Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4902 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4902

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of 
 higher education from receiving gifts from or entering into contracts 
                   with foreign countries of concern.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 2025

  Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of 
 higher education from receiving gifts from or entering into contracts 
                   with foreign countries of concern.

    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 ``Securing Academia from Foreign 
Entanglements Act''.

SEC. 2. FUNDS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF CONCERN.

    (a) Disclosures of Foreign Gifts.--Section 117(h)(2)(A) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f(h)(2)(A)) is amended by 
inserting ``, except that such term does not include a foreign country 
of concern as defined in section 117A'' after ``agency of a foreign 
government''.
    (b) Prohibition on Funds From Foreign Countries of Concern.--Title 
I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 117 the following:

``SEC. 117A. PROHIBITION ON GIFTS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF CONCERN.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Contract.--The term `contract' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 117.
            ``(2) Foreign country of concern.--The term `foreign 
        country of concern' includes the following:
                    ``(A) A country that is a covered nation (as 
                defined in section 4872(d) of title 10, United States 
                Code).
                    ``(B) Any country that the Secretary, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the 
                Secretary of State, and the Director of National 
                Intelligence, determines to be engaged in conduct that 
                is detrimental to the national security or foreign 
                policy of the United States.
            ``(3) Gift.--The term `gift' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 117.
            ``(4) Institution.--The term `institution' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 117.
    ``(b) In General.--An institution shall not receive a gift from or 
enter into a contract with a foreign country of concern.
    ``(c) Rule of Construction.--This section shall not be construed to 
affect the payment of tuition, room and board, fees, or other aspects 
of cost of attendance.''.
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