US EditionBipartisan Bill Would Cut University Funds Over Foreign Ties
The bipartisan package would bar funding for universities with certain foreign ties and impose a five-year research ban on some institutions.
- A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill to block federal funds to U.S. colleges operating branch campuses in adversarial countries or accepting foreign research money in sensitive fields, including China, Qatar, North Korea, Venezuela, Iran, and Russia.
- Rep. Elise Stefanik and Sen. Rick Scott lead the effort to curb foreign influence on U.S. higher education, emphasizing concerns about spying, research theft, and propaganda.
- Stefanik's research highlighted billions of dollars from Qatar supporting antisemitic interests and 'pro-terror professors' at some U.S. universities.
- The bill's sponsors aim to protect national security and higher education's founding missions by forcing universities to sever ties with hostile governments through funding restrictions.
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