The DETERRENT Act (H.R. 1048)

• •Requires institutions to report any gift or contract from a foreign source valued at $50,000 or more.
• •Requires reporting of any gift or contract from a 'foreign country of concern' or 'foreign entity of concern' regardless of dollar value.
• •Mandates annual disclosure reports to be filed by July 31 of the year following the receipt of funds or contract execution.
• •Requires disclosure of any foreign source that substantially owns or controls a higher education institution.
• •Mandates that reports include the terms of the gift/contract, the intended use of funds, and any restrictions or conditions attached.
• •Requires institutions to maintain unredacted copies of foreign contracts for at least 5 years after the contract terminates or takes effect.
• •Requires that all disclosed information not originally in English be translated into English.
• •Requires disclosure of any affiliation between a foreign source and an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
• •Requires institutions to provide the physical mailing address and specific department/agency details for foreign government sources.
• •Requires disclosure of the country of citizenship or residence for individual foreign donors and the country of incorporation for foreign legal entities.

If passed, this bill would require colleges and universities to publicly disclose detailed information about foreign financial ties, including specific contract terms and foreign ownership, or face potential oversight from the Secretary of Education.

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.