1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Battling Russian Intelligence Baiting Efforts Act of 2017 or the BRIBE Act of 2017 . 2. Collection and assessment of intelligence regarding the efforts of foreign powers to gain influence through the financial interests of the President and close family members and associates of the President (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Article I, section 9, clause 8 of the United States Constitution (commonly known as the Emoluments Clause ) prohibits acceptance of gifts by the President from a foreign state. (2) The purpose of the emoluments clause is to prevent foreign corruption of the workings of the United States Government. (3) Pursuant to a 2009 opinion by the Office of Legal Counsel, corporations owned or controlled by a foreign government are presumptively foreign states under the Emoluments Clause. (4) President Donald J. Trump maintains a business network, the Trump Organization, that has financial interests around the world and negotiates and concludes transactions with foreign states and entities that are extensions of foreign states. (5) The Office of Government Ethics has expressed concerns regarding ongoing conflicts of interest between President Trump and his business concerns and intermingling of the Trump Organization and the work of Government. Examples of potential Trump conflicts include the following: (A) President Trump received long sought trademarks for the Trump Organization by the Chinese government the day after reversing his position on the one-China policy. (B) Saudi Arabia, as the Wall Street Journal recently reported, spent $270,000 at the Trump Hotel in Washington, DC, as part of a lobbying effort to roll back legislation that allows family members of 9/11 attack victims to sue the Saudi government. (C) During the transition, Jared Kushner, the President’s son-in-law and White House senior adviser, met with Sergey N. Gorkov, chief of Vnesheconombank (VEB), in what the White House described as part of routine diplomatic