,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #a1        
#bjag,mrs4 ,murphy of ,florida 7for     
herself1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,beyer1   
,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york1 ,ms4       
,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,clark of   
,massachusetts1 ,ms4 ,bordallo1 ,mr4    
,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,mr4 ,scott of 
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,ms4          
,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,ms4 ,moore1  
,mr4 ,schrader1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,ms4 ,lee1 
,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4     
,crdenas1 ,ms4 ,shea-,porter1 ,mr4      
,kind1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4  
,castor of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4  
,serrano1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4 ,speier1    
,mr4 ,cuellar1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4      
,cicilline1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,ted   
,lieu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4
 ,ben ,ray ,lujn of ,new ,mexico1 ,ms4  
,matsui1 ,mr4 ,crowley1 ,mr4 ,himes1    
,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4       
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,costa1   
,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 ,ms4 

,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,mr4         
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 
,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1 ,mr4 ,smith of
 ,washington1 ,mr4 ,polis1 ,mr4 ,correa1
 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,ms4 ,brownley of         
,california1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 
,takano1 and ,mr4 ,swalwell of          
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committees on ,foreign 
,affairs1 and ,intelligence 7,permanent 
,select71 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,national      
,security ,act of #aidg to protect the  
,national ,security ,council from       
political interference1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protect the        
,national ,security ,council ,from      
,political ,interference ,act of #bjag4 

#b4 ,protection of ,national ,security  
,council from political interference    
7a7 ,limitation on ,national ,security  
,council membership ,section #aja7;c7 of
 the ,national ,security ,act of #aidg  
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjba7 is amended--  7#a7
 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking ,the    
,president may designate and inserting  
,except as provided in paragraph 7#c71  
the ,president may designate2 and  7#b7 
by adding at the end the following new  
paragraph3  7#c7 ,prohibition on        
membership of political officers ,the   
,president may not designate any        
individual whose primary or predominant 
responsibility is political in nature to
 serve as a member of the ,council or   
otherwise to regularly attend or        
participate in meetings of the ,council 
or meetings convened under the auspices 
of the ,council1 including ,principals  
,committee meetings4  4  7b7 ,sense of  
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that no limitations should be imposed on
 the ability of the ,director of        

,national ,intelligence or the ,chairman
 of the ,joint ,chiefs of ,staff1 or    
their designees1 to attend any          
,principals ,committee meeting convened 
under the auspices of the ,national     
,security ,council or any other senior  
interagency meeting convened for the    
purpose of considering policy issues    
that affect the national security       
interests of the ,united ,states4