Hire American Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9063 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9063

To amend title 5, United States Code, to restrict the employment in the
 Federal Government of individuals who are not citizens or nationals,
                        and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 2026

   Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to restrict the employment in the
 Federal Government of individuals who are not citizens or nationals,
                        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 ``Hire American Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON EMPLOYMENT OF NONCITIZENS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 31 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 3117. Restriction on employment of noncitizens
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 274B of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b) and except as provided in
subsection (c), no individual may be an employee unless such individual
is a citizen or national of the United States.
    ``(b) Verification.--Prior to the appointment of an individual to a
position as an employee--
            ``(1) such person shall sign an affidavit attesting that
        such individual meets the requirements of subsection (a); and
            ``(2) the entity making such appointment shall verify the
        individual meets the requirements of subsection (a).
    ``(c) Exceptions.--The prohibition under subsection (a) does not
apply with respect to--
            ``(1) the employment of translators on a temporary or
        intermittent basis;
            ``(2) the employment in field services on a temporary or
        intermittent basis in response to an emergency;
            ``(3) the employment of international broadcasters by the
        United States Agency for Global Media; or
            ``(4) the employment of nonresident aliens as wildland
        firefighters by the Forest Service or the Department of the
        Interior for a period of not more than 120 days pursuant to an
        agreement with another country.
    ``(d) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management shall issue guidance to Federal agencies on the
implementation of this section.
    ``(e) Reporting.--Upon the appointment of one or more individuals
who do not meet the requirements of subsection (a) to positions as an
employees pursuant to subsection (c), the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management shall publish in the Federal Register--
            ``(1) for each appointment--
                    ``(A) the exception under subsection (c) pursuant
                to which such appointment was made;
                    ``(B) the agency or instrumentality of the
                Government that made the appointment; and
                    ``(C) the duration of the appointment; and
            ``(2) an explanation of the efforts of the Government to
        appoint to such positions individuals who meet the requirements
        of subsection (a).
    ``(f) False Declaration.--An individual who makes an affidavit
pursuant to subsection (b)(1) which such individual knows is a false
affidavit shall be fined not more than $50,000, imprisoned for not more
than 5 years, or both.
    ``(g) Existing Employees.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management shall submit to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report containing--
            ``(1) the number of employees, disaggregated by agency or
        instrumentality and position, who are not citizens or nationals
        of the United States; and
            ``(2) the number of employees with respect to which an
        exception under subsection (c) applies, disaggregated by agency
        or instrumentality and position.
    ``(h) Employee Defined.--For the purposes of this section, the term
`employee' includes employees of the United States Postal Service and
employees of the Postal Regulatory Commission.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 31 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 3116 the following new item:

``3117. Restriction on employment of noncitizens.''.
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