S. 2060 · 117th Congress
Foreign Funding Accountability Act of 2021
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This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to disclose additional information related to gifts and contracts from foreign sources.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 15, 2021
Foreign Funding Accountability Act of 2021
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to disclose additional information related to gifts and contracts from foreign sources.
Under current law, an IHE is required to disclose in a report to the Department of Education (ED) a gift or contract that is from a foreign source and is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with a foreign source. The bill instead requires the IHE to disclose such a gift or contract that is valued at $25,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts or contracts. In-kind gifts, gifts to foundations, and gifts to other legal entities that operate substantially for the benefit of the IHE are included in this limit.
An IHE must disclose additional information in its report, including the intended purpose and function of the gift or contract.
Further, an IHE must disclose gifts and contracts from foreign agents.
Next, the bill authorizes ED to impose civil penalties on an IHE for failing to comply with disclosure requirements. An IHE that has violated these disclosure requirements three or more times shall be ineligible to enroll foreign students under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program and shall lose its tax-exempt status.
An IHE must submit to ED a report for every qualifying event (e.g., each time it received a gift or contract valued at $25,000 or more) that occurred since October 7, 1998.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Foreign Funding Accountability Act of 2021
Latest action (Jun 15, 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Education · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 15, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.