Whereas, on January 6, 2017, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence published a report titled Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections , noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. Presidential election, with a goal of undermining public faith in United States democratic processes, and that the Government of the Russian Federation's influence campaign followed a Russian messaging strategy that blends covert intelligence operations—such as cyber activity—with overt efforts by Russian Government agencies, state-funded media, third-party intermediaries, and paid social media users or trolls ; Whereas the findings of the investigation by the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate regarding election interference confirmed the intelligence community’s assessment that— (1) Russia attempted to influence the 2016 election and its actions were a significant escalation in directness, level of activity, and scope; (2) Russia conducted cyber operations on United States political targets likely to shape future United States policies; (3) Russian-state actors and third-party intermediaries were responsible for the dissemination of documents and communications stolen from United States political organizations; (4) the Government of the Russian Federation used coordinated state platforms RT and Sputnik to advance its malign influence campaign during the 2016 United States Presidential election; and (5) Russian intelligence leveraged social media in an attempt to amplify Kremlin messaging intended to sow social discord and to undermine the United States electoral process