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Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members, officers, and employees of the House from serving on the board of directors of any entity which receives funding from, or is affiliated with or owned or controlled by, the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party, any other element of the Chinese Communist Party, or any foreign adversary, and for other purposes.

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What This Bill Does

This bill changes the rules that House members, officers and employees must follow. It adds a new prohibition that prevents these individuals from serving on boards of directors for organizations that receive money from or are controlled by the Chinese Communist Party or groups the Secretary of State identifies as foreign adversaries.

Who It Affects

Members of the House of Representatives, officers of the House and employees of the House.

Key Provisions

- House members, officers and employees cannot serve on the board of directors of any organization that receives funding from, is affiliated with, owned by or controlled by the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party, any other part of the Chinese Communist Party, or any government or person the Secretary of State determines to be a foreign adversary (Sec. 1) - House members, officers and employees cannot serve on any board of directors that includes members or agents of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party, any other part of the Chinese Communist Party, or any government or person the Secretary of State determines to be a foreign adversary (Sec. 1)

What Changes

The bill adds new restrictions to the House Rules by modifying Clause 2 of Rule XXV. It creates a new paragraph that lists prohibited board service as an additional conflict of interest rule for House members, officers and employees.

Important Definitions

None explicitly defined in the bill text.

IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 207 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members, officers, and employees of the House from serving on the board of directors of any entity which receives funding from, or is affiliated with or owned or controlled by, the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party, any other element of the Chinese Communist Party, or any foreign adversary, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 8, 2023 Mr. LUTTRELL (for himself, Mr. HERN, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, and Mr. ELLZEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members, officers, and employees of the House from serving on the board of directors of any entity which receives funding from, or is affiliated with or owned or controlled by, the United Front Work Depart- ment of the Chinese Communist Party, any other ele- ment of the Chinese Communist Party, or any foreign adversary, and for other purposes. Resolved, 1 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 Mar 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR207.IH HR207 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 207 IH SECTION 1. PROHIBITING SERVICE ON BOARDS AFFILI- 1 ATED WITH CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY OR 2 FOREIGN ADVERSARIES. 3 Clause 2 of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of 4 Representatives is amended— 5 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 6 (d); 7 (2) by striking the period at the end of para- 8 graph (e) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 9 (3) by adding at the end the following new 10 paragraph: 11 ‘‘(f) serve— 12 ‘‘(1) on the board of directors of any entity 13 which receives funding from, or is affiliated 14 with or owned or controlled by, the United 15 Front Work Department of the Chinese Com- 16 munist Party, any other element of the Chinese 17 Communist Party, or any government or person 18 determined by the Secretary of State to be a 19 foreign adversary under section 7.4 of title 15, 20 Code of Federal Regulations as of March 1, 21 2023; or 22 ‘‘(2) on any board of directors whose mem- 23 bers include any member or agent of the United 24 Front Work Department of the Chinese Com- 25 munist Party, any other element of the Chinese 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 Mar 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR207.IH HR207 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 207 IH Communist Party, or any government or person 1 determined by the Secretary of State to be a 2 foreign adversary under section 7.4 of title 15, 3 Code of Federal Regulations as of March 1, 4 2023.’’. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 Mar 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR207.IH HR207 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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