[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7686 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7686

To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 
  to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign 
    foreign talent recruitment restriction, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2024

Mr. Mike Garcia of California (for himself and Ms. Stevens) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 
                         Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 
  to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign 
    foreign talent recruitment restriction, 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. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR PURPOSES 
              OF MALIGN FOREIGN TALENT RECRUITMENT RESTRICTION.

    Section 10638 of title VI of division B of the Research and 
Development, Competition, and Innovation Act is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``of concern'' after ``foreign country'' 
        each place such term appears;
            (2) by striking ``means--'' and all that follows through 
        ``any program, position, or activity'' and inserting ``means 
        any program, position, or activity'';
            (3) by striking subparagraph (B);
            (4) by redesignating clauses (i) through (ix) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (I), respectively, and moving such 
        subparagraphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the left;
            (5) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so 
        redesignated, by striking ``directly provided'' and inserting 
        ``whether directly or indirectly provided''; and
            (6) in subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``; and'' and inserting a period.
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