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Edits the statutory definition of "foreign country" used for the malign foreign talent recruitment restriction by reorganizing and clarifying language, removing one subparagraph, and explicitly allowing provisions to apply to direct or indirect actions. The changes are technical/definitional and are intended to refine who and what counts as a covered foreign country for purposes of that restriction.
The net effect is mainly to change legal interpretation and compliance scope for research institutions, individual researchers, and companies that engage with or receive federal research support, by making the statute's wording and clause structure clearer.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced February 27, 2025 by John Cornyn · Last progress 1 year ago