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A Virginia Democrat wants to use the House's annual defense policy bill to block President Trump from forming a joint cybersecurity unit with Russia.

Rep. Don Beyer filed a late amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act on Monday that forbids any money from being used on intelligence sharing, equipment, personnel or facilities related to any such cyber agreement with Moscow.

The NDAA is heading to a floor vote, likely later this week, and Beyer's amendment is among nearly 400 that have been filed by lawmakers hoping to get a chance to have their issues heard. The House Rules Committee is slated to meet Wednesday to weigh which amendments may get a floor vote.

Trump floated the idea of creating an "impenetrable" cybersecurity unit to jointly oversee election hacking with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the two leaders met last week. But the idea fizzled over the weekend and was ridiculed by some top Republican senators such as Lindsay Graham and Marco Rubio.

The president appeared to have written off the idea on Sunday.

"The fact that President Putin and I discussed a cybersecurity unit doesn't mean I think it can happen. It can't," Trump tweeted following the criticism.

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Democrat moves to block Trump's joint Russia cyber unit - Washington Examiner