[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1365 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1365

To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 
    to place certain restrictions on members and activities of the 
  Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation of the Department of 
                    Energy, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2025

    Mr. Webster of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 
    to place certain restrictions on members and activities of the 
  Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation of the Department of 
                    Energy, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``America First Energy Act''.

SEC. 2. FOUNDATION FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND INNOVATION OF THE DEPARTMENT 
              OF ENERGY.

    Section 10691 of the Research and Development, Competition, and 
Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19281; enacted as part of division B of 
Public Law 117-167) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph (I) 
                to read as follows:
                    ``(I) Restrictions on membership.--
                            ``(i) Employees.--No employee of the 
                        Department may be appointed as a voting member 
                        of the Board.
                            ``(ii) Status.--Each voting member of the 
                        Board shall be--
                                    ``(I) a citizen of the United 
                                States;
                                    ``(II) a national of the United 
                                States (as such term is defined in 
                                section 101(a) of the Immigration and 
                                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a));
                                    ``(III) an alien admitted as a 
                                refugee under section 207 of such Act 
                                (8 U.S.C. 1157); or
                                    ``(IV) an alien lawfully admitted 
                                to the United States for permanent 
                                residence.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(M) Restrictions.--
                            ``(i) Executive director.--The Executive 
                        Director shall be--
                                    ``(I) a citizen of the United 
                                States;
                                    ``(II) a national of the United 
                                States (as such term is defined in 
                                section 101(a) of the Immigration and 
                                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a));
                                    ``(III) an alien admitted as a 
                                refugee under section 207 of such Act 
                                (8 U.S.C. 1157); or
                                    ``(IV) an alien lawfully admitted 
                                to the United States for permanent 
                                residence.
                            ``(ii) Officers and employees.--Each 
                        officer or employee of the Foundation shall 
                        be--
                                    ``(I) a citizen of the United 
                                States;
                                    ``(II) a national of the United 
                                States (as such term is defined in 
                                section 101(a) of the Immigration and 
                                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a));
                                    ``(III) an alien admitted as a 
                                refugee under section 207 of such Act 
                                (8 U.S.C. 1157); or
                                    ``(IV) an alien lawfully admitted 
                                to the United States for permanent 
                                residence.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Security.--This section shall be carried out in accordance 
with the provisions of subtitle D of this title and section 223 of the 
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (42 U.S.C. 6605).''.
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