H.R. 5265: To prohibit malign foreign talent recruitment programs, and for other purposes.

117th Congress · introduced 2021-09-14 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-09-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To prohibit malign foreign talent recruitment programs, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill requires each federal research agency with an annual extramural research expenditure of over $100 million to establish a requirement that, as part of a proposal for a research and development award from such agency each covered individual listed in the proposal certify that they are not a party to a malign foreign talent recruitment program from a foreign country of concern, such as China or Russia, in their proposal submission and annually afterwards for the duration of the award; and each institution of higher education or other organization applying for such an award certify that each covered individual who is employed by the institution of higher education or other organization has been made aware of this requirement. A covered individual means an individual who contributes in a substantive, meaningful way to the scientific development or execution of a proposed research and development project; and is designated as a covered individual by the federal research agency.

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Official text

To prohibit malign foreign talent recruitment programs, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] · 1 cosponsors

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Frank D. Lucas (R-OK)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr5265.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5265 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117