I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8575 To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on threats to the United States Armed Forces from the Russian Federation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 9, 2020 Ms. SLOTKIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- tion of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on threats to the United States Armed Forces from the Russian Federation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. REPORT ON THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES 3 ARMED FORCES FROM THE RUSSIAN FED- 4 ERATION. 5 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 6 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 7 in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:26 Nov 03, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8575.IH H8575 ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8575 IH and the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate 1 congressional committees a report on all threats to the 2 United States Armed Forces and personnel of the United 3 States from the Russian Federation and associated 4 agents, entities, and proxies. 5 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 6 shall include the following: 7 (1) An assessment of all threats to the United 8 States Armed Forces and personnel of the United 9 States from Russia and associated agents, entities, 10 and proxies in all theaters where United States 11 Armed Forces are engaged. 12 (2) A description of all actions taken to ensure 13 force protection of both the United States Armed 14 Forces and diplomats of the United States. 15 (3) A description of non-military actions taken 16 to emphasize to Russia that the United States will 17 not tolerate threats to the armed forces of the 18 United States, the allies of the United States, and 19 the diplomats and operations of the United States. 20 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) 21 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 22 a classified annex. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:05 Oct 31, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8575.IH H8575 ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8575 IH (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 1 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con- 2 gressional committees’’ means the following: 3 (1) The Committee on Armed Services, the 4 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent 5 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 6 Representatives. 7 (2) The Committee on Armed Services, the 8 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 9 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:05 Oct 31, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8575.IH H8575 ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with BILLS