,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #geec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #i1 #bjbj ,mrs4
 ,murphy of ,florida 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,cunningham7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,permanent ,select ,committee on    
,intelligence  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the
 ,director of ,national ,intelligence to
 notify ,congress if the ,director      
determines1 with high or moderate       
confidence1 that a foreign government   
with which the ,united ,states is at    
peace is seeking to cause the death of1 
or serious bodily injury to1 members of 
the ,united ,states ,armed ,forces4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,deadly ,escalation by ,foreign    
,entities ,notification and ,disclosure 
,act or the ,,defend ,act4  #b4         
,notification of certain threats to     
,united ,states ,armed ,forces by       
foreign governments  7a7 ,definitions   
,in this section3  7#a7 ,anything of    
pecuniary value ,the term anything of   

pecuniary value has the meaning given   
that term in section #aieh7;b77#a7 of   
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 
,congressional intelligence committees  
,the term congressional intelligence    
committees has the meaning given that   
term in section #c of the ,national     
,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4  
#cjjc74  7#c7 ,congressional leadership 
,the term congressional leadership      
includes the following3 7,a7 ,the       
majority leader of the ,senate4  7,b7   
,the minority leader of the ,senate4    
7,c7 ,the ,speaker of the ,house of     
,representatives4  7,d7 ,the minority   
leader of the ,house of                 
,representatives4  7#d7 ,direct means   
,the term direct means means without the
 use of intermediaries4  7#e7 ,foreign  
government ,the term foreign government 
means the government of a foreign       
country with which the ,united ,states  
is at peace1 irrespective of recognition
 by the ,united ,states4  7#f7 ,high    
confidence ,the term high confidence1   

with respect to a determination1 means  
that the determination is based on      
high-quality information from multiple  
sources4  7#g7 ,indirect means ,the term
 indirect means means through1 or with  
the assistance of1 intermediaries4  7#h7
 ,moderate confidence ,the term moderate
 confidence1 with respect to a          
determination1 means that a             
determination is credibly sourced and   
plausible but not of sufficient quality 
or corroborated sufficiently to warrant 
a higher level of confidence4  7b7      
,determination that foreign government  
intends ,to cause the death of or       
serious bodily injury to members of the 
,armed ,forces ,the ,director of        
,national ,intelligence shall carry out 
subsection 7c7 if the ,director1 in     
consultation with the heads of the      
elements of the intelligence community  
determined appropriate by the ,director1
 determines with moderate or high       
confidence that1 on or after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act1 the        

following is occurring3 7#a7 ,an        
official or agent of a foreign          
government is deliberately seeking to   
cause the death of or serious bodily    
injury to any member of the ,united     
,states ,armed ,forces4  7#b7 ,such     
official or agent is seeking to cause   
such death or serious bodily injury     
through direct means or indirect means1 
including through a promise or agreement
 by the foreign government to pay       
anything of pecuniary value to an       
individual or organization in exchange  
for causing such death or serious bodily
 injury4  7c7 ,briefing  7#a7 ,in       
general ,not later than #ad days after  
making a determination under subsection 
7b71 the ,director of ,national         
,intelligence shall provide to the      
congressional leadership1 the           
congressional intelligence committees   
and1 consistent with the protection of  
sources and methods1 the ,committees on 
,armed ,services of the ,house of       
,representatives and the ,senate1 a     

briefing on such determination4 ,the    
briefing shall be classified and        
address1 at a minimum1 the following3   
7,a7 ,a description of the nature and   
extent of the effort by the foreign     
government to target members of the     
,united ,states ,armed ,forces4  7,b7   
,an assessment of what specific         
officials1 agents1 entities1 and        
departments within the foreign          
government ordered1 authorized1 or had  
knowledge of the effort4  7,c7 ,an      
assessment of the motivations of the    
foreign government for undertaking such 
an effort4  7,d7 ,an assessment of      
whether the effort of the foreign       
government was a substantial factor in  
the death or serious bodily injury of   
any member of the ,united ,states ,armed
 ,forces4  7,e7 ,any other information  
the ,director determines appropriate4   
7#b7 ,updated briefings ,on a quarterly 
basis beginning on the date of an       
initial briefing under paragraph 7#a7   
regarding a determination under         

subsection 7b7 and ending on the date on
 which the ,director determines that the
 determination under such subsection no 
longer applies1 the ,director shall     
provide to the officials and committees 
specified in such subsection an updated 
briefing4  7#c7 ,protection of sources  
and methods ,this subsection shall be   
carried out in a manner that is         
consistent with the protection of       
sources and methods4