"We have no comments," the spokesperson said.
When asked whether the CIA is not able to comment because the 2017 Intelligence Authorization Bill to revive the committee is still pending, the official said, "yes."
On Monday, a BuzzFeed news outlet report cited a US intelligence community source saying the proposed intelligence bill in Congress calls for a revival of the Cold War-era group to counter Russian spies and Russian-sponsored assassinations in the United States.
The presidentially-appointed committee would investigate the funding of Russian covert broadcasting, media manipulation as well as secret funding, according to the report.
The 2017 Intelligence Authorization Bill was passed by the US Senate Intelligence Committee in May.
The bill calls on restricting Russian diplomats travel within the United States without official notifications to US authorities, limiting it to a 50-mile perimeter around the Russian embassy, according to media reports. All movement outside that perimeter would have to be investigated by the security services.
The Intelligence Authorization Bill must now be passed by the Senate.
Since 2014, relations between Russia and the United States deteriorated as Washington and its allies introduced several rounds of anti-Russia sanctions over the reunification of Crimea with Russia and allegations of Moscow interfering in the Ukrainian conflict.
Russia has repeatedly refuted such allegations, warning that the Western sanctions are counterproductive and undermine regional and global stability.
