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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1999 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require staff and faculty |
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| 6 | 6 | | to report foreign gifts and contracts, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH10, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. J |
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| 10 | 10 | | AMES(for himself and Ms. FOXX) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 11 | 11 | | was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require |
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| 14 | 14 | | staff and faculty to report foreign gifts and contracts, |
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| 15 | 15 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disclose Getting In-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | volved in Foreign Transactions Act’’ or the ‘‘Disclose 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | GIFT Act’’. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. POLICY REGARDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | FROM FOREIGN GIFTS AND CONTRACTS. 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 117 the fol-4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | lowing: 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘SEC. 117A. INSTITUTIONAL POLICY REGARDING FOREIGN 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | GIFTS AND CONTRACTS TO FACULTY AND 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | STAFF. 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(a) R |
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| 34 | 34 | | EQUIREMENT TOMAINTAINPOLICY AND 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | D |
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| 36 | 36 | | ATABASE.—Beginning not later than 90 days after the 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | date of enactment of the Disclose GIFT Act, each institu-11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | tion described in subsection (b) shall maintain— 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(1) a policy requiring covered individuals em-13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ployed at the institution to disclose in a report to 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | such institution on July 31 of each calendar year 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | that begins after the year in which such enactment 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | date occurs— 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(A) any gift received from a foreign 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | source in the previous calendar year, the value 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | of which is greater than the minimal value (as 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | such term is defined in section 7342(a) of title 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 5, United States Code) or is of undetermined 22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | value, and including the date on which the gift 23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | was received; 24 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(B) any contract with a foreign source 25 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (other than a foreign country of concern or for-26 |
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| 56 | 56 | | eign entity of concern) entered into or in effect 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | during the previous calendar year, the value of 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | which is $5,000 or more, considered alone or in 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | combination with all other contracts with that 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | foreign source within the calendar year, and in-5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | cluding the date on which such contract is en-6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | tered into, the date on which the contract first 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | takes effect, and, as applicable, the date on 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | which such contract terminates; 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(C) any contract with a foreign source 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (other than a foreign country of concern or for-11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | eign entity of concern) entered into or in effect 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | during the previous calendar year that has an 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | undetermined monetary value, and including 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | the date on which such contract is entered into, 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | the date on which the contract first takes ef-16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | fect, and, as applicable, the date on which such 17 |
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| 73 | 73 | | contract terminates; and 18 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(D) any contract entered into or in effect 19 |
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| 75 | 75 | | with a foreign country of concern or foreign en-20 |
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| 76 | 76 | | tity of concern during the previous calendar 21 |
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| 77 | 77 | | year, the value of which is $0 or more or which 22 |
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| 78 | 78 | | has an undetermined monetary value, and in-23 |
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| 79 | 79 | | cluding— 24 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ‘‘(i) the date on which such contract 1 |
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| 84 | 84 | | is entered into; 2 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(ii) the date on which the contract 3 |
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| 86 | 86 | | first takes effect; 4 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(iii) if the contract has a termination 5 |
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| 88 | 88 | | date, such termination date; and 6 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ‘‘(iv) the full text of such contract and 7 |
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| 90 | 90 | | any addenda; 8 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘(2) a publicly available and searchable data-9 |
