Defending Defense Research from Chinese Communist Party Espionage Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Defending Defense Research from Chinese Communist Party Espionage Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Education, Defense.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defending Defense Research from Chinese Communist Party Espionage Act of 2025.
- Section HDAEABBA918D3412795F774EA895279F0: 2. Prohibition on contracts between certain foreign entities and institutions of higher education conducting Department of Defense-funded research None of the...
- Section H78F05B5ED35640A5AE646FBEEFAAD026: 3. Post-employment restrictions for participants in certain research funded by the Department of Defense Except as provided under subsection (c), as a...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Defending Defense Research from Chinese Communist Party Espionage Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Education, Defense
Primary Purpose
This bill, Defending Defense Research from Chinese Communist Party Espionage Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Jim Banks
R-IN | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a research project that is— operated by an institution of higher education or a subsidiary of an institution of higher education
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