HR 1318
Passed a chamber
Amends the definition of foreign country in the malign foreign talent recruitment restriction of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act, limiting the term to countries of concern and broadening how funding counts.
Official title: United States Research Protection Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
13-FEB-2025
Referred
13-FEB-2025
Passed
24-MAR-2025
Senate
Received
25-MAR-2025
- Adds "of concern" after "foreign country" each place the term appears in the restriction.
- Replaces the existing list of definitional clauses with a single definition of a program, position, or activity, and removes subparagraph (B).
- Changes the funding test from support "directly provided" to support "whether directly or indirectly provided."
- Sets the short title as the United States Research Protection Act.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (13-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 24-MAR-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Science, Space, and Technology Committee (House)
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)
Science, Technology, Communications
■ 1 D
1 Democrat