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Protecting Higher Education from Foreign Threats Act

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2025-01-15
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W. Gregory Steube
W. Gregory Steube
Republican · FL · Representative
Votes with party: 90.5% (587 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

2025-01-15

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Plain-English Summary

Protecting Higher Education from Foreign Threats Act This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) from receiving federal funds for an award year in which the IHE employs an instructor who, while employed at the IHE and providing direct instruction to students, received funds from the Chinese Community Party. An IHE may regain eligibility for federal funds by demonstrating to the Department of Education that it no longer employs such instructor.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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