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To prohibit malign foreign talent recruitment programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 14, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Sep 14, 2021
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This bill requires each federal research agency with an annual extramural research expenditure of over $100 million to establish a requirement that, as part of a proposal for a research and development award from such agency

  • each covered individual listed in the proposal certify that they are not a party to a malign foreign talent recruitment program from a foreign country of concern, such as China or Russia, in their proposal submission and annually afterwards for the duration of the award; and
  • each institution of higher education or other organization applying for such an award certify that each covered individual who is employed by the institution of higher education or other organization has been made aware of this requirement.

A covered individual means an individual who

  • contributes in a substantive, meaningful way to the scientific development or execution of a proposed research and development project; and
  • is designated as a covered individual by the federal research agency.
What's happening now September 14, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Sep 14, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5265: To prohibit malign foreign talent recruitment programs, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5265/
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"H.R. 5265: To prohibit malign foreign talent recruitment programs, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5265/.
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H.R. 5265, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5265/.
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