President Trump is required to notify US lawmakers before creating joint US-Russia cyber security unit

The proposal, if it became law, would be the latest in a series of maneuvers by Congress to limit President Trump’s authority on Russian matters. US President Donald Trump would be required to notify US lawmakers before creating a joint US-Russia cyber security unit — an idea that has drawn criticism across the political spectrum — under legislation advancing in Congress. A provision contained within the annual Intelligence Authorization Act and passed by the US Senate Intelligence Committee 14-1 would require the Trump administration to provide Congress with a report describing what intelligence would be shared with Russia, any counterintelligence concerns and how those concerns would be addressed. Trump last month said on Twitter that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had discussed establishing “an impenetrable Cyber Security unit” to address issues like the risk of cyber meddling in elections. Wyden also helped secure provisions in the bill that call for an intelligence report assessing the threat posed to the United States by Russian money laundering and another report examining whether cyber vulnerabilities in US cell networks, including a known bug in the global mobile network Signaling System No.