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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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America First Energy 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FOUNDATION FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND INNOVA-
TION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. 
Section 10691 of the Research and Development, 
Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19281; en-
acted as part of division B of Public Law 117–167) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by amending sub-
paragraph (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 sec-
tion 101(a) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)); 
‘‘(III) an alien admitted as a ref-
ugee under section 207 of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1157); or 
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‘‘(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 Ex-
ecutive Director shall be— 
‘‘(I) a citizen of the United 
States; 
‘‘(II) a national of the United 
States (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 101(a) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)); 
‘‘(III) an alien admitted as a ref-
ugee 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 Founda-
tion shall be— 
‘‘(I) a citizen of the United 
States; 
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‘‘(II) a national of the United 
States (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 101(a) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)); 
‘‘(III) an alien admitted as a ref-
ugee 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 sub-
section: 
‘‘(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 Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (42 
U.S.C. 6605).’’. 
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