A bill to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit certain institutions of higher education from receiving research and development awards, and for other purposes.

This bill would bar a college or university from receiving a federal research and development award for 5 years after it accepts money from a listed foreign source to do research and development related to national security or military uses. Such research includes artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and quantum information science. A foreign source means the government of Venezuela, North Korea, Iran, China, Cuba, Turkey, Russia, or Qatar, or any other country the Secretary of State chooses. It also covers entities set up under those governments' laws, entities at least 25 percent owned by them, and their agents, such as subsidiaries, foundations, or cultural and language groups.

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Sponsors

• Rick Scott Republican sponsor
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