119-hr2778

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2778 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2778

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional 
 disclosures relating to gifts and contracts from foreign sources.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 9, 2025

 Mrs. Houchin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Education and Workforce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional 
 disclosures relating to gifts and contracts from foreign sources.

 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 ``Safeguarding American Education From 
Foreign Control Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURES OF FOREIGN GIFTS.

    (a) Additional Disclosures Required.--

Section 117 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f) is amended--

    (1) by amending subsection

    (a) to read as follows:
 ``

    (a) Disclosure Report.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--Whenever any institution is owned or 
 controlled by a foreign source, or receives a gift from or 
 enters into a contract with a foreign source that equals or 
 exceeds the threshold value described in paragraph

    (2) , the 
 institution shall file a disclosure report with the Secretary 
 on January 31 or July 31, whichever is sooner.
 ``

    (2) Threshold value.--For purposes of subsection

    (a) , the 
 threshold value of a gift from or contract from a foreign 
 source is--
 ``
        (A) in the case of a foreign source that is not 
 associated with a covered nation, $250,000 or more, 
 considered alone or in combination with all other gifts 
 from or contracts with that foreign source within a 
 calendar year; and
 ``
        (B) in the case of a foreign source that is 
 associated with a covered nation, a gift or contract of 
 any value.'';

    (2) by redesignating subsections
            (d) through

    (h) as 
 subsections

    (e) through
            (i) , respectively;

    (3) by inserting after subsection
            (c) the following:
 ``
            (d) Additional Submissions.--Not later than 10 days after 
receiving a disclosure report, document, or other record from an 
institution under this section, the Secretary shall transmit a copy of 
such report, document, or record to the Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation and the Director of National Intelligence.''; and

    (4) in subsection
            (i) , as so redesignated--
        (A) by redesignating paragraphs

    (1) through

    (5) as 
 paragraphs

    (2) through

    (6) ; and
        (B) by inserting before paragraph

    (2) , as so 
 redesignated, the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (1) the term `covered nation' has the meaning given that 
 term in 

section 4872

    (f)

    (2) of title 10, United States Code;''.

    (b) Transmittal of Records to FBI and DNI.--Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education 
shall transmit to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
and the Director of National Intelligence--

    (1) any report, document, or other record received by the 
 Department of Education under 

section 117 of the Higher 
 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f), regardless of the date 
 on which the record was received or the status of the case to 
 which the record pertains; and

    (2) any report, document, or other record generated by the 
 Department of Education in the course of an investigation into 
 the compliance of an institution with such section.
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