119-hr1365

[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.

_______________________________________________________________________

 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

_______________________________________________________________________

 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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