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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10224 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10224

 To require nominees for certain senior positions in the Department of 
 Defense, the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, and 
    the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to publicly 
 disclose information about recent financial transactions with foreign 
                              governments.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2024

Mr. Kim of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees 
      on Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Ways and Means, and 
   Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To require nominees for certain senior positions in the Department of 
 Defense, the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, and 
    the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to publicly 
 disclose information about recent financial transactions with foreign 
                              governments.

    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 ``National Security Officials' Foreign 
Employment Disclosure Act''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY PUBLIC DISCLOSURES BY NEWLY NOMINATED CIVILIANS FOR 
              CERTAIN SENIOR GOVERNMENT POSITIONS.

    (a) Department of Defense.--
            (1) In general.--Section 113(f) of title 10, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(f)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Not later than 5 days after the President submits to 
        the Senate a nomination of an individual to occupy an office 
        referred to in paragraph (1), such individual shall disclose, 
        on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Defense, 
        a full and complete statement with respect to--
                    ``(A) the source, type, and amount or value of any 
                funds received by such individual from the government 
                of a foreign country, a foreign political party (as 
                such terms are defined in section 1 of the Foreign 
                Agent Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611)), or a 
                foreign governmental entity (as defined in section 
                1(m)(1)(B) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
                Act (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)(1)(B)) during the 5-year period 
                immediately preceding such nomination; and
                    ``(B) the source, duration, and type of any goods 
                or services provided by, or performed on behalf of or 
                for the benefit of, a foreign government, foreign 
                political party, or a foreign governmental entity 
                controlled by a foreign government during such 5-year 
                period.''.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 5 days after the President 
        submits to the Senate a nomination of an individual to occupy 
        an office referred to in section 113(f)(1) of title 10, United 
        States Code, who has worked for, or has requested a waiver to 
        work for, a foreign entity referred to in section 113(f)(2) of 
        such title, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to 
        the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate that--
                    (A) identifies such foreign entity and the work 
                such individual performed or requested to perform for 
                such entity;
                    (B) describes the outcome of such waiver request, 
                if applicable; and
                    (C) includes any other relevant information 
                regarding such foreign work, including the remuneration 
                received by such individual for such work.
    (b) Department of the Treasury.--Section 301 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g) Not later than 5 days after the President submits to the 
Senate a nomination of an individual to occupy an office authorized 
under this section requiring the advice and consent of the Senate, such 
individual shall disclose, on a publicly accessible website of the 
Department of the Treasury, a full and complete statement with respect 
to--
            ``(1) the source, type, and amount or value of any funds 
        received by such individual from the government of a foreign 
        country, a foreign political party (as such terms are defined 
        in section 1 of the Foreign Agent Registration Act of 1938 (22 
        U.S.C. 611)), or a foreign governmental entity (as defined in 
        section 1(m)(1)(B) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
        Act (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)(1)(B)) during the 5-year period 
        immediately preceding such nomination; and
            ``(2) the source, duration, and type of any goods or 
        services provided by, or performed on behalf of or for the 
        benefit of, a foreign government, foreign political party, or a 
        foreign governmental entity controlled by a foreign government 
        during such 5-year period.''.
    (c) Department of State.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1 of the State Department Basic 
        Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended by adding 
        at the end the following:
    ``(p) Disclosure Requirement.--Not later than 5 days after the 
President submits to the Senate a nomination of an individual to occupy 
an office authorized under this section requiring the advice and 
consent of the Senate, such individual shall disclose, on a publicly 
accessible website of the Department of State, a full and complete 
statement with respect to--
            ``(1) the source, type, and amount or value of any funds 
        received by such individual from the government of a foreign 
        country, a foreign political party (as such terms are defined 
        in section 1 of the Foreign Agent Registration Act of 1938 (22 
        U.S.C. 611)), or a foreign governmental entity (as defined in 
        section 1(m)(1)(B) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
        Act (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)(1)(B)) during the 5-year period 
        immediately preceding such nomination; and
            ``(2) the source, duration, and type of any goods or 
        services provided by, or performed on behalf of or for the 
        benefit of, a foreign government, foreign political party, or a 
        foreign governmental entity controlled by a foreign government 
        during such 5-year period.''.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 5 days after the President 
        submits to the Senate a nomination of an individual to occupy 
        an office referred to in section 1 of the State Department 
        Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) who has worked 
        for, or has requested a waiver to work for, a foreign entity 
        referred to in section 1(p)(1) of such Act, the Secretary of 
        State shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign 
        Relations of the Senate that--
                    (A) identifies such foreign entity and the work 
                such individual performed or requested to perform for 
                such entity;
                    (B) describes the outcome of such waiver request, 
                if applicable; and
                    (C) includes any other relevant information 
                regarding such foreign work, including the remuneration 
                received by such individual for such work.
    (d) Intelligence Agencies.--Title I of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
106A the following:

``SEC. 107. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT.

    ``Not later than 5 days after the President submits to the Senate a 
nomination of an individual to occupy an office authorized under this 
title requiring the advice and consent of the Senate, such individual 
shall disclose, on a publicly accessible website of the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence, a full and complete statement with 
respect to--
            ``(1) the source, type, and amount or value of any funds 
        received by such individual from the government of a foreign 
        country, a foreign political party (as such terms are defined 
        in section 1 of the Foreign Agent Registration Act of 1938 (22 
        U.S.C. 611)), or a foreign governmental entity (as defined in 
        section 1(m)(1)(B) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
        Act (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)(1)(B)) during the 5-year period 
        immediately preceding such nomination; and
            ``(2) the source, duration, and type of any goods or 
        services provided by, or performed on behalf of or for the 
        benefit of, a foreign government, foreign political party, or a 
        foreign governmental entity controlled by a foreign government 
        during such 5-year period.''.
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