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Stops federal funding for any research center or laboratory in which a national of a listed "country of concern" carries out agricultural research. The listed countries are Cuba; Iran; the Russian Federation; the People’s Republic of China (including Hong Kong and Macau SARs); Venezuela; and North Korea.
The measure would affect federal grant and contract support for agricultural research carried out in facilities where nationals of those countries conduct research, and could restrict certain international research collaborations and hiring practices tied to federally funded projects.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced June 5, 2025 by Thomas Bryant Cotton · Last progress June 5, 2025