1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect the National Security Council From Political Interference Act of 2017 . 2. Protection of National Security Council from political interference (a) Limitation on National Security Council membership Section 101(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking The President may designate and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (3), the President may designate ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Prohibition on membership of political officers The President may not designate any individual whose primary or predominant responsibility is political in nature to serve as a member of the Council or otherwise to regularly attend or participate in meetings of the Council or meetings convened under the auspices of the Council, including Principals Committee meetings. . (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that no limitations should be imposed on the ability of the Director of National Intelligence or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or their designees, to attend any Principals Committee meeting convened under the auspices of the National Security Council or any other senior interagency meeting convened for the purpose of considering policy issues that affect the national security interests of the United States.