Legislation· Dec 2023Sponsored by Michelle Steel (R)
DETERRENT Act
Would have required colleges to report large foreign gifts and contracts and barred some contracts with China and Russia.
Tradeoff
Would have forced colleges to disclose more foreign money and to get government waivers for contracts with countries of concern. Would have fined colleges that broke these rules, in some cases a share of their federal funds.
What's in it
The House passed this bill 246-170 on December 6, 2023. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.
House
Introduced
(Oct 11, 2023)
House
Committee on Education and the Workforce(Oct 25, 2023)
House
The Committee on Education and the Workforce voted to send it to the floor
Reported(Nov 24, 2023)
Committee report H. Rept. 118-278.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #701 · Dec 6, 2023)
246 yeanay 170Senate
Received from the House
Received(Dec 7, 2023)
- Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT)
- Joe Wilson (R-SC)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
- Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY)
- Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
- Lisa C. McClain (R-MI)
- Julia Letlow (R-LA)
- Brandon Williams (R-NY)
- Erin Houchin (R-IN)
- Ron Estes (R-KS)
- Tim Walberg (R-MI)
- Mary E. Miller (R-IL)
- Aaron Bean (R-FL)
- Randy K., Sr. Weber (R-TX)
- John James (R-MI)
- Eric Burlison (R-MO)
- Rick W. Allen (R-GA)
- Ralph Norman (R-SC)
- Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
- Kevin Kiley (R-CA)
- Andy Barr (R-KY)
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR)
- Carol D. Miller (R-WV)
Passage votes· Dec 6, 2023· 118th Congress · 2023–2025