Sec. 512. Foreign student participation in sensitive research projects

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Beginning on the date that is one year after the date of enactment of this Act, for each project on the Sensitive Research Project List that is open to student participation, the head of such project at the institution of higher education at which the project is being carried out shall ensure that each student participating in such project shall be required to provide proof of citizenship before the student is permitted to participate in such project. A student who is a citizen of a country identified in subsection

(b)shall be permitted to participate in such a project only if— the student applies for, and receives approval from, the Director of National Intelligence to participate in such project, based on a background check and any other information the Director determines to be appropriate; and in the case of such a project that is related to an item or technology described in subparagraph

(C)of section 3(c)(2), the student applies for, and receives approval from, the head of the qualified funding agency, to participate in such project. Approval under subsection

(a)shall be required for any student who is a citizen of a country that is one of the following: The People’s Republic of China. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Russian Federation. The Islamic Republic of Iran. Any country identified by the head of the qualified funding agency as requiring approval for the purposes of this section.