I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2778 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional disclosures 
relating to gifts and contracts from foreign sources. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2025 
Mrs. HOUCHIN 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 disclosures relating to 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 ‘‘Safeguarding Amer-
ican Education From Foreign Control Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURES OF FOREIGN GIFTS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES REQUIRED.—Section 
117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1011f) is amended— 
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(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) DISCLOSURE REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever any institution is 
owned or controlled by a foreign source, or receives 
a gift from or enters into a contract with a foreign 
source that equals or exceeds the threshold value de-
scribed in paragraph (2), the institution shall file a 
disclosure report with the Secretary on January 31 
or July 31, whichever is sooner. 
‘‘(2) THRESHOLD
VALUE.—For purposes of 
subsection (a), the threshold value of a gift from or 
contract from a foreign source is— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a foreign source that 
is not associated with a covered nation, 
$250,000 or more, considered alone or in com-
bination with all other gifts from or contracts 
with that foreign source within a calendar year; 
and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a foreign source that 
is associated with a covered nation, a gift or 
contract of any value.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) 
as subsections (e) through (i), respectively; 
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(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS.—Not later than 10 
days after receiving a disclosure report, document, or 
other record from an institution under this section, the 
Secretary shall transmit a copy of such report, document, 
or record to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation and the Director of National Intelligence.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (i), as so redesignated— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6); and 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
so redesignated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) the term ‘covered nation’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 4872(f)(2) of title 10, 
United States Code;’’. 
(b) TRANSMITTAL OF RECORDS TO FBI AND DNI.— 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall transmit to 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 
the Director of National Intelligence— 
(1) any report, document, or other record re-
ceived by the Department of Education under sec-
tion 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1011f), regardless of the date on which the 
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