HR 1048
Passed a chamber
Requires colleges to report gifts and contracts from foreign sources to the Education Department, bars contracts with foreign countries and entities of concern unless a one-year waiver is granted, and sets fines for knowing or willful noncompliance.
Official title: DETERRENT Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
06-FEB-2025
Referred
06-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
12-FEB-2025
Reported
14-MAR-2025
On the calendar
14-MAR-2025
Passed
27-MAR-2025
Senate
Received
31-MAR-2025
- Requires institutions to file reports on foreign gifts and contracts valued at $50,000 or more and to post those reports in a searchable public database maintained by the Education Department.
- Prohibits institutions from contracting with foreign countries of concern or foreign entities of concern unless the Education Department issues a waiver, which lasts one year and must be renewed.
- Requires large institutions with more than $6 billion in assets and more than $250 million in investments of concern to file annual investment disclosure reports.
- Directs the Attorney General to bring civil actions against institutions that knowingly or willfully fail to comply, with fines that increase for repeat violations and loss of waiver eligibility.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (06-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 27-MAR-2025).
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■ 18 R■ 2 D■ 1 I
18 Republicans
2 Democrats
1 Independent