# 119-s-1738: Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act

119-s-1738, Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1738
- Congress: 119
- Title: Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-13
- Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Bans gifts and contracts from designated foreign countries of concern to colleges and universities.** This bill would expand who counts as a 'foreign country of concern' and let the Secretary, after consulting Defense, State, and the Director of National Intelligence, designate countries that threaten U.S. national security or foreign policy. - Colleges and universities would be barred from accepting gifts or entering contracts with any country labeled a 'foreign country of concern.' - It changes foreign-gift reporting language by specifying that the phrase "agency of a foreign government" does not include a foreign country of concern for disclosure purposes. - The bill carves out everyday student payments by saying the ban does not affect tuition, room and board, fees, or other cost-of-attendance payments.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Colleges barred from certain foreign funding: cost, medium. This bill would bar colleges and universities from receiving gifts or entering contracts with certain foreign countries. It would define a "foreign country of concern" to include countries on the defense list in 10 U.S.C. 4872(d). It would also include any country the Secretary, after consulting De…

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- 119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- 119-s-306: Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025
- 119-s-688: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1738 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1738)

## Related
- [119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-524)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2142)
- [119-s-306: Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-306)
- [119-s-688: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-688)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1738 (as of 2025-12-21).