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| 92 | 92 | | base (in electronic and downloadable format), on a 10 |
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| 93 | 93 | | website of the institution, of the information re-11 |
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| 94 | 94 | | quired to be disclosed under paragraph (1) (other 12 |
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| 95 | 95 | | than the name or any other personally identifiable 13 |
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| 96 | 96 | | information of a covered individual) that— 14 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(A) makes available the information dis-15 |
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| 98 | 98 | | closed under paragraph (1) (other than the 16 |
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| 99 | 99 | | name or any other personally identifiable infor-17 |
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| 100 | 100 | | mation of a covered individual) beginning on 18 |
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| 101 | 101 | | the date that is 30 days after receipt of the re-19 |
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| 102 | 102 | | port under such paragraph containing such in-20 |
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| 103 | 103 | | formation and until the latest of— 21 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘(i) the date that is 5 years after the 22 |
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| 105 | 105 | | date on which— 23 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘(I) a gift referred to in para-24 |
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| 107 | 107 | | graph (1)(A) is received; or 25 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ‘‘(II) a contract referred to in 1 |
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| 112 | 112 | | subparagraph (B), (C) or (D) of para-2 |
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| 113 | 113 | | graph (1) first takes effect; or 3 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ‘‘(ii) the date on which a contract re-4 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ferred to in subparagraph (B), (C) or (D) 5 |
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| 116 | 116 | | of paragraph (1) terminates; and 6 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ‘‘(B) is searchable and sortable— 7 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ‘‘(i) if the subject of the disclosure is 8 |
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| 119 | 119 | | a gift, by the date on which the gift is re-9 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ceived; 10 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ‘‘(ii) if the subject of the disclosure is 11 |
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| 122 | 122 | | a contract— 12 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(I) by the date on which such 13 |
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| 124 | 124 | | contract is entered into; and 14 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ‘‘(II) by the date on which such 15 |
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| 126 | 126 | | contract first takes effect; 16 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(iii) by the attributable country with 17 |
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| 128 | 128 | | respect to which information is being dis-18 |
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| 129 | 129 | | closed; 19 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ‘‘(iv) by the narrowest of the depart-20 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ment, school, or college of the institution, 21 |
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| 132 | 132 | | as applicable, for which the individual 22 |
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| 133 | 133 | | making the disclosure works; and 23 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ‘‘(v) by the name of the foreign source 1 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (other than a foreign source who is a nat-2 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ural person); and 3 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘(3) an effective plan to identify and manage 4 |
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| 141 | 141 | | potential information gathering by foreign sources 5 |
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| 142 | 142 | | through espionage targeting covered individuals that 6 |
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| 143 | 143 | | may arise from gifts received from, or contracts en-7 |
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| 144 | 144 | | tered into with, a foreign source, including through 8 |
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| 145 | 145 | | the use of— 9 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ‘‘(A) periodic communications; 10 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘(B) accurate reporting under paragraph 11 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (2) of the information required to be disclosed 12 |
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| 149 | 149 | | under paragraph (1); and 13 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ‘‘(C) enforcement of the policy described in 14 |
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| 151 | 151 | | paragraph (1); and 15 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ‘‘(4) for purposes of investigations under sec-16 |
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| 153 | 153 | | tion 117B(a)(1) or responses to requests under sec-17 |
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| 154 | 154 | | tion 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 18 |
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| 155 | 155 | | known as the ‘Freedom of Information Act’), a 19 |
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| 156 | 156 | | record of the names of the individuals making disclo-20 |
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| 157 | 157 | | sures under paragraph (1). 21 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘(b) I |
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| 159 | 159 | | NSTITUTIONS.—An institution shall be subject 22 |
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| 160 | 160 | | to the requirements of this section if such institution— 23 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(1) is an eligible institution for the purposes 24 |
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| 162 | 162 | | of any program authorized under title IV; and 25 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ‘‘(2)(A) received more than $50,000,000 in 1 |
