,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ibi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #aa          
7legislative day1 ,march #aj71 #bjbe,mr4
 ,cotton 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,ms4  
,collins1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4          
,lankford1 and ,mr4 ,risch7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,energy and ,natural ,resources  ,a     
,,bill  ,to prohibit ,national          
,laboratories from admitting certain    
foreign nationals1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,guarding ,american 
,technology from ,exploitation ,act of  
#bjbe or the ,,gate ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 
,prohibition on ,national ,laboratories 
admitting certain foreign nationals  7a7
 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7    
,assignee ,the term assignee means an   
individual who is seeking approval from1
 or has been approved by1 a ,national   
,laboratory to access the premises1     
information1 or technology of the       

,national ,laboratory for a period of   
more than #cj consecutive days4  7#b7   
,covered foreign national  7,a7 ,in     
general ,the term covered foreign       
national means a foreign national of any
 of the following countries3 7i7 ,the   
,people's ,republic of ,china4  7ii7    
,the ,russian ,federation4  7iii7 ,the  
,islamic ,republic of ,iran4  7iv7 ,the 
,democratic ,people's ,republic of      
,korea4  7v7 ,the ,republic of ,cuba4   
7,b7 ,exclusion ,the term covered       
foreign national does not include an    
individual that is-- 7i7 lawfully       
admitted for permanent residence 7as    
defined in section #aja7;a7 of the      
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;a7772 or  7ii7 a       
citizen of the ,united ,states4  7#c7   
,foreign national ,the term foreign     
national has the meaning given the term 
alien in section #aja7;a7 of the        
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;a774  7#d7 ,national   
,laboratory ,the term ,national         

,laboratory has the meaning given the   
term in section #b of the ,energy       
,policy ,act of #bjje 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#aehja74  7#e7 ,senior                  
counterintelligence official ,the term  
senior counterintelligence official     
means-- 7,a7 the ,director of the       
,federal ,bureau of ,investigation2     
7,b7 the ,deputy ,director of the       
,federal ,bureau of ,investigation2     
7,c7 the ,executive ,assistant ,director
 of the ,national ,security ,branch of  
the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation2 
and  7,d7 the ,assistant ,director of   
the ,counterintelligence ,division of   
the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation4 
7#f7 ,visitor ,the term visitor means an
 individual who is seeking approval     
from1 or has been approved by1 a        
,national ,laboratory to access the     
premises1 information1 or technology of 
the ,national ,laboratory for any period
 shorter than a period described in     
paragraph 7#a74  7b7 ,prohibition  7#a7 
,in general ,except as provided in      

paragraph 7#b71 beginning on the date of
 enactment of this ,act1 a ,national    
,laboratory-- 7,a7 shall not admit as a 
visitor or assignee any covered foreign 
national2 and  7,b7 shall prohibit      
access to any visitor or assignee that  
is a covered foreign national and has   
sought or obtained approval to access   
the premises1 information1 or technology
 of the ,national ,laboratory as of that
 date4  7#b7 ,waiver ,paragraph 7#a7    
shall not apply to a ,national          
,laboratory with respect to a covered   
foreign national if the ,secretary of   
,energy1 in consultation with the       
,director of the ,office of             
,intelligence and ,counterintelligence  
of the ,department of ,energy and a     
senior counterintelligence official--   
7,a7 certifies that the benefits to the 
,united ,states of admittance or access 
to the ,national ,laboratory by the     
covered foreign national outweigh the   
national security and economic risks to 
the ,united ,states2 and  7,b7 issues to

 the ,national ,laboratory1 in writing1 
a waiver of paragraph 7#a7 with respect 
to the covered foreign national4  7#c7  
,notification to ,congress ,not later   
than #cj days after the date on which a 
waiver is issued under paragraph 7#b71  
the ,secretary of ,energy shall submit  
to the ,select ,committee on            
,intelligence of the ,senate1 the       
,committee on ,energy and ,natural      
,resources of the ,senate1 the          
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation of the ,senate1 the     
,permanent ,select ,committee on        
,intelligence of the ,house of          
,representatives1 the ,committee on     
,energy and ,commerce of the ,house of  
,representatives1 and the ,committee on 
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology of the
 ,house of ,representatives a           
notification describing the waiver1     
including-- 7,a7 the country of origin  
of the covered foreign national who is  
the subject of the waiver2  7,b7 the    
date of the request by the covered      

foreign national for admission or access
 to the ,national ,laboratory2  7,c7 the
 date on which the decision to issue the
 waiver was made2 and  7,d7 the specific
 reasons for issuing the waiver4