H.R. 7484 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7484 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 29, 2024Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To require Members of Congress who are foreign nationals to file a statement of their status as a foreign national, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dual Citizenship Disclosure Act. 2. Requiring statement of status as foreign national by Members of Congress (a) Requirement Not later than 90 days after taking the oath of office of a Member of Congress for a Congress, a Member who is a foreign national shall file with the appropriate congressional ethics committee a statement describing the Member’s status as a foreign national. (b) Exception Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to a Member of Congress who filed a statement required under subsection (a) during a previous Congress. (c) Penalty for noncompliance If a Member of Congress who is a foreign national fails to file the statement required under subsection (a), or if the appropriate congressional ethics committee determines that the statement is defective, the committee may impose a penalty on the Member of not more than $2,500, in addition to any other penalty applicable under the Rules of the House of Representatives or the Standing Rules of the Senate, as the case may be. (d) Definitions (1) Appropriate congressional ethics committee In this Act, the term appropriate congressional ethics committee means— (A) the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives, in the case of a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress; and (B) the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate, in the case of a Senator. (2) Foreign national In this Act, term foreign national means a national of a foreign state, as such terms are defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). (3) Member of Congress In this Act, the term Member of Congress means a Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. (e) Effective date This Act shall apply with respect to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress and each succeeding Congress.