To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to strengthen oversight and disclosures relating to foreign support for institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Mar 21, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 18, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill revises oversight and disclosure requirements related to foreign sources and institutions of higher education (IHEs).
For example, the bill establishes the Office for Foreign Gifts and Contracts Oversight within the Department of Education. Additionally, the bill requires an IHE to disclose to the office any gift or contract from a foreign source that (1) is valued at $50,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts or contracts within a calendar year (current disclosure threshold is $250,000 or more); or (2) has an undetermined monetary value.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 30, 2022 to Apr 5, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Apr 5, 2022 | |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Apr 5, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Apr 5, 2022 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2022 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2022 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2022 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2022 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Mar 21, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- Mar 18, 2022Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 2022Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 49, March 18, 2022, page H3854.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to strengthen oversight and disclosures relating to foreign support for institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Asia
- Caribbean area
- Charitable contributions
- China
- Contracts and agency
- Cuba
- Department of Education
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Europe
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign and international corporations
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Iran
- Latin America
- Middle East
- North Korea
- Russia
- U.S. and foreign investments
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
