Transatlantic Academic Security and Risk Mitigation Act

This bill would require the State Department's Under Secretary for Political Affairs to give Congress a strategy within 180 days about European universities and research institutions that have ties to certain Chinese-linked entities. The strategy would explain how the State Department will identify, evaluate, and reduce ties that pose a risk to U.S. foreign policy interests. It would also assess these entities' activities in Europe by country, evaluate security risks to the U.S. and European allies, and recommend diplomatic steps. Covered entities include groups tied to China's military, its foreign talent recruitment programs, certain on-campus groups such as Confucius Institutes, and groups engaged in foreign malign influence. The strategy would be unclassified but could include a classified annex, and it must come with a briefing to Congress.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Ronny Jackson Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors