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House Bill 7063
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Foreign Influence Transparency Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 28, 2020
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Republican
Introduced
May 28, 2020
Latest Action
May 28, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
7063
Congress
116
Policy Area
International Affairs
International Affairs
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Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Joe Wilson
South Carolina
Republican
Michael Guest
Mississippi
Republican
Bob Gibbs
Ohio
Republican
Ralph Norman
South Carolina
Republican
Chip Roy
Texas
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Foreign Influence Transparency Act

This bill addresses foreign influence in higher education and in certain other academic, religious, and artistic pursuits.

Current law exempts from foreign agent registration requirements a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts. The bill specifies that this exemption applies only to those activities that do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government.

Under current law, an institution of higher education is required to disclose to the Department of Education a gift or contract that is from a foreign source and is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with a foreign source. The bill instead requires the institution to disclose such a gift or contract that is valued at $50,000 or more.

An institution must include in its disclosure report the contents of any such contract and make the contents available for public disclosure.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
May 28, 2020
Related Bills (1)
Feb 13, 2020
Introduced in Senate
3
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 3313
Foreign Influence Transparency Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (2)
05/28/2020
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
05/28/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:42:47 PM
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