H.R. 7616

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7616 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7616

To require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to identify and 
mitigate relationships that pose a risk to United States foreign policy 
interests between certain European institutions and certain covered 
entities of concern, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 20, 2026

Mr. Jackson of Texas (for himself and Mr. Fine) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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A BILL

To require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to identify and 
mitigate relationships that pose a risk to United States foreign policy 
interests between certain European institutions and certain covered 
entities of concern, and for other purposes.

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 ``Transatlantic Academic Security and 
Risk Mitigation Act''.

SEC. 2. STRATEGY.

(a) Strategy Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of State for Political 
Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
strategy regarding covered European institutions that maintain 
academic, financial, research, governance, programmatic, data-sharing, 
or other relevant direct or indirect relationships with covered 
entities of concern. Such strategy shall also include each of the 
following:
(1) The manner in which the Department of State will 
identify, evaluate, and mitigate the relationships that pose a 
risk to United States foreign policy interests between European 
institutions and covered entities of concern.
(2) An assessment of the scale, scope, and activities of 
covered entities of concern in Europe, disaggregated by country 
and including any other relevant operational or financial 
details.
(3) An evaluation of the vulnerabilities, threats, and 
national security risks posed to the United States and to 
European allies and partners arising from the presence, 
activities, or influence efforts of covered entities of concern 
in European countries.
(4) A list of recommendations for bilateral and 
multilateral United States diplomatic engagement with European 
governments and covered European institutions aimed at 
mitigating risks associated with covered entities of concern.
(5) Any other matters the Under Secretary of State for 
Political Affairs determines relevant.
(b) Form.--The strategy required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
(c) Briefing.--Concurrently with the submission of the strategy 
required by subsection (a), the Under Secretary of State for Political 
Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
briefing on that strategy.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate.
(2) Covered entity of concern.--The term ``covered entity 
of concern'' means--
(A) any entity of the People's Republic of China 
that--
(i) is involved in the implementation of 
military-civil fusion;
(ii) participates in the Chinese defense 
industrial base;
(iii) is affiliated with the Chinese State 
Administration for Science, Technology and 
Industry for the National Defense;
(iv) receives funding from any organization 
subordinate to the Central Military Commission 
of the Chinese Communist Party;
(v) provides support to any security, 
defense, police, or intelligence organization 
of the Government of the People's Republic of 
China or the Chinese Communist Party;
(vi) engages in coordinated activities or 
provides material support intended to undermine 
the United States relationship with Taiwan;
(vii) aids, abets, or enables the 
detention, imprisonment, persecution, or forced 
labor of Uyghur Muslims in the People's 
Republic of China; or
(viii) is affiliated with the Chinese 
Academy of Sciences or the Chinese People's 
Political Consultative Conference;
(B) any entity that participates, directly or 
indirectly, in a foreign talent recruitment program of 
the People's Republic of China or has participated in 
such a program at any time in the 10-year period ending 
on the date of the submission of the report required by 
subsection (a);
(C) any entity that directs support or coordination 
of student groups, language or cultural centers, or 
other on-campus entities (including Confucius 
Institutes or Chinese Student and Scholars Associations 
directed or funded, directly or indirectly, by the 
Government of the People's Republic of China); or
(D) any entity that engages in foreign malign 
influence or interference involving subversive, 
undeclared, coercive, or criminal activities, which may 
include propaganda, information manipulation, or 
efforts to influence academic, political, or civic 
institutions, whether conducted directly by foreign 
governments, state-linked entities, or through 
affiliated non-state actors, or their proxies, 
including through and by the United Front Work 
Department.
(3) Covered european institution.--The term ``covered 
European institution'' means an institution of higher education 
or a research institution located in Europe.
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