S.Amdt. 655

SA 655. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Durbin, and
Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to
the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in subtitle C of title XVI, insert
the following:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR JOINT
CYBERSECURITY INTIATIVE WITH RUSSIA.

(a) Prohibition.--No Federal funds may be used to
establish, support, or otherwise promote, directly or
indirectly, the formation of or any United States
participation in a joint cybersecurity initiative involving
the Government of the Russian Federation or any entity
operation under the direction of such government.
(b) Waiver.--Prohibition imposed under subsection (a) shall
terminate on the date on which the President submits to the
congressional defense committees a written certification that
the Government of the Russian Federation has--
(1) ceased ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing,
supporting, or financing, acts intended to undermine
democracies around the world; and
(2) submitted a written statement acknowledging
interference in the 2016 United States presidential election.
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