United States Research Protection Act of 2025
Sponsor
- Conservative Groups$79,418k
- Climate & Environment$24,960k
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Cosponsors (4)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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Latest Action
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123.
2025-07-22
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReported By · 2025-07-22
Previously
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationMarkup By · 2025-04-30
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReferred To · 2025-02-27
Plain-English Summary
United States Research Protection Act of 2025 This bill clarifies the definition of a malign foreign talent recruitment program under the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act. The Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act, which was included in the CHIPS and Science Act, prohibits researchers who receive federal funds from participating in malign foreign talent recruitment programs, in which foreign countries incentivize or compensate researchers for activities that present a conflict of interest for the researcher or that are otherwise unauthorized (e.g., sharing proprietary information without proper authorization). The bill clarifies that these restrictions apply to programs that are sponsored by a foreign country of concern, including China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. The bill also clarifies that malign foreign talent recruitment programs may involve direct or indirect compensation or incentives from such countries.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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