3.0.0 1879 2022-11-01T13:51:04Z 2022-11-01T13:51:04Z Senate S 2019-06-18 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-18T16:54:57Z Protect Our Universities Act of 2019 116 1678 HR 2019-03-12 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2019-06-18 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO N Education Asia China Citizenship and naturalization Congressional oversight Espionage and treason Foreign and international corporations Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Higher education Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Iran Middle East Research administration and funding Russia Education 00 2019-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-27T21:02:28Z Protect Our Universities Act of 2019

This bill restricts student participation in sensitive research projects and prohibits the use of certain technologies for such projects.

The bill requires each student, prior to participating in a sensitive research project, to provide proof of citizenship to the institution of higher education where the project is being carried out. Specifically, it prohibits students who are citizens of China, Iran, or Russia from participating in such a project unless the student applies for and receives approval.

It prohibits certain technologies developed by listed entities, including Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE Corporation, from being used to carry out sensitive research projects.

It also requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish a national security technology task force, which must maintain a list of sensitive research projects and provide guidance to the institutions of higher education where such projects are being carried out.

]]> Protect Our Universities Act of 2019 Display Title Protect Our Universities Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Protect Our Universities Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to call on the Secretary of Homeland Security to lead a task force to address the threat of foreign government influence and threats to academic research integrity on college campuses, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1879is/xml/BILLS-116s1879is.xml 2019-06-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.