3.0.0 2593 2023-01-01T20:17:48Z 2023-01-01T20:17:48Z Senate S 2021-08-03 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-08-03T21:33:32Z 2021-08-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2021-08-03 True H000601 Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] Bill Hagerty R TN 2021-09-13 False S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2021-09-13 False B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2021-09-28 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2022-07-13 False Education Asia Caribbean area Charitable contributions China Congressional oversight Contracts and agency Cuba Education programs funding Europe Government information and archives Higher education Iran Latin America Middle East North Korea Research and development Russia School administration Syria Teaching, teachers, curricula Venezuela Education 00 2021-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2022-05-10T15:25:47Z Greater Insight into Foreign Transactions in Higher Education Act of 2021 or the GIFTs in Higher Education Act

This bill revises certain disclosure requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs).

Under current law, an IHE must disclose to the Department of Education (ED) a gift or contract from a foreign source that is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with that foreign source. This bill extends the disclosure requirement to include faculty, professional staff, and all staff engaged in research and development at the IHE.

Further, an IHE (including faculty and staff) must disclose to ED a gift or contract from a designated foreign adversary source that is valued at $50,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with that foreign adversary source within a calendar year. The IHE must, within 30 days of receipt of the gift or contract, file a disclosure report with ED.

ED must, within 30 days of submission, publish online these disclosure reports.

Next, the bill requires each federal agency to ensure that no federal funds are distributed to an IHE that knowingly or willfully violates these disclosure requirements.

The bill also prohibits an IHE that knowingly or willfully violates these disclosure requirements from receiving federal education funds, with an exception for federal student-aid program funding.

]]> GIFTs in Higher Education Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve Federal oversight of foreign funding in education. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title GIFTs in Higher Education Act Short Title(s) as Introduced GIFTs in Higher Education Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Greater Insight into Foreign Transactions in Higher Education Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2593is/xml/BILLS-117s2593is.xml 2021-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.