United States · Resolution · HRES
H.Res. 172 (115th)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the Russian Federation, its officials, security services, and any person or entity within the Russian Federation or associated with the Russian Government, should not interfere, seek to influence, or engage in coercion designed to create an outcome in foreign elections.
Introduced
6 March 2017
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
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Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: the Russian Federation has engaged in a widespread hacking and misinformation campaign in order to influence politics and elections in democracies throughout Europe; Russian officials have expressed their desire to divide the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance, weaken democratic institutions, and support extremist, pro-Moscow candidates throughout Europe; Russia should immediately cease all hacking and cyber-attacks aimed at European governments, political parties, government officials, election entities, and public information systems; and it is U.S. government policy to sanction entities and individuals within Russia or associated with the Russian government engaged in hacking, cyber-attacks, and propaganda campaigns with the intention of interfering in democratic elections.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 6 March 2017
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 6 March 2017
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 6 March 2017
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/172
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hres/172