,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bi1       
#bjbd,mr4 ,burchett introduced the      
following bill2 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 national1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,dual ,citizenship  
,disclosure ,act4  #b4 ,requiring       
statement of status as foreign national 
by ,members of ,congress  7a7           
,requirement ,not later than #ij days   
after taking the oath of office of a    
,member of ,congress for a ,congress1 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       
national4  7b7 ,exception ,subsection   
7a7 does not apply with respect to a    
,member of ,congress who filed a        

statement required under subsection 7a7 
during a previous ,congress4  7c7       
,penalty for noncompliance ,if a ,member
 of ,congress who is a foreign national 
fails to file the statement required    
under subsection 7a71 or if the         
appropriate congressional ethics        
committee determines that the statement 
is defective1 the committee may impose a
 penalty on the ,member of not more than
 #b1ejj1 in addition to any other       
penalty applicable under the ,rules of  
the ,house of ,representatives or the   
,standing ,rules of the ,senate1 as the 
case may be4  7d7 ,definitions  7#a7    
,appropriate congressional ethics       
committee ,in this ,act1 the term       
appropriate congressional ethics        
committee means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on
 ,ethics of the ,house of               
,representatives1 in the case of a      
,representative in1 or ,delegate or     
,resident ,commissioner to1 the         
,congress2 and  7,b7 the ,select        
,committee on ,ethics of the ,senate1 in

 the case of a ,senator4  7#b7 ,foreign 
national ,in this ,act1 term foreign    
national means a national of a foreign  
state1 as such terms are defined in     
section #aja of the ,immigration and    
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaja74 
7#c7 ,member of ,congress ,in this ,act1
 the term ,member of ,congress means a  
,senator or a ,representative in1 or    
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1
 the ,congress4  7e7 ,effective date    
,this ,act shall apply with respect to  
the ,one ,hundred ,nineteenth ,congress 
and each succeeding ,congress4