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Prohibits federal agencies from using federal funds to award a grant or contract to a college or university for fundamental research that is done in collaboration with certain foreign "covered entities," unless the agency head issues a case-by-case waiver for national security reasons. Waivers are tightly limited by student enrollment caps and require prompt congressional notification and annual reporting with detailed explanations of any approved collaborations.
The bill strengthens national security and increases transparency over federally funded research collaborations with potentially adversary-linked entities, but does so at the cost of reduced funding and collaboration opportunities for some universities, added administrative burdens, and potential equity harms to international students and scholars.
Taxpayers and U.S. national security are protected by preventing federal funds from supporting fundamental research collaborations with entities linked to foreign military or adversary institutions unless a waiver is granted.
Agencies must publicly report and justify waivers and disclose partner institutions, technologies, durations, and intellectual property terms to Congress on a set timetable, increasing transparency and oversight of research collaborations.
Institutions with objectively low shares of students from countries of concern remain eligible for waiver-based collaboration because the bill creates enrollment-based eligibility rules.
Universities that collaborate with or host scholars linked to covered foreign institutions could lose access to federal research funding, reducing grants and research opportunities.
Broad definitions of 'collaboration' and 'covered entity' and delegation of scope determinations (in part) to the Secretary of Defense may chill open scientific collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Institutions with higher international enrollment or established ties to flagged institutions may be disproportionately affected, pressuring recruitment and reducing diversity among international students.
Introduced September 10, 2025 by Garland H. Barr · Last progress September 10, 2025