# 119-s-1317: Safeguarding American Education From Foreign Control Act

119-s-1317, Safeguarding American Education From Foreign Control Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1317
- Congress: 119
- Title: Safeguarding American Education From Foreign Control Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-07
- Sponsor: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Centralized disclosure of foreign gifts and contracts** would replace current HEA section 117 rules with a new Disclosure Report regime and require the Department of Education to share those reports with the FBI Director and the Director of National Intelligence. - Colleges and universities would have to file a Disclosure Report when owned or controlled by a foreign source or when they receive foreign gifts or contracts that meet the bill's thresholds: $250,000 aggregated per calendar year for sources not tied to a covered nation and any value for sources associated with a covered nation. - Foreign donors and contracting entities tied to covered nations would trigger immediate reporting at any value, while other foreign sources would trigger reporting only after their annual giving or contracts reach $250,000. - The Secretary of Education would have to transmit each disclosure, document, or record to the FBI Director and the DNI Director within 10 days of receipt and would have to send any reports or records the Department already holds and any records generated in compliance investigations within 90 days of enactment.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Education records shared with FBI: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of Education would have to send certain higher education disclosure records to the FBI and the Director of National Intelligence. Within 90 days after enactment, the Department would send any report or record it ever received under current law and any records it created wh…
- New foreign gift reporting rules: mixed, low. If enacted, colleges and universities owned or controlled by a foreign source would have to file disclosure reports with the Department of Education for certain foreign gifts and contracts. Gifts or contracts of $250,000 or more from a foreign source in a calendar year would trigger reporting, unle…

## Related bills

- 119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026
- 119-s-382: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- 119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1317 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1317)

## Related
- [119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-292)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-401)
- [119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4429)
- [119-s-382: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-382)
- [119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1816)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1317 (as of 2025-12-21).