TRUST Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9079 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9079

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the appointment or
  enlistment into the Armed Forces of foreign nationals from certain
              adversary countries, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 2026

     Mr. Strong (for himself, Mr. Moore of Alabama, and Mr. Crane)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the appointment or
  enlistment into the Armed Forces of foreign nationals from certain
              adversary countries, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Targeted Restrictions Upholding
Service Trustworthiness Act'' or ``TRUST Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Armed Forces represent the ultimate defense of the
        United States and the integrity, security, and undivided
        loyalty of members of the Armed Forces is paramount to national
        security.
            (2) Allowing foreign nationals from countries with
        interests that are adversary to the United States to serve in
        the Armed Forces of the United States creates an unacceptable
        risk of espionage, sabotage, unwarranted foreign influence, and
        compromise of sensitive information, technology, and
        operations.
            (3) The existing process for assessing the loyalty of
        foreign nationals, while comprehensive, is insufficient to
        mitigate the inherent and systemic risk posed by individuals
        with ties to foreign adversary governments.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN NATIONALS
              FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARIES.

    (a) Enlistment.--Section 504 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Nationals of Foreign Adversary Countries.--Notwithstanding
subsection (b), no person who is a national of a covered nation (as
defined in section 4872(f) of this title) may be enlisted in an armed
force.''.
    (b) Appointment.--Section 532(a) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a
        semicolon;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(4) has not been a national of a covered nation (as
        defined in section 4872(f) of this title) during the five-year
        period ending on the date of such appointment; and''.
    (c) Review of Existing Personnel.--Not later than one year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a report that--
            (1) identifies the number of members of the Armed Forces
        who--
                    (A) are foreign nationals of a covered nation (as
                defined in section 4872(f) of title 10, United States
                Code); and
                    (B) were lawfully admitted for permanent residence
                (as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))) on the date of
                accession to the Armed Forces;
            (2) identifies the date of accession to the Armed Forces of
        each member identified in paragraph (1);
            (3) identifies the number of years of service of each
        member identified in paragraph (1); and
            (4) identifies how many members identified in paragraph (1)
        are in the process of seeking citizenship in the United States.
    (d) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall apply to the original enlistment or original appointment of a
person as a member of the Armed Forces on or after the date that is 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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