To prohibit offices of Congress from appointing interns who are citizens of certain countries which exert malign foreign influences in the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8940.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 209, December 10, 2020, Page H7148):
  To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  232 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8940, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8940

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  10d2b89db43f525cb94511b956248fb311c99093df629adcab0f60f43d42ebe6

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8940, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.