,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hidj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aj1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,gooden introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit offices of    
,congress from appointing interns who   
are citizens of certain countries which 
exert malign foreign influences in the  
,united ,states4  #a4 ,prohibiting      
appointment of interns who are citizens 
of countries exerting malign foreign    
influences  7a7 ,prohibition ,an office 
of ,congress1 including an office of a  
joint committee of ,congress1 may not   
appoint an individual as a paid or      
unpaid intern if the individual is a    
citizen of a covered foreign country4   
7b7 ,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7
 the term covered foreign country has   
the meaning given such term in section  
#aai;,c7e77#a7 of the ,national         
,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4  
#cjei7;e77#a772 and  7#b7 the term      

intern means1 with respect to an office 
of ,congress1 an individual who serves  
in the office for not more than #abj    
days in a #ab-month period and whose    
service is primarily for the educational
 experience of the individual4  7c7     
,effective date ,this section shall     
apply with respect to the ,one ,hundred 
,seventeenth ,congress and each         
succeeding ,congress4