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.

Bill: 118-hres-207
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2023-03-08
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution prohibits a Member of the House of Representatives from serving on a board of directors (1) of an entity that is affiliated with China or another foreign adversary, or (2) that includes any agent of China or other foreign adversary.</p>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 207 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 Department of the Chinese Communist Party, any other element of the Chinese Communist Party, or any foreign adversary, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibiting service on boards affiliated with Chinese Communist Party or foreign adversaries Clause 2 of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended— (1) by striking or at the end of paragraph (d); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (e) and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (f) serve— (1) 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 government or person determined by the Secretary of State to be a foreign adversary under section 7.4 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations as of March 1, 2023; or (2) on any board of directors whose members include any member or agent of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party, any other element of the Chinese Communist Party, or any government or person determined by the Secretary of State to be a foreign adversary under section 7.4 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations as of March 1, 2023. .