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Requires colleges and universities to adopt a policy and maintain a public, searchable database disclosing foreign gifts and contracts tied to their faculty and staff. Covered employees must file annual reports by July 31, and institutions must create plans to detect and manage foreign information‑gathering risks.
Enforces compliance through investigations, civil actions, fines, and potential temporary ineligibility for repeat offenders. It also directs the Department to run a single point‑of‑contact, publish and update lists of foreign countries and entities of concern, require designated compliance officers at institutions, and tasks the Comptroller General with a study on interagency coordination.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced March 10, 2025 by John James · Last progress 12 months ago
DETERRENT Act