The No Contracts with Foreign Adversaries Act would amend the Higher Education Act to bar covered colleges from making contracts with certain foreign countries or entities. The Education Secretary could approve a waiver for one year after consulting with federal agencies and finding the contract benefits the college and its students and promotes U.S. security, stability, and economic vitality. The bill also sets contract disclosure, compliance, enforcement, and penalty rules. It was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Covered colleges would generally need to avoid these contracts or obtain a waiver before entering them. Waiver requests must include the full proposed contract and a compliance officer’s certification. The bill generally excludes agreements to pay student attendance costs, with exceptions for agreements covering more than 15 students or made under restricted or conditional terms. It creates no new direct requirement for individual students.
The bill does not provide an estimate of implementation costs. Colleges that knowingly or willfully violate its requirements could have to pay federal enforcement costs and fines set as a share of their federal funds. Colleges with violations for three consecutive institutional fiscal years could also lose eligibility for certain federal education programs for at least two years.
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