HR1023-119

Introduced

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require disclosure of certain foreign investments within endowments, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Feb 5, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill amends the Higher Education Act to add section 117A requiring private universities with large endowments to disclose investments in foreign adversaries, including detailed reporting requirements, enforcement mechanisms and requires large private universities with over $6 billion in endowment assets or $250 million in investments of concern to file annual disclosure reports detailing their investments in foreign countries and entities. It relies on reporting requirements and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Education and Finance.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Large private universities with endowments over $6 billion would take on compliance duties, University endowment fund managers would take on compliance duties, and Mutual fund and ETF managers holding foreign investments of concern would take on compliance duties.

Key Provisions

  • Amends the Higher Education Act to add section 117A requiring private universities with large endowments to disclose investments in foreign adversaries, including detailed reporting requirements, enforcement mechanisms...
  • Requires large private universities with over $6 billion in endowment assets or $250 million in investments of concern to file annual disclosure reports detailing their investments in foreign countries and entities...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill amends the Higher Education Act to add section 117A requiring private universities with large endowments to disclose investments in foreign adversaries, including detailed reporting requirements, enforcement mechanisms and requires large private universities with over $6 billion in endowment assets or $250 million in investments of concern to file annual disclosure reports detailing their investments in foreign countries and entities.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Finance

Primary Purpose

The bill amends the Higher Education Act to add section 117A requiring private universities with large endowments to disclose investments in foreign adversaries, including detailed reporting requirements, enforcement mechanisms and requires large private universities with over $6 billion in endowment assets or $250 million in investments of concern to file annual disclosure reports detailing their investments in foreign countries and entities.

Policy Domains

Education Finance

Whole Bill

Identified Costs
  • Large private universities with endowments over $6 billion
  • University endowment fund managers
  • Mutual fund and ETF managers holding foreign investments of concern
  • Department of Education
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
Department of Education:
University endowment fund managers:
Large private universities with endowments over $6 billion: ,
Mutual fund and ETF managers holding foreign investments of concern:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 5, 2025

Mr. Owens (for himself and Mr. Harris of North Carolina) …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Education
2 mentions across 2 clauses
-2 negative

Large private universities with endowments over $6 billion

Financial Services
2 mentions across 2 clauses
-2 negative

Mutual fund and ETF managers holding foreign investments of concern, University endowment fund managers

Government
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Department of Education

3/3
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Education

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

4 terms
"foreign country of concern" §2

Any covered nation under 10 USC 4872 or any country the Secretary determines is detrimental to U.S. national security or foreign policy.

"foreign entity of concern" §2a

Has the meaning given in the CHIPS and Science Act (42 USC 19221(a)) and includes entities on the DOD military-affiliated list.

"investment of concern" §2b

Any stock, debt, or derivative with respect to a foreign country or entity of concern.

"specified institution" §2c

A private institution with assets over $6 billion or investments of concern over $250 million.

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