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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1018 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional information 
in disclosures of foreign gifts and contracts from foreign sources. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 
Mr. MESSMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 
additional information in disclosures of foreign gifts and 
contracts from foreign sources. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Instructing Note-
worthy Steps toward Transparency to Rout and Undo Ca-
lamitous Transactions Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘INSTRUCT 
Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY INFORMATION SHARING. 
(a) PUBLIC RECORDS AND SHARING OF REPORTS.— 
Section 117(e) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1011f(e)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e)(1) PUBLIC INSPECTION.—All disclosure reports 
required by this section shall be public records open to 
inspection and copying during business hours. 
‘‘(2) INTERAGENCY INFORMATION SHARING.—Not 
later than 30 days after receiving a disclosure report from 
an institution in compliance with this section, the Sec-
retary shall transmit an unredacted copy of such report 
(that includes the name and address of a foreign source 
disclosed in such report) to the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the At-
torney General, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Energy, the Direc-
tor of the National Science Foundation, and the Director 
of the National Institutes of Health.’’. 
(b) INTERAGENCY
INFORMATION
SHARING.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Education shall transmit to each indi-
vidual listed in section 117(e)(2) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965, as amended by this Act— 
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(1) any report received by the Department of 
Education under section 117 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f) prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) any report, document, or other record gen-
erated by the Department of Education in the 
course of an investigation— 
(A) of an institution with respect to the 
compliance of such institution with such sec-
tion; and 
(B) initiated prior to the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.— 
(1) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall initiate a study to 
identify ways to improve intergovernmental agency 
coordination regarding implementation and enforce-
ment of sections 117 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f), as amended by this Act, 
including increasing information sharing, increasing 
compliance rates, and establishing processes for en-
forcement. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen-
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eral of the United States shall submit to Congress, 
and make public, a report containing the results of 
the study described in paragraph (1). 
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