,,ii  ,calendar ,no4 #dj #aafth         
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #afag
  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the        
,,united ,,states  ,march #ac1          
#bjai,received2 read the first time     
,march #ad1 #bjai,read the second time  
and placed on the calendar  ,,an ,,act  
,to direct the ,director of ,national   
,intelligence to submit intelligence    
assessments 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  
authorized the ,united ,states          
,government to impose sanctions in      
response to actions by countries1       
including ,russia1 that undermine the   
security of the ,united ,states2  7#b7  
the ,united ,states should sustain its  
contribution to the newly deployed      
enhanced forward presence of the ,north 
,atlantic ,treaty ,organization 7,,nato7
 in ,poland1 ,lithuania1 ,latvia1 and   
,estonia and encourage ,canada1 the     
,united ,kingdom1 and ,germany to       
continue their important leadership     
roles in the military presence of ,,nato
 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  7#d7 the ,united ,states    
does not seek to be an enemy of the     
,russian people2  7#e7 the ,united      
,states desires a peaceful1 economically
 prosperous relationship with ,russia   
based on democratic principles where    
freedom and the rule of law are upheld  
for all2 and  7#f7 the ,united ,states  
is committed to defending these         
fundamental beliefs against any ,russian
 aggression4  #d4 ,requirement for      
,intelligence ,assessments  7a7 ,in     
general ,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 ,state and the ,secretary 
of ,defense1 shall submit to the        
appropriate congressional committees    
each of the assessments described in    
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,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 sources3  7#a7        
,potential military action against      
members of the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty 
,organization 7,,nato74  7#b7 ,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 region1 such as the     
provision of additional lethal military 
equipment to ,ukraine or ,georgia4  7#c7
 ,potential areas where the ,government 
of the ,russian ,federation could       
exploit weaknesses and divisions among  
the governments of its ,western         
adversaries4  7c7 ,form ,each assessment
 required under subsection 7a7 may be   
submitted in classified form but shall  
also include an unclassified executive  
summary1 consistent with the protection 
of intelligence sources and methods4    
7d7 ,appropriate congressional          
committees ,in this section1 the term   
appropriate congressional committees    

means-- 7#a7 the ,permanent ,select     
,committee on ,intelligence1 the        
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services of the  
,house of ,representatives2 and  7#b7   
the ,select ,committee on ,intelligence1
 the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 
and the ,committee on ,armed ,services  
of the ,senate4  ,passed the ,house of  
,representatives ,march #ab1            
#bjai4;,cheryl ,l4 ,johnson1,clerk4     
,march #ad1 #bjai,read the second time  
and placed on the calendar