H.R. 1018

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1018 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1018

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional 
information in disclosures of foreign gifts and contracts from foreign 
sources.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 5, 2025

Mr. Messmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Workforce

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A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional 
information in disclosures of foreign gifts and contracts from foreign 
sources.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Instructing Noteworthy Steps toward 
Transparency to Rout and Undo Calamitous Transactions Act of 2025'' or 
the ``INSTRUCT Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY INFORMATION SHARING.

(a) Public Records and Sharing of Reports.--Section 117(e) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f(e)) is amended to read as 
follows:
``(e)(1) Public Inspection.--All disclosure reports required by 
this section shall be public records open to inspection and copying 
during business hours.
``(2) Interagency Information Sharing.--Not later than 30 days 
after receiving a disclosure report from an institution in compliance 
with this section, the Secretary shall transmit an unredacted copy of 
such report (that includes the name and address of a foreign source 
disclosed in such report) to the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of 
the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of State, the Secretary 
of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Commerce, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Energy, the Director 
of the National Science Foundation, and the Director of the National 
Institutes of Health.''.
(b) Interagency Information Sharing.--Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall 
transmit to each individual listed in section 117(e)(2) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended by this Act--
(1) any report received by the Department of Education 
under section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1011f) prior to the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) any report, document, or other record generated by the 
Department of Education in the course of an investigation--
(A) of an institution with respect to the 
compliance of such institution with such section; and
(B) initiated prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act.
(c) GAO Study and Report.--
(1) Study.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall initiate a study to identify ways to improve 
intergovernmental agency coordination regarding implementation 
and enforcement of sections 117 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f), as amended by this Act, including 
increasing information sharing, increasing compliance rates, 
and establishing processes for enforcement.
(2) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to Congress, and make public, a report 
containing the results of the study described in paragraph (1).
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