,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abgc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ad1       
#bjai,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi 7for himself  
and ,mr4 ,stewart7 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 submit an assessment of
 the intentions of the political        
leadership of the ,russian ,federation1 
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  
#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 intelligence assessment ,not later  
than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of
 ,national ,intelligence shall submit to
 the ,house ,permanent ,select          
,committee on ,intelligence and the     
,senate ,select ,committee on           
,intelligence an assessment1 which may  
be submitted in classified form1 based  
on intelligence obtained from all       
sources regarding the current intentions
 of the political leadership of the     
,russian ,federation1 with respect to   

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 ,potential areas of  
cooperation between the ,government of  
the ,russian ,federation and the        
governments of its ,western adversaries4