[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9660 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9660

    To prohibit the use of funds by the intelligence community for 
 research, development, or technical support performed by any National 
            Laboratory that lacks certain security measures.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2026

  Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the use of funds by the intelligence community for 
 research, development, or technical support performed by any National 
            Laboratory that lacks certain security measures.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Hostile Operatives in our 
National Labs Obtaining Our Knowledge which Establishes Risks to our 
Security Act'' or the ``No Hostile ONLOOKERS Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, OR 
              TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL LABORATORIES LACKING 
              CERTAIN SECURITY MEASURES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Country of risk.--The term ``country of risk'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 6432 of the Intelligence 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159).
            (2) Covered assignee; covered visitor.--The terms ``covered 
        assignee'' and ``covered visitor'' have the meanings given such 
        terms in section 6432 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
        Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 119-60).
            (3) National intelligence program.--The term ``National 
        Intelligence Program'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
        3003).
            (4) National laboratory.--The term ``National Laboratory'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Energy 
        Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
            (5) Nontraditional intelligence collection.--The term 
        ``nontraditional intelligence collection'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 6432 of the Intelligence 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 119-60).
    (b) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the head of 
an element of the intelligence community may not obligate or expend any 
amount for research, development, or technical support performed by any 
National Laboratory when such National Laboratory permits covered 
assignees or covered visitors from countries of risk to access any of 
the premises, information, or technology of the National Laboratory.
    (c) Waiver.--The head of an element of the intelligence community 
may waive the prohibition in subsection (b) for research, development, 
or technical support as part of a program, project, or activity of the 
element that is within the National Intelligence Program if the head 
submits to the congressional intelligence committees--
            (1) a certification that the research, development, or 
        technical support for which funds are to be expended are not at 
        risk of collection from a foreign intelligence agency or 
        nontraditional intelligence collection; and
            (2) the justification for the waiver.
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