Sec. 2. Findings

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Congress finds the following: The United States Department of Education identified several universities receiving Federal research and development funding that did not report foreign gifts as required by law. The United States Department of Education found 6 universities of the 12 they investigated received gifts that amounted to more than $1,300,000,000 from foreign sources, including the People’s Republic of China, Qatar, and the Russian Federation. On April 13, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General issued a memorandum concerning Disclosure of Foreign Support for EPA Research.

The EPA’s OIG identified a concern regarding the lack of a requirement for EPA research grant recipients to report foreign support after receiving a grant award. According to the memorandum, [a]s of March 22, 2023, the EPA only required grant applicants to disclose all active and pending research support before receiving a grant award. The National Security Presidential Memorandum—33 requires Federal research and development recipients to disclose any involvement in programs sponsored by foreign governments, instrumentalities, entities, including foreign government sponsored talent recruitment programs.

The memorandum also provides guidance to require both pre-award and post-award disclosures.