3.0.0 1819 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z House H HR 2023-03-28 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:H.R. 1819.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the US ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:addresses transparency requirements regarding foreigninfluence in higher education[Page H1528]</pre> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-03-28T14:02:45Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-03-28T14:02:40Z 2023-03-28 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2023-03-28 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2023-03-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-03-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000795 Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] Joe Wilson R SC 2 N A000372 Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] Rick Allen R GA W. 12 2023-03-28 True C001051 Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] John Carter R TX R. 31 2023-03-28 True B001291 Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] Brian Babin R TX 36 2023-03-28 True R000603 Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] David Rouzer R NC 7 2023-11-01 False International Affairs International Affairs 2023-04-11T20:15:29Z

00 2023-03-28 Introduced in House 2024-02-08T20:16:13Z <p><b>Foreign Influence Transparency Act</b></p> <p>This bill addresses foreign influence in higher education and in certain other academic, religious, and artistic pursuits.</p> <p>Current law exempts from foreign agent registration requirements a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts. The bill specifies that this exemption applies only if those activities do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government.</p> <p> Under current law, an institution of higher education (IHE) must disclose to the Department of Education (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 the foreign source within a calendar year. The bill lowers this disclosure threshold to $50,000. The bill also requires the IHE to include in its disclosure report the contents of any such contract and make the contents available for public inspection and copying.</p> <p>Additionally, an IHE that enters into an agreement with a Confucius Institute (i.e., a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government) must immediately make available the full text of the agreement to the public, ED, and Congress.</p> <p>Finally, the bill prohibits an IHE that does not comply with these disclosure requirements from enrolling foreign students under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. </p>

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