§19232 Malign foreign talent recruitment program prohibition

Summary

Federal research agencies must, within 24 months after August 9, 2022, adopt a rule for research grant proposals that makes each covered individual listed on a proposal say they are not part of a malign foreign talent recruitment program when they apply and then every year while the award lasts. The school or organization applying must say it told its covered employees about the rule and that those employees complied. Agencies must post the proposed rule in the Federal Register and allow up to 60 days for public comment. Agencies and grant recipients must follow Title VI of the Civil Rights Act when making these rules. The certification rule does not apply to awards made or applied for before the agency’s rule starts. The rule cannot ban certain international activities—like giving scholarly talks or publishing, joining open international conferences or research exchanges, advising or recommending a foreign student, and other agency-approved international work—unless those activities are funded, run, or managed by an academic institution or a foreign talent recruitment program listed under paragraphs (8) and (9) of section 1286(c) of the John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019. Agencies must also require award recipients to train covered employees about the risks of malign foreign talent recruitment programs.