[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8940 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8940

    To prohibit offices of Congress from appointing interns who are 
citizens of certain countries which exert malign foreign influences in 
                           the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2020

  Mr. Gooden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit offices of Congress from appointing interns who are 
citizens of certain countries which exert malign foreign influences in 
                           the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING APPOINTMENT OF INTERNS WHO ARE CITIZENS OF 
              COUNTRIES EXERTING MALIGN FOREIGN INFLUENCES.

    (a) Prohibition.--An office of Congress, including an office of a 
joint committee of Congress, may not appoint an individual as a paid or 
unpaid intern if the individual is a citizen of a covered foreign 
country.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``covered foreign country'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 119C(e)(1) of the National Security 
        Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3059(e)(1)); and
            (2) the term ``intern'' means, with respect to an office of 
        Congress, an individual who serves in the office for not more 
        than 120 days in a 12-month period and whose service is 
        primarily for the educational experience of the individual.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to the 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress and each succeeding Congress.
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