[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 1617 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                        Calendar No. 40
116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1617


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 13, 2019

                     Received; read the first time

                             March 14, 2019

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 AN ACT


 
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit intelligence 
   assessments of the intentions of the political leadership of 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 ``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.

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) authorized the United States Government 
        to impose sanctions in response to actions by countries, 
        including Russia, that undermine the security of the United 
        States;
            (2) the United States should sustain its contribution to 
        the newly deployed enhanced forward presence of the North 
        Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Poland, Lithuania, 
        Latvia, and Estonia and encourage Canada, the United Kingdom, 
        and Germany to continue their important leadership roles in the 
        military presence of NATO 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;
            (4) the United States does not seek to be an enemy of the 
        Russian people;
            (5) the United States desires a peaceful, economically 
        prosperous relationship with Russia based on democratic 
        principles where freedom and the rule of law are upheld for 
        all; and
            (6) the United States is committed to defending these 
        fundamental beliefs against any Russian aggression.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS.

    (a) In General.--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 and the Secretary of Defense, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees each of the 
assessments described in subsection (b).
    (b) Assessments Described.--The assessments described in this 
section are the following with respect to the current intentions of the 
political leadership of the Russian Federation and based on 
intelligence obtained from all sources:
            (1) Potential military action against members of the North 
        Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
            (2) Potential responses to an enlarged United States or 
        NATO military presence in eastern Europe or to increased United 
        States military support for allies and partners in the region, 
        such as the provision of additional lethal military equipment 
        to Ukraine or Georgia.
            (3) Potential areas where the Government of the Russian 
        Federation could exploit weaknesses and divisions among the 
        governments of its Western adversaries.
    (c) Form.--Each assessment required under subsection (a) may be 
submitted in classified form but shall also include an unclassified 
executive summary, consistent with the protection of intelligence 
sources and methods.
    (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, the 
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
        Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Armed 
        Services of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
        Senate.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 12, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.
                                                        Calendar No. 40

116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1617

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit intelligence 
   assessments of the intentions of the political leadership of the 
              Russian Federation, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 14, 2019

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar