# 119-hr-4902: Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act

119-hr-4902, Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4902
- Congress: 119
- Title: Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-08-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Block certain foreign governments from giving money or signing contracts with U.S. colleges to curb foreign influence.** This bill would add a new Section 117A to the Higher Education Act and bar institutions from accepting gifts or entering contracts with designated "foreign countries of concern." - Institutions: It would prohibit colleges and universities from receiving gifts or entering contracts with countries labeled as foreign countries of concern. The designation covers "covered nations" under 10 U.S.C. 4872(d) and any country the Secretary, with Defense, State, and Intelligence input, finds harmful to U.S. national security or foreign policy. - Students and families: The bill explicitly preserves ordinary student payments. Tuition, room and board, fees, and other cost-of-attendance payments are not affected by the ban. - Disclosure and policy alignment: The bill amends the Higher Education Act disclosure rules so gifts from these designated countries are excluded from the statute's definition of foreign gifts, aligning reporting rules with the new prohibition.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban on foreign funding and contracts at colleges: mixed, medium. If enacted, colleges and universities would be barred from taking gifts or signing contracts with certain foreign countries. The Secretary of Education, with Defense, State, and the intelligence chief, would decide which countries count. The bill would use existing section 117 meanings for gift, co…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4902 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4902)

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- [119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-687)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4902 (as of 2026-04-21).