Establishing a Joint Committee on Russian Interference in the 2016 Election and the Presidential Transition.
Latest action · Feb 14, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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- IntroducedFeb 14, 2017
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Establishes a Joint Committee on Russian Interference in the 2016 Election and the Presidential Transition.
Requires the joint committee to study and review:
- attempts to influence elections for federal office held in the 2016 elections;
- related attempts to undermine trust in U.S. electoral processes and the attribution of such attempts;
- all policies, decisions, and activities taken by the executive branch to respond to such attempts;
- cybersecurity breaches tied to attempts to influence election outcomes or faith in the electorial system;
- additional cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities that may contribute to future information warfare operations;
- recommendations for improving resilience against future information warfare operations and for improving the cybersecurity of electoral functions; and
- contacts between foreign nationals and candidates and officials who either ran for office in the 2016 elections or took office after the 2016 elections.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 2, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Mar 2, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional committees
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Russia
- Subversive activities
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- Feb 14, 2017Introduced in House
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