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| 167 | 167 | | Federal funds in any of the previous five calendar 2 |
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| 168 | 168 | | years to support (in whole or in part) research and 3 |
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| 169 | 169 | | development (as determined by the institution and 4 |
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| 170 | 170 | | measured by the Higher Education Research and 5 |
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| 171 | 171 | | Development Survey of the National Center for 6 |
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| 172 | 172 | | Science and Engineering Statistics); or 7 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ‘‘(B) receives funds under title VI. 8 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ‘‘(c) D |
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| 175 | 175 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section— 9 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ‘‘(1) the term ‘attributable country’ means— 10 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ‘‘(A) the country of citizenship of a foreign 11 |
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| 178 | 178 | | source who is a natural person, or, if such 12 |
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| 179 | 179 | | country is unknown, the principal residence (as 13 |
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| 180 | 180 | | applicable) of such foreign source; or 14 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(B) the country of incorporation of a for-15 |
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| 182 | 182 | | eign source that is a legal entity, or, if such 16 |
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| 183 | 183 | | country is unknown, the principal place of busi-17 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ness (as applicable) of such foreign source. 18 |
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| 185 | 185 | | ‘‘(2) the term ‘contract’ means— 19 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(A) any agreement for the acquisition by 20 |
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| 187 | 187 | | purchase, lease, or barter of property or serv-21 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ices by the foreign source; 22 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ‘‘(B) any affiliation, agreement, or similar 23 |
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| 190 | 190 | | transaction with a foreign source that involves 24 |
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| 194 | 194 | | the use or exchange of an institution’s name, 1 |
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| 195 | 195 | | likeness, time, services, or resources; and 2 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ‘‘(C) any agreement for the acquisition by 3 |
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| 197 | 197 | | purchase, lease, or barter, of property or serv-4 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ices from a foreign source (other than an arms- 5 |
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| 199 | 199 | | length agreement for such acquisition from a 6 |
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| 200 | 200 | | foreign source that is not a foreign country of 7 |
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| 201 | 201 | | concern or a foreign entity of concern); and 8 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(3) the term ‘covered individual’— 9 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ‘‘(A) has the meaning given such term in 10 |
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| 204 | 204 | | section 223(d) of the William M. (Mac) Thorn-11 |
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| 205 | 205 | | berry National Defense Authorization Act for 12 |
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| 206 | 206 | | Fiscal Year 2021 (42 U.S.C. 6605); and 13 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(B) shall be interpreted in accordance 14 |
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| 208 | 208 | | with the Guidance for Implementing National 15 |
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| 209 | 209 | | Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM– 16 |
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| 210 | 210 | | 33) on National Security Strategy for United 17 |
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| 211 | 211 | | States Government-Supported Research and 18 |
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| 212 | 212 | | Development published by the Subcommittee on 19 |
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| 213 | 213 | | Research Security and the Joint Committee on 20 |
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| 214 | 214 | | the Research Environment in January 2022 (or 21 |
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| 215 | 215 | | any successor guidance). 22 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ‘‘(4) the term ‘foreign source’ means— 23 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ‘‘(A) a foreign government, including an 24 |
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| 218 | 218 | | agency of a foreign government; 25 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(B) a legal entity, governmental or other-1 |
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| 223 | 223 | | wise, created under the laws of a foreign state 2 |
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| 224 | 224 | | or states; 3 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ‘‘(C) a legal entity, governmental or other-4 |
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| 226 | 226 | | wise, substantially controlled (as described in 5 |
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| 227 | 227 | | section 668.174(c)(3) of title 34, Code of Fed-6 |
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| 228 | 228 | | eral Regulations) (or successor regulations)) by 7 |
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| 229 | 229 | | a foreign source; 8 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(D) a natural person who is not a citizen 9 |
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| 231 | 231 | | or a national of the United States or a trust 10 |
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| 232 | 232 | | territory or protectorate thereof; 11 |
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| 233 | 233 | | ‘‘(E) an agent of a foreign source, includ-12 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ing— 13 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ‘‘(i) a subsidiary or affiliate of a for-14 |
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| 236 | 236 | | eign legal entity, acting on behalf of a for-15 |
