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H.R. 7686 (118th)

To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

15 March 2024

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Summary

This bill clarifies the definition of a malign foreign talent recruitment program under the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act.   The Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act, which was included in the CHIPS and Science Act, prohibits researchers who receive federal funds from participating in malign foreign talent recruitment programs, in which foreign countries incentivize or compensate researchers for activities that present a conflict-of-interest for the researcher or that are otherwise unauthorized (e.g., sharing proprietary information without proper authorization). The bill clarifies that these restrictions apply to programs that are sponsored by a foreign country of concern.

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