US Congress House Bill 7170 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-0)
Status: Introduced on June 11 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-11 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to disclose additional information related to gifts and contracts from foreign sources. Specifically, the bill requires IHEs, nonprofit departments within IHEs, and affiliates of IHEs (e.g., professors and researchers) to disclose in the byline of publications the total value of gifts, contracts, and financial assets received by them from foreign sources. The Department of Education (ED) must determine appropriate enforcement actions for failures to do so, such as imposing a probationary period or limiting eligibility for federal funds. Additionally, IHEs must report to ED a gift or contract from a foreign source that has an annual value of $50,000 or more, considered in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with a foreign source. The fair market value of in-kind gifts is included in such limit. (Currently, a report is due if the annual value is $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with a foreign source.) Such reports to ED must also include the content of the contracts.

America FIRST Act America: Foreign Influence Resistance Starts with Transparency Act

Rep. Kevin Hern [R-OK]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Ross Spano [R-FL]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]
Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Chip Roy [R-TX]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]
Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Tim Burchett [R-TN]	Rep. Greg Murphy [R-NC]	Rep. Dan Bishop [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Garcia [R-CA]
Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Debbie Lesko [R-AZ]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Russ Fulcher [R-ID]
Rep. Nicholas Taylor [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Tiffany [R-WI]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2020-06-11	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7170/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7170/BILLS-116hr7170ih.pdf