Academic Institution Research Integrity Act

Bill: 116-hr-7813
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2020-07-29
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cultural exchanges and relations

Higher education

Tax-exempt organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Academic Institution Research Integrity Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires a nonprofit foundation or other entity affiliated with an institution of higher education (e.g., a research, endowment, or alumni foundation) to disclose to the Department of Education any gift from or contract with a foreign entity or individual valued at $250,000 or more.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7813 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2020 Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require disclosures of foreign gifts by entities affiliated with institutions of higher education.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Academic Institution Research Integrity Act . 2. Disclosures of foreign gifts required for affiliated entities Section 117(h)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1011f(h)(4) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; (2) by striking means any institution and inserting the following: (A) means any institution ; (3) by striking and at the end and inserting or ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (B) means any nonprofit foundation or other entity affiliated with an institution described in subparagraph (A), such as a research, an endowment, or an alumni foundation; and .