,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcdh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #i1        
#bjag,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi 7for himself1 
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 and ,ms4            
,shea-,porter7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,permanent ,select ,committee on        
,intelligence1 and in addition to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 for a  
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,director of ,national       
,intelligence to produce a ,national    
,intelligence ,estimate on ,russian     
political intentions1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,keeping ,russian   
,entrapments ,minimal and ,limiting     
,intelligence ,networks ,act or the     
,,kremlin ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress
 finds the following3  7#a7 ,russia     

continues to engage in information      
warfare and political interference in   
the ,west1 including by undermining     
democratic systems and exploiting       
economic and ethnic tensions within     
member countries of the ,north ,atlantic
 ,treaty ,organization4  7#b7 ,such     
activities constitute a threat to the   
,united ,states and to its allies4  7#c7
 ,the intelligence community of the     
,united ,states1 while aware of such    
activities1 does not have a complete    
understanding of the political          
intentions underlying these activities1 
which is critical to effectively        
calibrate a ,united ,states response to 
,russian aggression and prevent         
escalation4  #c4 ,sense of ,congress ,it
 is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7  
the ,countering ,america's ,adversaries 
,through ,sanctions ,act 7,public ,law  
#aae-dd7 was an appropriate response to 
,russia's--  7,a7 meddling in the #bjaf 
,united ,states presidential election2  
7,b7 continued aggression in the        

,ukraine and the ,crimea region2 and    
7,c7 support for the ,assad regime in   
,syria2  7#b7 the ,united ,states should
 sustain its newly deployed enhanced    
forward presence in ,poland1 ,lithuania1
 and ,estonia and urge ,canada1 the     
,united ,kingdom1 and ,germany to       
quickly deploy and sustain parallel     
commitments in those countries2  7#c7   
the ,united ,states has defensive       
intentions in pursuing such sanctions   
and such enhanced military posture in   
,europe1 and does not seek to threaten  
,russian territory2 and  7#d7 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 power4  #d4 ,requirement 
for ,national ,intelligence ,estimate   
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,director of ,national ,intelligence1 in

 consultation with the ,secretary of    
,state1 shall produce a ,national       
,intelligence ,estimate on the political
 intentions of ,russia1 including with  
respect to each of the following3  7#a7 
,russian leadership intentions in       
pursuing military scenarios against     
members of the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty 
,organization1 including conduct of an  
exercise on the border with ,moldova of 
more than #ajj1jjj ,russian forces in   
,august #bjag4  7#b7 ,russian leadership
 reactions to the ,european ,reassurance
 ,initiative4  7#c7 ,areas of possible  
joint cooperation with ,russia4