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POLITICO


               This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Benjamin Wermund on politico.com on March 12, 2019.
            
House Republicans are rolling out legislation that would force the Education Department to monitor “sensitive” research projects at universities to guard against spying – the latest in growing congressional scrutiny of foreign involvement in the American educational system.
The so-called Protect Our Universities Act of 2019, introduced Tuesday by Representative Jim Banks (Indiana), would establish an Education Department-led task force that would keep a list of “sensitive” research projects, including those funded by the Defence and Energy departments and intelligence agencies.
The task force would monitor foreign student participation in those projects. Students with past or current citizenship in China, Russia, Iran or North Korea would not be allowed to access those projects without a waiver from the Director of National Intelligence.

               
Banks said in a statement that the bill is in part a reaction to a lacklustre response from the Education Department to a June 19 letter dozens of lawmakers sent urging the agency to launch an investigation into possible attempts by Chinese organisations to steal research and technology from US universities.
“The Department’s lack of a response prompted my colleagues and I to introduce this bill, mandating a more serious response from the Department to address this issue,” Banks said in a statement.
Congress has held numerous hearings on potential attempts to spy on academic research in the US. 

               The [Education] Department’s lack of a response prompted my colleagues and I to introduce this bill 

Representative Jim Banks (Indiana)
The Pentagon is investigating research partnerships between Chinese firms and American universities, department officials have told Congress. And a scathing Senate report released last month blasted so-called Confucius Institutes paid for by the Chinese government and operating on dozens of American college campuses as too strictly controlled and a threat to academic freedom.
Under Banks’ bill, the Education Department task force would have to report findings and recommendations to Congress twice a year, and it would have to provide universities with information about the threat posed by espionage as well as best practices and any specific risks at hand.

               US lawmakers seek to force Confucius Institutes to register as foreign agents
            
The Director of National Intelligence would also be required to monitor governments, corporations, non-profit groups and for-profit organisations that “pose a threat to sensitive research projects at universities”, including the Chinese technology firm Huawei and others.
Representatives Trent Kelly (Mississippi), Don Bacon (Nebraska) and Paul Cook (California) have also signed onto the bill.

               https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/12/spying-education-research-1261361 
            


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Legislation would stop students with past or current citizenship in China, Russia, Iran or North Korea from accessing certain projects 
List includes work funded by the Defence and Energy departments and intelligence agencies



Legislation would mean students with past or current citizenship in China, Russia, Iran or North Korea won’t be allowed to access certain projects without a waiver from the Director of National Intelligence.
