Prohibition on availability of funds for National Laboratories that admit certain foreign national visitors

(a) Prohibition No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Energy may be obligated or expended for any National Laboratory that authorizes the admission of a covered visitor to any area of the National Laboratory not accessible to the general public. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) The term covered visitor, with respect to a National Laboratory— (A) means a foreign national from a country of concern (as such term is defined in section 8512 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (50 U.S.C. 4581 note; Public Law 119–60)) that— (i) is not an employee of the Department of Energy or a management and operations contractor operating the National Laboratory on behalf of the Department of Energy; and (ii) has requested access to the premises, information, or technology of the National Laboratory; and (B) does not include any lawful permanent resident of the United States. (2) The term National Laboratory has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).