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| 237 | 237 | | eign source; 16 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ‘‘(ii) a person that operates primarily 17 |
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| 239 | 239 | | for the benefit of, or under the auspices of, 18 |
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| 240 | 240 | | a foreign source, including a foundation or 19 |
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| 241 | 241 | | a related entity (such as any educational, 20 |
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| 242 | 242 | | cultural, or language entity); and 21 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ‘‘(iii) a person who is an agent of a 22 |
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| 244 | 244 | | foreign principal (as such term is defined 23 |
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| 245 | 245 | | in section 1 of the Foreign Agents Reg-24 |
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| 246 | 246 | | istration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611); and 25 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ‘‘(F) an international organization (as such 1 |
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| 251 | 251 | | term is defined in the International Organiza-2 |
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| 252 | 252 | | tions Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288)). 3 |
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| 253 | 253 | | ‘‘(5) the term ‘gift’— 4 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ‘‘(A) means any gift of money, property, 5 |
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| 255 | 255 | | resources, staff, or services; and 6 |
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| 256 | 256 | | ‘‘(B) does not include— 7 |
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| 257 | 257 | | ‘‘(i) any payment of one or more ele-8 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ments of a student’s cost of attendance (as 9 |
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| 259 | 259 | | such term is defined in section 472) to an 10 |
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| 260 | 260 | | institution by, or scholarship from, a for-11 |
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| 261 | 261 | | eign source who is a natural person, acting 12 |
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| 262 | 262 | | in their individual capacity and not as an 13 |
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| 263 | 263 | | agent for, at the request or direction of, or 14 |
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| 264 | 264 | | on behalf of, any person or entity (except 15 |
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| 265 | 265 | | the student), made for not more than 15 16 |
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| 266 | 266 | | students, and that is not made under a re-17 |
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| 267 | 267 | | stricted or conditional contract with such 18 |
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| 268 | 268 | | foreign source; 19 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ‘‘(ii) assignment or license of reg-20 |
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| 270 | 270 | | istered industrial and intellectual property 21 |
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| 271 | 271 | | rights, such as patents, utility models, 22 |
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| 272 | 272 | | trademarks, or copyrights, or technical as-23 |
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| 273 | 273 | | sistance, that are not associated with a 24 |
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| 274 | 274 | | category listed in the Commerce Control 25 |
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| 278 | 278 | | List maintained by the Bureau of Industry 1 |
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| 279 | 279 | | and Security of the Department of Com-2 |
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| 280 | 280 | | merce and set forth in Supplement No. 1 3 |
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| 281 | 281 | | to part 774 of title 15, Code of Federal 4 |
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| 282 | 282 | | Regulations (or successor regulations); or 5 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(iii) decorations (as such term is de-6 |
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| 284 | 284 | | fined in section 7342(a) of title 5, United 7 |
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| 285 | 285 | | States Code).’’. 8 |
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| 286 | 286 | | SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS. 9 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (a) E |
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| 288 | 288 | | NFORCEMENT AND OTHERGENERALPROVI-10 |
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| 289 | 289 | | SIONS.—The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 11 |
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| 290 | 290 | | 1001 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amended 12 |
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| 291 | 291 | | by inserting after section 117A the following: 13 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ‘‘SEC. 117B. ENFORCEMENT; SINGLE POINT-OF-CONTACT; 14 |
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| 293 | 293 | | INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS. 15 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ‘‘(a) E |
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| 295 | 295 | | NFORCEMENT.— 16 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 297 | 297 | | NVESTIGATION.—The Secretary (acting 17 |
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| 298 | 298 | | through the General Counsel of the Department) 18 |
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| 299 | 299 | | shall conduct investigations of possible violations of 19 |
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| 300 | 300 | | section 117A and subsection (c) of this section by 20 |
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| 301 | 301 | | institutions and, whenever it appears that an institu-21 |
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| 302 | 302 | | tion has knowingly or willfully failed to comply with 22 |
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| 303 | 303 | | a requirement of any of such provisions (including 23 |
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| 304 | 304 | | any rule or regulation promulgated under any such 24 |
