Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Feb 27, 2025
Step 2
Referred
Feb 27, 2025
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Step 3
Committee
Apr 30, 2025
Reported out
Step 4
Senate
Jul 22, 2025
Step 5
House floor
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
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...
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Timeline · 5 actions
Jul 22, 2025
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-45.
Jul 22, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123.
Apr 30, 2025
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 27, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.