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Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education from receiving gifts from or entering into contracts with foreign countries of concern.
Summary
This bill amends the Higher Education Act to prohibit colleges and universities from receiving gifts or entering into contracts with "foreign countries of concern." A foreign country of concern is defined as any nation designated as a covered nation under defense regulations, or any country that the Secretary of Education determines, in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense and State and the Director of National Intelligence, to be engaged in conduct detrimental to U.S. national security or foreign policy. The bill modifies existing disclosure requirements for foreign gifts to exclude transactions with foreign countries of concern. The prohibition does not affect students' ability to pay tuition, room and board, fees, or other costs of attendance at U.S. institutions.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK)
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Actions (2)
- May 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- May 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 13, 2025
Mr. Sullivan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education from receiving gifts from or entering into contracts with foreign countries of concern.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act”.
SEC. 2. FUNDS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF CONCERN.
(a) Disclosures of Foreign Gifts.—Section 117(h)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f(h)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting “, except that such term does not include a foreign country of concern as defined in section 117A” after “agency of a foreign government”.
(b) Prohibition on Funds From Foreign Countries of Concern.—Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 117 the following:
“SEC. 117A. PROHIBITION ON GIFTS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF CONCERN.
“(a) Definitions.—In this section:
“(1) Contract.—The term ‘contract’ has the meaning given that term in section 117.
“(2) Foreign country of concern.—The term ‘foreign country of concern’ includes the following:
“(A) A country that is a covered nation (as defined in section 4872(d) of title 10, United States Code).
“(B) Any country that the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence, determines to be engaged in conduct that is detrimental to the national security or foreign policy of the United States.
“(3) Gift.—The term ‘gift’ has the meaning given that term in section 117.
“(4) Institution.—The term ‘institution’ has the meaning given that term in section 117.
“(b) In General.—An institution shall not receive a gift from or enter into a contract with a foreign country of concern.
“(c) Rule of Construction.—This section shall not be construed to affect the payment of tuition, room and board, fees, or other aspects of cost of attendance.”. <all>
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