Bill Information for hr1048-119

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Long Title

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to strengthen disclosure requirements relating to foreign gifts and contracts, to prohibit contracts between institutions of higher education and certain foreign entities and countries of concern, and for other purposes.

Short Title

Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions Act

Vote Information

Status: PASS_OVER:HOUSE as of 2025-03-27 14:54:47.

Sponsor: This bill was sponsored by Michael Baumgartner (R-WA).

Party line votes are determined based on this being a R-sponsored piece of legislation. See here for information on how party line votes are determined.

Vote count: There were 5 roll call votes on this bill in total.

Amendments

There were 4 amendments to this bill that received a roll call vote. The amendments are listed below with their sponsors:

  • -- Amendment hamdt15-119 filed by Rashida Tlaib (D) : Amendment sought to amend the definition of "Investment of Concern" to include any entity that the Secretary of State determines consistently, knowingly, and directly facilitates and enables state violence and repression, war and occupation, or severe violations of international law and human rights.
  • -- Amendment hamdt14-119 filed by Rashida Tlaib (D) : Amendment sought to amend the definition of "Foreign Country Of Concern".
  • -- Amendment hamdt13-119 filed by Keith Self (R) : Amendment sought to amend the threshold value at which gifts must be reported from $50,000 to $1.
  • -- Amendment hamdt12-119 filed by Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D) : Amendment sought to amend section 117 to streamline foreign gift and contract reporting, align reporting with other federal research security compliance requirements, establish sanctions for noncompliance and require the Secretary of Education to conduct negotiated rulemaking to receive stakeholder feedback.

Party line votes for these amendments are determined based on the party of the amendment sponsor, NOT the bill's sponsor.

Vote Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of party line and non-party line votes per party for each roll call vote taken.

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