```

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7686 Reported in House (RH)]

<DOC>

                                                 Union Calendar No. 550
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7686

                          [Report No. 118-653]

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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2024

Mr. Mike Garcia of California (for himself and Ms. Stevens) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 
                         Space, and Technology

                           September 9, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               15, 2024]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
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.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR PURPOSES 
              OF MALIGN FOREIGN TALENT RECRUITMENT RESTRICTION.

    Paragraph (4) of section 10638 of title VI of division B of the 
Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``of concern'' after ``foreign country'' 
        each place such term appears;
            (2) by striking ``means--'' and all that follows through 
        ``any program, position, or activity'' and inserting ``means 
        any program, position, or activity'';
            (3) by striking subparagraph (B);
            (4) by redesignating clauses (i) through (ix) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (I), respectively, and moving such 
        subparagraphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the left;
            (5) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so 
        redesignated, by striking ``directly provided'' and inserting 
        ``whether directly or indirectly provided''; and
            (6) in subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``; and'' and inserting a period.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 550

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 7686

                          [Report No. 118-653]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 9, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
```