Protecting American Research and Talent Act

This bill would bar federal funds from being used to award grants or contracts to colleges and universities for fundamental research done in collaboration with a covered entity. Covered entities include certain listed foreign academic institutions, Chinese military companies on a federal list, certain Chinese universities tied to national defense, and people employed or funded by them or by foreign talent programs or countries of concern. A federal agency head could waive the ban case by case for national security reasons, but only for schools where international students are under 15 percent of enrollment and students from countries of concern are under 5 percent of international students. Agencies would have to notify Congress of each waiver within 30 days and report to Congress each year on compliance.

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Sponsors

• Tom Cotton Republican sponsor
• 5 cosponsors