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| 305 | 305 | | provision), shall request that the Attorney General 25 |
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| 309 | 309 | | bring a civil action in accordance with paragraph 1 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (2). 2 |
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| 311 | 311 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 312 | 312 | | IVIL ACTION.—Whenever it appears that 3 |
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| 313 | 313 | | an institution has knowingly or willfully failed to 4 |
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| 314 | 314 | | comply with a requirement of any of the provisions 5 |
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| 315 | 315 | | listed in paragraph (1) (including any rule or regula-6 |
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| 316 | 316 | | tion promulgated under any such provision) based 7 |
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| 317 | 317 | | on an investigation under such paragraph, a civil ac-8 |
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| 318 | 318 | | tion shall be brought by the Attorney General, at the 9 |
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| 319 | 319 | | request of the Secretary, in an appropriate district 10 |
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| 320 | 320 | | court of the United States, or the appropriate 11 |
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| 321 | 321 | | United States court of any territory or other place 12 |
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| 322 | 322 | | subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to 13 |
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| 323 | 323 | | request such court to compel compliance with the re-14 |
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| 324 | 324 | | quirement of the provision that has been violated. 15 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ‘‘(3) C |
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| 326 | 326 | | OSTS AND OTHER FINES .—An institution 16 |
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| 327 | 327 | | that is compelled to comply with a requirement of a 17 |
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| 328 | 328 | | provision listed in paragraph (1) pursuant to para-18 |
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| 329 | 329 | | graph (2) shall— 19 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ‘‘(A) pay to the Treasury of the United 20 |
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| 331 | 331 | | States the full costs to the United States of ob-21 |
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| 332 | 332 | | taining compliance with the requirement of such 22 |
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| 333 | 333 | | provision, including all associated costs of inves-23 |
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| 334 | 334 | | tigation and enforcement; and 24 |
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| 338 | 338 | | ‘‘(B) if applicable, be subject to the appli-1 |
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| 341 | 341 | | INES FOR VIOLATIONS .—The Secretary 3 |
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| 342 | 342 | | shall impose a fine on an institution that is com-4 |
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| 343 | 343 | | pelled to comply with a requirement of section 117A 5 |
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| 344 | 344 | | pursuant to paragraph (2) as follows: 6 |
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| 345 | 345 | | ‘‘(A) F |
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| 346 | 346 | | IRST-TIME VIOLATIONS.—In the 7 |
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| 347 | 347 | | case of an institution that is compelled to com-8 |
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| 348 | 348 | | ply with a requirement of section 117A pursu-9 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ant to a civil action described in paragraph (2), 10 |
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| 350 | 350 | | and that has not previously been compelled to 11 |
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| 351 | 351 | | comply with any such requirement pursuant to 12 |
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| 352 | 352 | | such a civil action, the Secretary shall impose 13 |
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| 353 | 353 | | a fine on the institution for such violation in an 14 |
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| 354 | 354 | | amount that is the greater of— 15 |
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| 355 | 355 | | ‘‘(i) $250,000; or 16 |
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| 356 | 356 | | ‘‘(ii) the total amount of gifts or con-17 |
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| 357 | 357 | | tracts that the institution is compelled to 18 |
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| 358 | 358 | | report pursuant to such civil action. 19 |
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| 359 | 359 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 360 | 360 | | UBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS .—In the 20 |
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| 361 | 361 | | case of an institution that has previously been 21 |
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| 362 | 362 | | compelled to comply with a requirement of sec-22 |
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| 363 | 363 | | tion 117A pursuant to a civil action described 23 |
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| 364 | 364 | | in paragraph (2), and is subsequently compelled 24 |
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| 365 | 365 | | to comply with such a requirement pursuant to 25 |
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| 369 | 369 | | a subsequent civil action described in paragraph 1 |
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| 370 | 370 | | (2), the Secretary shall impose a fine on the in-2 |
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| 371 | 371 | | stitution in an amount that is the greater of— 3 |
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| 372 | 372 | | ‘‘(i) $500,000; or 4 |
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| 373 | 373 | | ‘‘(ii) twice the total amount of gifts or 5 |
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| 374 | 374 | | contracts that the institution is compelled 6 |
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| 375 | 375 | | to report pursuant to such civil action. 7 |
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| 376 | 376 | | ‘‘(b) S |
