HALT Our Adversaries Act

Halting Academic Liaisons To Our Adversaries Act or the HALT Our Adversaries Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to identify academic institutions of China, Russia, and other countries that are known to provide support to China's People's Liberation Army or Russia's armed forces. Further, the bill prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving federal funds if it maintains a contract or other agreement with such an academic institution identified by DOD.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7855 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7855

 To prohibit Federal funding for institutions of higher education that 
  have agreements with certain academic institutions in the People's 
 Republic of China and the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2022

 Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Turner, Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick, Ms. Tenney, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Pfluger, and Mrs. Spartz) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
    Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit Federal funding for institutions of higher education that 
  have agreements with certain academic institutions in the People's 
 Republic of China and the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Halting Academic Liaisons To Our 
Adversaries Act'' or the ``HALT Our Adversaries Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PROTECTION OF NATIONAL 
              SECURITY ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS FROM UNDUE INFLUENCE AND 
              OTHER SECURITY THREATS.

    (a) In General.--Subclause (iii) of section 1286(c)(8)(A) of the 
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
(10 U.S.C. 4001 note; Public Law 115-232) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (I), by striking ``or'' at the end; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(III) to provide support to the 
                                People's Liberation Army or the Armed 
                                Forces of the Russian Federation; or''.
    (b) Prohibition on Availability of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--An institution of higher education that 
        maintains a contract or other agreement between the institution 
        and an academic institution of the People's Republic of China 
        or the Russian Federation identified on the list published 
        under section 1286(c)(8)(A) of the John S. McCain National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 4001 
        note; Public Law 115-232) (as amended by subsection (a) of this 
        section) shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds.
            (2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``institution 
        of higher education'' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        1002).
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