,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhef  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bj1
 #bjbc,mr4 ,vance 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,braun1 ,mr4 ,hawley1 ,mr4 ,budd1 and   
,mr4 ,tuberville7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,higher ,education
 ,act of #aife to require additional    
disclosures relating to gifts and       
contracts from foreign sources4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,safeguarding ,american ,education  
,from ,foreign ,control ,act4  #b4      
,disclosures of foreign gifts  7a7      
,additional disclosures required        
,section #aag of the ,higher ,education 
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajaa;f7 is
 amended-- 7#a7 by amending subsection  
7a7 to read as follows3  7a7 ,disclosure
 report  7#a7 ,in general ,whenever any 
institution is owned or controlled by a 
foreign source1 or receives a gift from 

or enters into a contract with a foreign
 source that equals or exceeds the      
threshold value described in paragraph  
7#b71 the institution shall file a      
disclosure report with the ,secretary on
 ,january #ca or ,july #ca1 whichever is
 sooner4  7#b7 ,threshold value ,for    
purposes of this subsection1 the        
threshold value of a gift from or       
contract with a foreign source is-- 7,a7
 in the case of a foreign source that is
 not associated with a covered nation1  
#bej1jjj or more1 considered alone or in
 combination with all other gifts from  
or contracts with that foreign source   
within a calendar year2 and  7,b7 in the
 case of a foreign source that is       
associated with a covered nation1 a gift
 or contract of any value4  2  7#b7 by  
redesignating subsections 7d7 through   
7h7 as subsections 7e7 through 7i71     
respectively2  7#c7 by inserting after  
subsection 7c7 the following3  7d7      
,additional submissions2 reporting  7#a7
 ,transmission of reports1 documents1   

and records ,not later than #aj days    
after receiving a disclosure report1    
document1 or other record from an       
institution under this section1 the     
,secretary shall transmit a copy of such
 report1 document1 or record to the     
,director of the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation and the ,director of     
,national ,intelligence4  7#b7 ,report  
to the ,secretary of ,state ,the        
,secretary of ,education shall transmit 
periodic reports to the ,secretary of   
,state regarding disclosures made under 
this section4  2  7#d7 in subsection    
7g71 as redesignated by paragraph 7#b71 
by adding at the end the following3     
7#c7 ,investigation ,whenever the       
,secretary receives credible information
 about potential noncompliance under    
this section regarding a covered nation1
 the ,secretary shall initiate an       
investigation under this section4  7#d7 
,requests by other agencies ,the        
,director of the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation and the ,director of     

,national ,intelligence may request that
 the ,attorney ,general bring a civil   
action to compel compliance with this   
section1 as described in paragraph 7#a74
  2 and  7#e7 in subsection 7i71 as     
redesignated by paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7 by
 redesignating paragraphs 7#b7 through  
7#e7 as paragraphs 7#c7 through 7#f72   
and  7,b7 by inserting after paragraph  
7#a7 the following new paragraph3  7#b7 
the term covered nation has the meaning 
given that term in section #dhgb7;d77#b7
 of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code2  4
  7b7 ,transmittal of records to ,,fbi  
and ,,dni  7#a7 ,in ,general ,not later 
than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,education shall transmit to the     
,director of the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation and the ,director of     
,national ,intelligence-- 7,a7 a copy of
 any report1 document1 or other record  
received by the ,department of          
,education under section #aag of the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   

,u4,s4,c4 #ajaa;f71 regardless of the   
date on which the record was received or
 the status of the case to which the    
record pertains 7while the ,department  
of ,education shall retain the          
original72 and  7,b7 a copy of the      
entire record generated by the          
,department of ,education in the course 
of an investigation into the compliance 
of an institution with such section     
7including any past investigation since 
the enactment of such section71         
including any email1 report1 document1  
or other record 7while the ,department  
of ,education shall retain the          
original74  7#b7 ,new investigations ,in
 the case of a new investigation under  
section #aag of the ,higher ,education  
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajaa;f7   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,education      
shall-- 7,a7 notify the ,director of the
 ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation and 
the ,director of ,national ,intelligence
 when such an investigation is opened2  

7,b7 submit the entire record of such   
investigation 7as described in paragraph
 7#a77 not more than #ij days after the 
completion of such investigation2 and   
7,c7 retain original records as         
described in paragraph 7#a74