,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hcef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bc1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,higgins of ,louisiana        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
direct the ,secretary of ,homeland      
,security to establish a task force on  
deterring and combating intellectual    
property theft by foreign nations at    
institutions of higher education and to 
require such institutions to have in    
place procedures and protocols to deter 
and combat such theft1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,combatting         
,university ,research ,theft ,act of    
#bjbj4  #b4 ,establishment of task      
force2 certification requirement  7a7   
,task force  7#a7 ,in general ,not later
 than #a year after the date of the     
enactment of this section1 the          
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1      
acting through the ,director of the     

,national ,intellectual ,property       
,rights ,coordination ,center1 shall    
establish a task force within the       
,national ,intellectual ,property       
,rights ,coordination ,center to develop
 best practices for institutions of     
higher education receiving funding for  
applicable research from the ,federal   
,government for implementing security   
procedures and protocols that deter and 
combat theft of intellectual property4  
7#b7 ,report ,not later than #a year    
after the establishment of the task     
force under paragraph 7#a71 the         
,director of the ,national ,intellectual
 ,property ,rights ,coordination ,center
 shall submit to institutions of higher 
education and ,congress a report on the 
best practices developed by the task    
force under subsection 7a74  7b7        
,certification requirement ,each entity 
of the ,federal ,government that        
provides after the date of the enactment
 of this section funds to an institution
 of higher education for applicable     

research shall1 as a condition of       
providing such funds1 require such      
institution to certify to such entity   
that the institution has procedures and 
protocols in place to deter and combat  
theft of intellectual property by       
foreign nations or agents4  7c7         
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,applicable research ,the term          
applicable research means research      
determined by the ,director of the      
,national ,intellectual ,property       
,rights ,coordination ,center to be     
applicable4  7#b7 ,institution of higher
 education ,the term institution of     
higher education has the meaning given  
such term in section #aja of the ,higher
 ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4
 #ajja74