Protecting Higher Education from Foreign Threats Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
Mar 2021
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Introduced Mar 26, 2021
Last action Mar 26, 2021
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Mar 26, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
lower
Mar 26, 2021
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
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