1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Each year, many of the most talented law school graduates in the United States begin their legal careers as judicial law clerks. (2) The judicial clerkship program has given the judiciary access to a pool of exceptional young lawyers at a relatively low cost. (3) These same lawyers then go on to become leaders of their profession, where they serve a critical role in helping to educate the public about the judiciary and the judicial process. (4) The White House, the administrative agencies of the executive branch, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, and the United States Sentencing Commission all operate analogous programs for talented young professionals at the outset of their careers. (5) Congress is without a similar program. (6) At a time when our Nation faces considerable challenges, Congress and the public would benefit immeasurably from a program, modeled after the judicial clerkship program, that engages the brightest young lawyers in the Nation in the legislative process. (7) Accordingly, the Congress herein creates the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program, named after one of the most admired and distinguished lawyer-legislators ever to serve in Congress, to improve the business of Congress and increase the understanding of its work by the public. 3. Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program (a) Selection committees In this Act, the term Selection Committees means— (1) the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate