Educational Visa Transparency Act of 2026
The Educational Visa Transparency Act of 2026 requires U.S. colleges and universities receiving federal funding to submit detailed lists of international students, faculty, and staff to a federal tracking system. Institutions must report this information within 60 days of the law's enactment and again before each academic term's class registration deadline. The submitted data, organized by visa type, will be accessible to federal agencies including the Department of Education, Homeland Security, Justice, and State. This change aims to improve data collection on non-citizen academic personnel at federally funded institutions.
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Introduced Mar 24, 2026
Last action Mar 24, 2026
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Mar 24, 2026
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Tom Cotton
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