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119-hr-7616119th CongressWALLET

Transatlantic Academic Security and Risk Mitigation Act

Sponsored By: Representative Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]

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Summary

Identify and mitigate risks from PRC-linked entities in European universities and research institutions. This bill would require the State Department to produce a strategy to spot, assess, and reduce relationships between European higher‑education and research institutions and specified People’s Republic of China actors.

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  • European colleges and research centers would be mapped and evaluated for direct or indirect ties to covered PRC entities. The strategy must report the scale, scope, and activities by country.
  • U.S. diplomats and policymakers would get a checklist of vulnerabilities, threat assessments, and recommended bilateral and multilateral steps to reduce risks to U.S. and allied interests.
  • The bill sets a broad definition of “covered entities of concern,” including PRC firms tied to military‑civil fusion or the defense industrial base, participants in PRC foreign talent recruitment within the prior 10 years, groups directing campus organizations like Confucius Institutes or Chinese Student and Scholars Associations, actors linked to forced labor, and entities engaged in foreign malign influence.
  • The Under Secretary for Political Affairs would have 180 days to submit an unclassified strategy and to brief the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The strategy may include a classified annex.

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New State plan on Europe campus risks

This bill would require the State Department to deliver a strategy within 180 days after enactment. The strategy would cover European universities and research institutions that have direct or indirect ties to certain foreign entities. It would explain how the Department would identify, assess, and mitigate risky relationships. The report would list the scale and activities of those entities by country and evaluate threats to the United States and to European partners. The report would be unclassified but could include a classified annex, and the Under Secretary would brief two congressional committees. The bill would also define who counts as a "covered entity of concern" and what a "covered European institution" is, effective on enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]

TX • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Fine, Randy [R-FL-6]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/20/2026

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 3/2/2026

  • Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

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