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| 377 | 377 | | INGLEPOINT-OF-CONTACT AT THE DEPART-8 |
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| 378 | 378 | | MENT.—The Secretary shall maintain a single point-of- 9 |
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| 379 | 379 | | contact at the Department to— 10 |
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| 380 | 380 | | ‘‘(1) receive and respond to inquiries and re-11 |
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| 381 | 381 | | quests for technical assistance from institutions re-12 |
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| 382 | 382 | | garding compliance with the requirements of section 13 |
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| 383 | 383 | | 117A and subsection (c) of this section; 14 |
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| 384 | 384 | | ‘‘(2) provide, every 90 days after the date of en-15 |
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| 385 | 385 | | actment of the status updates on any pending or 16 |
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| 386 | 386 | | completed investigations and civil actions under sub-17 |
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| 387 | 387 | | section (a)(1) to— 18 |
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| 388 | 388 | | ‘‘(A) the authorizing committees; and 19 |
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| 389 | 389 | | ‘‘(B) any institution that is the subject of 20 |
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| 390 | 390 | | such investigation or action; 21 |
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| 391 | 391 | | ‘‘(3) maintain, on a publicly accessible 22 |
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| 392 | 392 | | website— 23 |
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| 396 | 396 | | ‘‘(A) a full comprehensive list of all foreign 1 |
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| 397 | 397 | | countries of concern and foreign entities of con-2 |
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| 398 | 398 | | cern; and 3 |
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| 399 | 399 | | ‘‘(B) the date on which the last update was 4 |
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| 400 | 400 | | made to such list; and 5 |
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| 401 | 401 | | ‘‘(4) not later than 7 days after making an up-6 |
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| 402 | 402 | | date to the list maintained under paragraph (3)(A), 7 |
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| 403 | 403 | | notify each institution required to comply with the 8 |
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| 404 | 404 | | section listed in paragraph (1) of such update. 9 |
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| 405 | 405 | | ‘‘(c) I |
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| 407 | 407 | | ANCEOFFICERS ANDINSTITUTIONALPOLICYREQUIRE-11 |
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| 409 | 409 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 410 | 410 | | N GENERAL.—An institution that is sub-13 |
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| 411 | 411 | | ject to the requirements of section 117A shall, not 14 |
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| 412 | 412 | | later than the date on which the institution first ful-15 |
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| 413 | 413 | | fills the requirements of such section— 16 |
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| 414 | 414 | | ‘‘(A) establish an institutional policy that 17 |
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| 415 | 415 | | the institution shall follow in meeting the re-18 |
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| 416 | 416 | | quirements of such section; and 19 |
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| 417 | 417 | | ‘‘(B) designate and maintain at least one, 20 |
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| 418 | 418 | | but not more than three, current employees or 21 |
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| 419 | 419 | | legally authorized agents of such institution to 22 |
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| 420 | 420 | | serve as compliance officers to carry out the re-23 |
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| 421 | 421 | | quirements listed in paragraph (2). 24 |
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| 425 | 425 | | ‘‘(2) DUTIES OF COMPLIANCE OFFICERS .—A 1 |
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| 426 | 426 | | compliance officer designated by an institution under 2 |
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| 427 | 427 | | paragraph (1)(B) shall certify, whenever the institu-3 |
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| 428 | 428 | | tion is subject to the requirements of section 117A, 4 |
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| 429 | 429 | | that the institution— 5 |
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| 430 | 430 | | ‘‘(A) is in compliance with the require-6 |
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| 431 | 431 | | ments of such section; and 7 |
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| 432 | 432 | | ‘‘(B) followed the institutional policy estab-8 |
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| 433 | 433 | | lished under paragraph (1)(A). 9 |
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| 434 | 434 | | ‘‘(d) D |
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| 435 | 435 | | EFINITIONS.—For purposes of section 117A 10 |
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| 436 | 436 | | and this section: 11 |
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| 437 | 437 | | ‘‘(1) F |
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| 438 | 438 | | OREIGN COUNTRY OF CONCERN .—The 12 |
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| 439 | 439 | | term ‘foreign country of concern’ means the fol-13 |
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| 440 | 440 | | lowing: 14 |
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| 441 | 441 | | ‘‘(A) Any covered nation defined in section 15 |
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| 442 | 442 | | 4872 of title 10, United States Code. 16 |
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| 443 | 443 | | ‘‘(B) Any country the Secretary, in con-17 |
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| 444 | 444 | | sultation with the Secretary of Defense, the 18 |
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| 445 | 445 | | Secretary of State, and the Director of National 19 |
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| 446 | 446 | | Intelligence, determines, for purposes of section 20 |
