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New House Employee Rules: Background Checks and Foreign Payments Reporting

New rules mandate criminal background checks for all House of Representatives employees to enhance security. Additionally, employees must report any payments or agreements with foreign governments, increasing transparency and public trust in congressional staff.
Key points
All House of Representatives employees, new and existing, must undergo criminal background checks by the U.S. Capitol Police.
Employees must report payments or agreements with foreign governments from the past three years, and disclose foreign citizenship.
Reports on foreign government payments will be publicly available on the House Clerk's website, enhancing transparency.
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Additional Information
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require employees of the House to be subject to criminal background checks conducted by the United States Capitol Police, and for other purposes.
Print number: HRES 500
Sponsor: Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3]
Process start date: 2025-06-11