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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

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
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
Key points
  • 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.
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Official CRS summary

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).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Education

Sponsor Michael Baumgartner (R-WA) Cosponsors · 21
■ 18 R■ 2 D■ 1 I
1 Independent