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

I 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 10, 2020 Mr. GOODEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To prohibit offices of Congress from appointing interns who are citizens of certain countries which exert malign for- eign influences in the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PROHIBITING APPOINTMENT OF INTERNS WHO 3 ARE CITIZENS OF COUNTRIES EXERTING MA- 4 LIGN FOREIGN INFLUENCES. 5 (a) PROHIBITION.—An office of Congress, including 6 an office of a joint committee of Congress, may not ap- 7 point an individual as a paid or unpaid intern if the indi- 8 vidual is a citizen of a covered foreign country. 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:40 Dec 26, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8940.IH H8940 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8940 IH (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 1 (1) the term ‘‘covered foreign country’’ has the 2 meaning given such term in section 119C(e)(1) of 3 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 4 3059(e)(1)); and 5 (2) the term ‘‘intern’’ means, with respect to an 6 office of Congress, an individual who serves in the 7 office for not more than 120 days in a 12-month pe- 8 riod and whose service is primarily for the edu- 9 cational experience of the individual. 10 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 11 respect to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress and 12 each succeeding Congress. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:40 Dec 26, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8940.IH H8940 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS