S.Amdt. 6118

SA 6118. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. VISITORS TO NATIONAL LABORATORIES.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Country of concern.--The term ``country of concern''
means--
(A) the People's Republic of China;
(B) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
(C) the Russian Federation;
(D) the Islamic Republic of Iran; and
(E) any other country determined by the Secretary of State.
(2) Covered visitor.--
(A) In general.--The term ``covered visitor'' means a
foreign national from a country of concern that--
(i) is not an employee of the Department of Energy or the
management and operations contractor operating a National
Laboratory on behalf of the Department of Energy; and
(ii) has requested access to the premises, information, or
technology of a National Laboratory.

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(B) Exclusion.--The term ``covered visitor'' does not
include any lawful permanent resident of the United States.
(b) Prohibition.--No funds made available under this Act
may be expended on a National Laboratory (as defined in
section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801))
that admits a covered visitor to any area of the National
Laboratory that is not accessible to the general public.
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