,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bi1 #bjbf,ms4  
,mace introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to restrict the          
employment in the ,federal ,government  
of individuals who are not citizens or  
nationals1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,hire ,american ,act4  #b4         
,restriction on employment of           
noncitizens  7a7 ,in general ,subchapter
 ,i of chapter #ca of title #e1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new section3      
#caag4 ,restriction on employment of    
noncitizens  7a7 ,in general            
,notwithstanding section #bgd;,b of the 
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #acbd;b7 and except as        
provided in subsection 7c71 no          
individual may be an employee unless    

such individual is a citizen or national
 of the ,united ,states4  7b7           
,verification ,prior to the appointment 
of an individual to a position as an    
employee-- 7#a7 such person shall sign  
an affidavit attesting that such        
individual meets the requirements of    
subsection 7a72 and  7#b7 the entity    
making such appointment shall verify the
 individual meets the requirements of   
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,exceptions ,the   
prohibition under subsection 7a7 does   
not apply with respect to--  7#a7 the   
employment of translators on a temporary
 or intermittent basis2  7#b7 the       
employment in field services on a       
temporary or intermittent basis in      
response to an emergency2  7#c7 the     
employment of international broadcasters
 by the ,united ,states ,agency for     
,global ,media2 or  7#d7 the employment 
of nonresident aliens as wildland       
firefighters by the ,forest ,service or 
the ,department of the ,interior for a  
period of not more than #abj days       

pursuant to an agreement with another   
country4  7d7 ,guidance ,not later than 
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this section1 the ,director
 of the ,office of ,personnel           
,management shall issue guidance to     
,federal agencies on the implementation 
of this section4  7e7 ,reporting ,upon  
the appointment of one or more          
individuals who do not meet the         
requirements of subsection 7a7 to       
positions as an employees pursuant to   
subsection 7c71 the ,director of the    
,office of ,personnel ,management shall 
publish in the ,federal ,register--     
7#a7 for each appointment-- 7,a7 the    
exception under subsection 7c7 pursuant 
to which such appointment was made2     
7,b7 the agency or instrumentality of   
the ,government that made the           
appointment2 and  7,c7 the duration of  
the appointment2 and  7#b7 an           
explanation of the efforts of the       
,government to appoint to such positions
 individuals who meet the requirements  

of subsection 7a74  7f7 ,false          
declaration ,an individual who makes an 
affidavit pursuant to subsection 7b77#a7
 which such individual knows is a false 
affidavit shall be fined not more than  
#ej1jjj1 imprisoned for not more than #e
 years1 or both4  7g7 ,existing         
employees ,not later than #ahj days     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,director of the ,office of   
,personnel ,management shall submit to  
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate a report        
containing-- 7#a7 the number of         
employees1 disaggregated by agency or   
instrumentality and position1 who are   
not citizens or nationals of the ,united
 ,states2 and  7#b7 the number of       
employees with respect to which an      
exception under subsection 7c7 applies1 
disaggregated by agency or              
instrumentality and position4  7h7      

,employee defined ,for the purposes of  
this section1 the term employee includes
 employees of the ,united ,states       
,postal ,service and employees of the   
,postal ,regulatory ,commission4  4  7b7
 ,clerical amendment ,the table of      
sections for chapter #ca of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after the item relating to    
section #caaf the following new item3   
#caag4 ,restriction on employment of    
noncitizens4  4