[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 856. Mr. VANCE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. __. CERTAIN DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR UNIVERSITY 
                   RESEARCH FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Disclosures Required.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall require the principal investigator of any covered 
     research program at an institution of higher education to 
     accurately and completely disclose to the Department of 
     Defense the following:
       (1) At the time of application for funding from the 
     Department of Defense for a covered research program, 
     disclose, with respect to each researcher who is expected to 
     participate in the program--
       (A) date and place of birth, country of citizenship, and 
     immigration status in the case of a foreign national;
       (B) educational background from undergraduate education 
     onwards;
       (C) professional and employment background, as applicable, 
     including any history of working for a foreign government or 
     on foreign government sponsored projects;
       (D) all previous and concurrent research, academic and 
     corporate positions, ties, or relationships;
       (E) past and current affiliation with foreign governments, 
     including foreign political parties or organizations, and 
     military ties, as applicable, in case of foreign national;
       (F) past or current involvement in any foreign talent 
     programs;
       (G) memberships in foreign and United States academic and 
     professional associations and organizations; and
       (H) a list of all publications published anywhere in any 
     language, peer reviewed or non-peer reviewed, including all 
     mentions of foreign funding, research collaborations, and in 
     kind support that supported the research and publication.
       (2) Disclose the information specified in paragraph (1) 
     with respect to any researcher who joins a covered research 
     program after funding is awarded by the Department of Defense 
     not later than 90 days after the researcher joins the 
     program.
       (3) Beginning not later than one year after funding is 
     awarded by the Department of Defense for a covered research 
     program, and annually thereafter through the end of the award 
     period, disclose--
       (A) any direct, indirect, formal, or informal collaboration 
     that the principal investigator, either independently or as 
     the lead of the covered research program, enters into with 
     any third-party persons or entities, including the identity 
     and nationality of the third party collaborator, the nature 
     of the collaboration (whether direct, indirect, formal or 
     informal) and the terms and conditions of such collaboration; 
     and
       (B) any change of status with regard to a researcher who 
     was the subject of a disclosure under paragraphs (1) or (2), 
     including any departure of such researcher from the program, 
     the terms of such departure, change of immigration status, 
     and change in foreign ties and collaboration.
       (b) Form; Public Availability of Information.--Each 
     disclosure under subsection (a) shall be submitted in 
     unclassified form and shall be made available on a publicly 
     accessible website of the Federal Government.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``covered research program'' means any 
     research program, research project, or other research 
     activity (including classified and unclassified research) 
     that is--
       (A) conducted by an institution of higher education; and
       (B) funded, in whole or in part, by the Department of 
     Defense;
       (2) the term ``institution of higher education'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 102 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002) and includes any 
     department, program, project, faculty, researcher, or other 
     individual, entity, or activity of such institution; and
       (3) the term ``researcher'' means any person who has access 
     to research information under a covered research program, 
     including the principal investigator and any graduate 
     students, post-doctoral fellows, or visiting scholars 
     participating in such program.
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