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| 447 | 447 | | 117A or this section, to be engaged in conduct 21 |
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| 448 | 448 | | that is detrimental to the national security or 22 |
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| 449 | 449 | | foreign policy of the United States. 23 |
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| 450 | 450 | | ‘‘(2) F |
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| 451 | 451 | | OREIGN ENTITY OF CONCERN .—The 24 |
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| 452 | 452 | | term ‘foreign entity of concern’ has the meaning 25 |
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| 456 | 456 | | given such term in section 10612(a) of the Research 1 |
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| 457 | 457 | | and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 2 |
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| 458 | 458 | | (42 U.S.C. 19221(a)) and includes a foreign entity 3 |
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| 459 | 459 | | that is identified on the list published under section 4 |
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| 460 | 460 | | 1286(c)(8)(A) of the John S. McCain National De-5 |
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| 461 | 461 | | fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 6 |
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| 462 | 462 | | U.S.C. 22 4001 note; Public Law 115–232). 7 |
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| 463 | 463 | | ‘‘(3) I |
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| 464 | 464 | | NSTITUTION.—The term ‘institution’ 8 |
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| 465 | 465 | | means an institution of higher education (as such 9 |
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| 466 | 466 | | term is defined in section 102, other than an institu-10 |
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| 467 | 467 | | tion described in subsection (a)(1)(C) of such sec-11 |
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| 468 | 468 | | tion).’’. 12 |
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| 469 | 469 | | (b) P |
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| 470 | 470 | | ROGRAMPARTICIPATIONAGREEMENT.—Section 13 |
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| 471 | 471 | | 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 14 |
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| 472 | 472 | | 1094) is amended by adding at the end the following: 15 |
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| 473 | 473 | | ‘‘(30)(A) An institution will comply with the re-16 |
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| 474 | 474 | | quirements of sections 117A and 117B(c). 17 |
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| 475 | 475 | | ‘‘(B) In the case of an institution described in 18 |
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| 476 | 476 | | subparagraph (C), the institution will— 19 |
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| 477 | 477 | | ‘‘(i) be ineligible to participate in the pro-20 |
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| 478 | 478 | | grams authorized by this title for a period of 21 |
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| 479 | 479 | | not less than 2 institutional fiscal years; and 22 |
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| 480 | 480 | | ‘‘(ii) in order to regain eligibility to partici-23 |
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| 481 | 481 | | pate in such programs, demonstrate compliance 24 |
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| 482 | 482 | | with all requirements of each such section for 25 |
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| 486 | 486 | | not less than 2 institutional fiscal years after 1 |
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| 487 | 487 | | the institutional fiscal year in which such insti-2 |
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| 488 | 488 | | tution became ineligible. 3 |
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| 489 | 489 | | ‘‘(C) An institution described in this subpara-4 |
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| 490 | 490 | | graph is an institution that has been subject to 3 5 |
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| 491 | 491 | | separate civil actions described in section 6 |
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| 492 | 492 | | 117B(a)(2) that have each resulted in the institution 7 |
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| 493 | 493 | | being compelled to comply with one or more require-8 |
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| 494 | 494 | | ments of section 117A or 117B(c).’’. 9 |
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| 495 | 495 | | (c) GAO S |
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| 497 | 497 | | (1) S |
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| 498 | 498 | | TUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the 11 |
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| 499 | 499 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen-12 |
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| 500 | 500 | | eral of the United States shall initiate a study to 13 |
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| 501 | 501 | | identify ways to improve intergovernmental agency 14 |
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| 502 | 502 | | coordination regarding implementation and enforce-15 |
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| 503 | 503 | | ment of sections 117A and 117B(c) of the Higher 16 |
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| 504 | 504 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f), as added 17 |
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| 505 | 505 | | by this Act, including increasing information shar-18 |
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| 506 | 506 | | ing, increasing compliance rates, and establishing 19 |
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| 507 | 507 | | processes for enforcement. 20 |
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| 508 | 508 | | (2) R |
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| 509 | 509 | | EPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the 21 |
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| 510 | 510 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen-22 |
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| 511 | 511 | | eral of the United States shall submit to Congress, 23 |
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| 516 | 516 | | the study described in paragraph (1). 2 |
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