H.R. 5659 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5659 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 21, 2023Mr. Posey (for himself and Mr. Williams of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To prohibit Federal research agencies from carrying out certain activities with certain countries, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Funding Our Adversaries’ Research Act. 2. Prohibition on Federal research agencies carrying out certain activities with certain countries (a) In general No funds appropriated or otherwise made available may be used by any Federal research agency (as such term is defined in section 10001 of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18901)) to conduct research, develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a policy, program, order, or contract of any kind with the government, or any agency or instrumentality of such government, of a country of concern, or an entity organized under the laws of such a country, unless any such activity is specifically authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of the enactment of this section. (b) Definition In this section, the term country of concern means the People’s Republic of China (including the Special Administrative Regions of China, including Hong Kong and Macau), Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela.