[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8901 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8901
To prohibit certain federally funded research collaborations with
certain foreign entities, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 19, 2026
Mr. Moolenaar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
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A BILL
To prohibit certain federally funded research collaborations with
certain foreign entities, 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 ``Securing Innovation and Research
from Adversaries Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH RELATIONSHIPS WITH
CERTAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES.
(a) Prohibition.--No Federal funds awarded through a grant,
contract, cooperative agreement, or any other form of Federal financial
assistance or other awards issued under other transaction authority (in
this section referred to as a ``federally funded research award'') may
be used by an individual or entity described in subsection (b) to enter
into, support, or carry out any research collaboration with either--
(1) an entity listed on a United States Government
restricted entity list; or
(2) an individual associated with such an entity.
(b) Individual or Entity.--An individual or entity described in
this subsection is an individual or entity participating in, receiving,
or performing work under a federally funded research award.
(c) Guidance.--To carry out this section, the Director of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with the heads
of relevant Federal research agencies, shall issue government-wide
implementation guidance to ensure standardized compliance requirements,
definitions, and enforcement mechanisms.
(d) Waiver Authority.--
(1) In general.--The head of a Federal agency may waive the
prohibition under subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis, if
such head determines--
(A) such waiver is necessary to advance the
national security interests of the United States; or
(B) the research collaboration under subsection (a)
that is the subject of such waiver is essential for a
clearly defined scientific, public health, or national
security purpose that cannot reasonably be achieved
without such collaboration.
(2) Report.--Not later than 30 days after granting a waiver
under paragraph (1), the head of the Federal agency who so
granted such waiver shall submit to Congress a written
notification that includes the following:
(A) The identity of the individual or entity that
is the subject of such waiver.
(B) The justification for such waiver.
(C) The mitigation measures implemented to protect
the national security interests of the United States,
if applicable.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Research collaboration.--The term ``research
collaboration'' means any activity conducted as part of a
federally funded research award, including the following:
(A) Joint research activities or projects.
(B) Co-authorship of scholarly publications,
technical reports, or research outputs.
(C) Data sharing or processing, material transfer,
or exchange of research results, including access to
datasets, software, or research infrastructure.
(D) Joint laboratories, research centers, or
institutes.
(E) Personnel exchanges, visiting scholar
appointments, or joint supervision of students or
researchers.
(F) Any other arrangement determined by the head of
the relevant Federal research funding agency to
constitute research collaboration.
(2) National laboratory.--The term ``National Laboratory''
has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
(3) United states government restricted entity lists.--The
term ``United States Government restricted entity list''
includes the following:
(A) The Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry
and Security Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to Part 744
of the Export Administration Regulations).
(B) The Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry
and Security Military End User List.
(C) The Department of the Treasury Office of
Foreign Assets Control Specially Designated Nationals
List.
(D) The Denied Persons List maintained by the
Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of
Commerce and described in section 764.3(a)(2) of the
Export Administration Regulations.
(E) The Department of Defense Chinese Military
Companies List maintained pursuant to section 1260H of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note).
(F) The Debarred Parties List maintained by the
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of the Department
of State.
(G) The list of telecommunications companies of the
People's Republic of China designated under section 889
of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) as posing
national security risks to the United States.
(H) The list of institutions of higher education
and other entities determined to be affiliated with, or
supporting, the People's Republic of China's military-
civil fusion strategy maintained pursuant to section
1286 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2358
note).
(I) The list of semiconductor companies of the
People's Republic of China and affiliates designated
under section 5949 of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public
Law 117-263; 41 U.S.C. 4713 note) as posing national
security risks to the United States.
(J) The Annex to Executive Order (EO) 14032,
``Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments
That Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic
of China,'' dated June 3, 2021, or superseding
Executive order.
(K) The list maintained by the Federal
Communications Commission of equipment and services
covered by section 2 of the Secure and Trusted
Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601;
commonly referred to as the ``FCC Covered List'').
(L) Any foreign entity included on the Department
of Commerce Unverified List.
(M) The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity
List maintained by the Forced Labor Enforcement Task
Force pursuant to section 2(d)(2)(B) of the Uyghur
Forced Labor Prevention Act (Public Law 117-78).
(N) The list of biotechnology company of concern
pursuant to section 851 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-
60).
(O) Any other entity list designated by the
President, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of
the Treasury, or the Secretary of Defense as
restricting or prohibiting transactions with foreign
entities for national security, foreign policy, or
human rights reasons.
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