Foreign Influence Transparency Act

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.

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Timeline

1. 28 May 2020

   Introduced

   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.

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2. 28 May 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 28 May 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 28 May 2020 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 28 May 2020

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 28 May 2020

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 May 2020

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Sponsors

• Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] · R · Sponsor
• Bob Gibbs · R · Sponsor
• Michael Guest · R · Sponsor
• Chip Roy · R · Cosponsor
• Ralph Norman · R · Cosponsor
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• · hsju00 · Standing

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