United States Research Protection Act of 2025
STAGE 3 OF 8 — CALENDARS AND SCHEDULING
Currently in the Senate. Last action: placed on senate legislative calendar under general orders. calendar no. 123 on Jul 22, 2025.
- Senate Introduced in Senate Feb 27, 2025
- Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Feb 27, 2025
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Apr 30, 2025
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-45. Jul 22, 2025
- Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123. Jul 22, 2025
Cosponsors
4
Subjects
Committees
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
- [Reported By, Jul 22, 2025]
- [Markup By, Apr 30, 2025]
- [Referred To, Feb 27, 2025]
Summary
United States Research Protection Act of 2025
This bill clarifies the definition of a malign foreign talent recruitment program under the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act.
The Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act, which was included in the CHIPS and Science Act, prohibits researchers who receive federal funds from participating in malign foreign talent recruitment programs, in which foreign countries incentivize or compensate researchers for activities that present a conflict of interest for the researcher or that are otherwise unauthorized (e.g., sharing proprietary information without proper authorization).
The bill clarifies that these restrictions apply to programs that are sponsored by a foreign country of concern, including China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. The bill also clarifies that malign foreign talent recruitment programs may involve direct or indirect compensation or incentives from such countries.
[Summary as of: Introduced in Senate]
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