# 119-hr-8559: To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit certain institutions of higher education from receiving research and development awards, and for other purposes.

119-hr-8559, To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit certain institutions of higher education from receiving research and development awards, and for other purposes., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8559
- Congress: 119
- Title: To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit certain institutions of higher education from receiving research and development awards, and for other purposes.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Blocks federal R&D awards for five years to universities that accept certain foreign research funds.** This bill would bar an institution of higher education from receiving a research and development award for 5 years after it takes foreign-source funding to carry out a specified task tied to national security or military applications. - Institutions affected: The ban applies to any "institution of higher education" as defined in the Higher Education Act, so colleges and universities are directly in scope. - Foreign sources defined: It targets funding from specified foreign governments or their entities and agents, including China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Turkey, and Qatar, and any other country the Secretary of State designates. - Covered research: "Specified task" covers R&D with national-security or military applications, including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and quantum information science, linking those projects to the award disqualification.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Colleges barred from federal research awards: cost, medium. If enacted, this bill would bar a college or university from getting a federal research and development award for five years after it receives money from a covered foreign source to do certain work. Covered foreign sources would include governments such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuel…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-8559 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8559)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8559 (as of 2026-09-21).