Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§19040 Foreign Financial Support

Title 42 › CHAPTER 163 — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE › Part D — NSF Research Security › § 19040

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must ask each college or university that gets an award to give a short yearly report listing any money or contracts of $50,000 or more that came, directly or indirectly, from a foreign source tied to a country of concern. The report must come from the school, its foundation, and related groups like education, cultural, or language entities. The school must keep true copies of the underlying records until the latest of these dates: four years after the agreement, the day the agreement ends, or the last day required by state public records law. The Director can ask to see contracts or financial papers that back up the report. Working through the research security office, in coordination with the Foundation’s Inspector General and after consulting the school, the Director can reduce, suspend, or end the award if the school fails to keep records, refuses to provide information, or if the Chief of Research Security finds a threat to research security.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §19040

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(a)In general

The Director shall request, on an annual basis, from a recipient institution of higher education a disclosure, in the form of a summary document, from the institution, a foundation of the institution, and related entities such as any educational, cultural, or language entity, of the current financial support, the value of which is $50,000 or more, including gifts and contracts, received directly or indirectly from a foreign source (as such term is defined in section 1011f(h)(2) of title 20) associated with a foreign country of concern.

(b)Records

Each disclosure to the Director under this section shall be made on the condition that the institution will maintain a true copy of the relevant records subject to the disclosure requirement until the latest of— (1)

(2)the date on which the agreement terminates; or

(3)the last day of any period that applicable State public record law requires a true copy of such agreement to be maintained.

(c)Documentation

Upon review of the disclosures under this section, the Director may request that a recipient institution provide true copies of any contracts, agreements, or documentation of financial transactions associated with disclosures made under this section.

(d)Office of the Inspector General

The Director, acting through the Office of Research Security and Policy in coordination with the Foundation’s Office of Inspector General and in consultation with the recipient institution, may reduce the award funding amount or suspend or terminate the award if the Director determines—

(1)such institution fails to comply with the records retention requirement in subsection (b) or fails to provide information requested under this section; or

(2)the Chief of Research Security determines the disclosures under this section indicate a threat to research security.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 19040

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110