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S 4634 117th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications

A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to administer polygraph examinations to certain foreign nationals with access to nonpublic areas or information of the National Laboratories.

Introduced: July 27, 2022 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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Jul 27, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 27, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of Energy to administer polygraphs to foreign nationals of countries of particular concern (as designated by the State Department based on the country's violations of religious freedom) as a condition of their employment at or internal access to the department's national laboratories.

What's happening now July 27, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

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Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Jul 28, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4634: A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to administer polygraph examinations to certain foreign nationals with access to nonpublic areas or information of the National Laboratories.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4634/
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"S. 4634: A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to administer polygraph examinations to certain foreign nationals with access to nonpublic areas or information of the National Laboratories.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4634/.
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S. 4634, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4634/.
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[S. 4634: A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to administer polygraph examinations to certain foreign nationals with access to nonpublic areas or information of the National Laboratories.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4634/)
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