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119th Congress

S. 769

United States Research Protection Act of 2025

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
John Cornyn(R-TX)
Introduced
Feb 27, 2025
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
Committees
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Official text
Reported to Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (4)

Original cosponsors (1)

Added later (3)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version

United States Research Protection Act of 2025 This bill clarifies the definition of a malign foreign talent recruitment program under the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act. The Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act, which was included in the CHIPS and Science Act, prohibits researchers who receive federal funds from participating in malign foreign talent recruitment programs, in which foreign countries incentivize or compensate researchers for activities that present a conflict of interest for the researcher or that are otherwise unauthorized (e.g., sharing proprietary information without proper authorization). The bill clarifies that these restrictions apply to programs that are sponsored by a foreign country of concern, including China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. The bill also clarifies that malign foreign talent recruitment programs may involve direct or indirect compensation or incentives from such countries.

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