Bill submitted by Congressmen Stephanie Murphy and Joe Cunningham. The initiative was a response to reports of "ties" between Russia and the Taliban *. 

“A bill directing the Director of National Intelligence to notify Congress in cases where the Director considers with a high or medium degree of certainty that a foreign country that is at peace with the United States is trying to cause death or serious bodily harm to members of the United States Armed Forces,” the statement says. description of the initiative.

As Murphy’s press service noted, this is the first bill introduced in response to “credible” statements by US intelligence that Moscow allegedly paid rewards to Taliban-related militants, “prompting them to kill US troops and coalitions in Afghanistan.”

When intelligence released the data, the U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration held an informal briefing at the White House for some members of Congress, the bill explains. At the same time, Republicans and Democrats were informed separately.

Murphy emphasizes that when it comes to a possible attack on US troops, Congress should be informed immediately without any differences in party affiliation.

It is assumed that the information will help the leadership of the factions to make more informed decisions on bills on the provision of authority and allocation of appropriations, as well as the oversight of the executive branch.

In June, The New York Times published material stating that Russia "provided rewards" to militants for attacking soldiers of an international coalition in Afghanistan. The source was anonymous US intelligence officials.

However, later at the Pentagon they said that the agency did not have intelligence and evidence of “leadership” of the Taliban’s actions on the part of Russia.

Trump, in turn, called the publication a custom stuffing, which has no foundation.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the statements of the American press "unpretentious stuffing," which illustrates the "low intellectual ability of propagandists from American intelligence."

In addition, the Russian embassy reported that Russian diplomats in Washington and London began to receive threats after this publication.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.