[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5659 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5659

    To prohibit Federal research agencies from carrying out certain 
       activities with certain countries, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2023

  Mr. Posey (for himself and Mr. Williams of New York) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, 
                             and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit Federal research agencies from carrying out certain 
       activities with certain countries, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Funding Our Adversaries' 
Research Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL RESEARCH AGENCIES CARRYING OUT CERTAIN 
              ACTIVITIES WITH CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

    (a) In General.--No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
may be used by any Federal research agency (as such term is defined in 
section 10001 of the Research and Development, Competition, and 
Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18901)) to conduct research, develop, design, 
plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a policy, program, order, or 
contract of any kind with the government, or any agency or 
instrumentality of such government, of a country of concern, or an 
entity organized under the laws of such a country, unless any such 
activity is specifically authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after 
the date of the enactment of this section.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``country of concern'' 
means the People's Republic of China (including the Special 
Administrative Regions of China, including Hong Kong and Macau), 
Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela.
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