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119-hr-1018119th CongressWALLET

INSTRUCT Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8]

Introduced

Summary

Full public disclosure and interagency sharing of colleges' foreign gift and contract reports. The bill would make disclosure reports under Section 117 public and require the Education Secretary to send unredacted copies that include foreign source names and addresses to a list of federal agencies within 30 days.

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  • Colleges and universities would have to make their foreign gift and contract disclosure reports available for public inspection during business hours, including the names and addresses of foreign sources.
  • Foreign donors and contractors named in those reports would see their names and addresses published and shared with federal authorities.
  • Eleven national security, law enforcement, and science agencies would receive unredacted copies of each disclosure within 30 days, increasing cross‑agency access to the same documents.
  • The Education Secretary would also have to transmit any reports and internal investigation records received or generated before enactment within 90 days.
  • The Comptroller General would start a study within 180 days and deliver a public report within 3 years on improving agency coordination, compliance, and enforcement related to Section 117.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

GAO study on college foreign funding oversight

If enacted, the Government Accountability Office would start a study within 180 days. It would look at how to improve agency coordination, information sharing, compliance, and enforcement for colleges’ foreign funding reports. A public report to Congress would be due within 3 years.

College foreign funding reports shared widely

If enacted, colleges’ foreign gift and contract reports would be public records you could inspect and copy during business hours. The Secretary of Education would have to send an unredacted copy, including each foreign source’s name and address, to the FBI, intelligence chiefs, and the heads of State, Defense, Justice, Commerce, Homeland Security, Energy, NSF, and NIH within 30 days of receiving each report. Within 90 days of enactment, the Secretary would also send past reports and related investigation records to those same officials.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8]

IN • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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