KREMLIN Act
Latest action · Mar 14, 2019 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 40.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2019
- Passed HouseMar 12, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keeping Russian Entrapments Minimal and Limiting Intelligence Networks Act or the KREMLIN Act
This bill directs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to provide Congress with assessments of the current intentions of Russia and its leaders. Specifically, the ODNI shall assess (1) the potential for Russian military action against North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries, (2) possible Russian responses to an increased U.S. or NATO military presence in Eastern Europe, and (3) areas where Russia could exploit weaknesses and divisions among the governments of its Western adversaries.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2019 to Mar 12, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Original | Mar 7, 2019 |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Mar 11, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 12, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2019 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2019 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2019Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 40.
- Mar 13, 2019Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Mar 12, 2019Mr. Krishnamoorthi moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 12, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2664-2665)
- Mar 12, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1617.
- Mar 12, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2664-2665)
- Mar 12, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 7, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 7, 2019Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1855 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Mar 14, 2019 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1853 | Dan Sullivan R-AK | Mar 13, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2664, H2665Text printed H2664 | Chris Stewart R-UT, Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL | Mar 12, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 41, March 7, 2019, page H2586.
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit intelligence assessments of the intentions of the political leadership of the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Keeping Russian Entrapments Minimal and Limiting Intelligence Networks Act
- KREMLIN Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Keeping Russian Entrapments Minimal and Limiting Intelligence Networks Act
- KREMLIN Act
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Keeping Russian Entrapments Minimal and Limiting Intelligence Networks Act
- KREMLIN Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Alliances
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Canada
- Congressional oversight
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Estonia
- Europe
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Georgia
- Germany
- Government studies and investigations
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International organizations and cooperation
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Military assistance, sales, and agreements
- Poland
- Russia
- Sanctions
- Subversive activities
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2019Placed on Calendar Senate
- Mar 12, 2019Engrossed in House
- Mar 7, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
