3.0.0 422 2026-07-18T00:06:19Z 2026-07-18T00:06:19Z House H HR 2025-01-15 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/422 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CLINE:H.R. 422.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.[Page H186]]]> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-15T15:02:05Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-15T15:02:00Z 2025-01-15 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 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 2025-01-15 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 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 hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2025-01-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001118 Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] Ben Cline R VA 6 N C001116 Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] Andrew Clyde R GA S. 9 2025-01-15 True H001052 Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] Andy Harris R MD 1 2025-01-15 True S001224 Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] Keith Self R TX 3 2025-01-21 False Education Congressional oversight 2025-03-12T13:41:23Z Government information and archives 2025-03-12T13:41:15Z Higher education 2025-03-12T13:41:00Z Research administration and funding 2025-03-12T13:41:09Z Education 2025-02-13T21:49:41Z 00 2025-01-15 Introduced in House 2025-04-02T14:56:09Z No Subsidies for Wealthy Universities Act

This bill limits the indirect costs that are allowable under federal research awards to institutions of higher education (IHEs) with endowments above specified thresholds. (Generally, indirect costs represent expenses that are not specific to a research project but are needed to maintain the infrastructure and administrative support for federally funded research.)

Specifically, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) must annually collect information regarding the endowments of each IHE that has entered into a program participation agreement with the Department of Education.

With this collected information, NCES must identify and make lists of (1) each IHE with an endowment of more than $5 billion, and (2) each IHE with an endowment of more than $2 billion (but not more than $5 billion). NCES must submit these lists to the Office of Management and Budget, which must then distribute the lists to federal agencies, Congress, and the public.

The bill establishes the following limits on the indirect costs allowable under federal research awards:

  • for an IHE with an endowment of more than $5 billion, the IHE is prohibited from using these awards for indirect costs;
  • for an IHE with an endowment of more than $2 billion (but not more than $5 billion), the IHE is limited to an indirect cost rate of 8%; and
  • for all other IHEs, an indirect cost rate of 15%.

The Government Accountability Office must annually report to Congress on indirect cost reimbursement on federal research awards for IHEs.

]]> No Subsidies for Wealthy Universities Act Display Title 45 No Subsidies for Wealthy Universities Act 2026-07-18T00:06:19Z Official Title as Introduced 6 To establish Federal research award reimbursement limits for indirect costs for institutions of higher education, and for other purposes. 2026-07-18T00:06:19Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 No Subsidies for Wealthy Universities Act 2025-02-12T02:53:16Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr422ih/xml/BILLS-119hr422ih.xml 2025-01-15 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 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. 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.