3.0.0 1160 2023-01-11T13:47:20Z 2023-01-11T13:47:20Z House HR 2021-02-18 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 31 (Thursday, February 18, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina:H.R. 1160.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United StatesConstitution[Page H538]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-02-18T17:35:30Z 2021-02-18 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2021-02-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-02-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001210 Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3] Gregory Murphy R NC 3 N R000597 Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7] Tom Rice R SC 7 2021-02-18 True T000165 Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] Thomas Tiffany R WI P. 7 2021-02-18 True B001305 Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13] Ted Budd R NC 13 2021-02-18 True B001297 Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4] Ken Buck R CO 4 2021-02-25 False C001104 Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11] Madison Cawthorn R NC 11 2021-05-13 False G000595 Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5] Bob Good R VA 5 2021-05-18 False A000372 Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] Rick Allen R GA W. 12 2021-05-18 False N000190 Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] Ralph Norman R SC 5 2021-05-28 False Education Area studies and international education Asia Business records China Contracts and agency Cultural exchanges and relations Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives Higher education Intellectual property Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Research and development School administration Education 00 2021-02-18 Introduced in House 2021-05-10T19:59:08Z Intelligence on Nefarious Foreign Leaders Using Education Networks for Corrupt Enrichment Act or the INFLUENCE Act

This bill lowers the disclosure threshold regarding gifts or contracts from a foreign source that institutions of higher education (IHEs) must report to the Department of Education (ED). It also requires IHEs to disclose information related to foreign involvement in sensitive projects.

Under current law, an IHE is required to disclose to ED a gift or contract that is from a foreign source and is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with a foreign source. The bill instead requires the IHE to disclose such a gift or contract that is valued at $50,000 considered alone or $100,000 or more in combination with all other gifts or contracts.

Further, ED must update annually on its website a database of the disclosed information, and an IHE that receives a gift or contract from a foreign source must post certain information on its website. Information made publicly available must not include sensitive information.

Additionally, the bill requires IHEs to disclose information related to foreign involvement in sensitive projects. It also requires a specific contract provision for a cultural or language program that is funded by the Chinese government to operate at an IHE.

Finally, ED must establish a process to notify federal agencies of violations of the bill. ED must also report on foreign and national security issues affecting IHEs.

]]> INFLUENCE Act Display Title INFLUENCE Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve protections against foreign influence at institutions of higher education, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced INFLUENCE Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Intelligence on Nefarious Foreign Leaders Using Education Networks for Corrupt Enrichment Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr1160ih/xml/BILLS-117hr1160ih.xml 2021-02-18 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.