Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act
Sponsored By: Senator Dan Sullivan
Introduced
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.
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- 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.
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Colleges barred from certain foreign funding
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 Defense, State, and the Director of National Intelligence, finds harmful to U.S. national security or foreign policy. The bill would use the meanings of "gift" and "institution" from section 117. It would not be construed to affect payment of tuition, room and board, fees, or other aspects of cost of attendance.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Dan Sullivan
AK • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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