United States should refuse to make 
        available any current or former diplomatic, civil servant, 
        political appointee, law enforcement official, or member of the 
        Armed Forces of the United States for questioning by the 
        government of Vladimir Putin.
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