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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 3017 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United S... · Sec. 501

Sec. 501. Committee to counter active measures by the Russian Federation to exert covert influence over peoples and governments

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In this section: The term active measures by Russia to exert covert influence means activities intended to influence a person or government that are carried out in coordination with, or at the behest of, political leaders or the security services of the Russian Federation, including the following: Establishment or funding of a front group. Covert broadcasting. Media manipulation. Disinformation and forgeries, funding agents of influence, incitement, and offensive counterintelligence, assassinations, or terrorist acts.
The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the congressional intelligence committees; the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. The President shall establish a committee to counter active measures by Russia to exert covert influence over peoples and governments. The committee established under subsection
(b)shall be comprised of members who may vote on matters before the committee, one of each of whom shall be appointed by the following: The Director of National Intelligence. The Secretary of State. The Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of the Treasury. The Attorney General. The Secretary of Energy. The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The head of each of the other elements of the intelligence community. The head of any other agency or department of the United States Government designated by the President for purposes of this section. The member of the committee appointed by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) shall serve as the chair of the committee. The committee shall meet at the direction of the chair, but not less often than once per month. The duties of the committee established under subsection
(b)shall be as follows: To counter active measures by Russia to exert covert influence over peoples and government by exposing falsehoods, agents of influence, corruption, human rights abuses, terrorism, and assassinations carried out by the security services or political elites of the Russian Federation or their proxies. Such other duties as the President may designate for purposes of this section. The committee established under subsection
(b)may employ such staff as the members of such committee consider appropriate. Funds for the employment of the staff shall be derived from amounts specifically designated for that purpose in the classified annex of this Act.
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