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United States Research Protection Act in plain language

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1: Short title

This section would give the Act the short title "United States Research Protection Act."

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States Research Protection Act .

2: Clarification of definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction

This section would make a series of textual amendments to paragraph (4) of section 10638 of title VI of division B of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (Public Law 117-167; 42 U.S.C. 19237), which defines terms used for the malign foreign talent recruitment program restriction. The amendments would insert "of concern" after "foreign country" everywhere that term appears, rewrite the introductory clause of the definition, strike an existing subparagraph (B) entirely, renumber and reformat the remaining list items, change "directly provided" to "whether directly or indirectly provided," and adjust the punctuation of the final list item. Stating what the amended definition actually covers (including what subparagraph (B) removes and what falls in the renumbered list items) requires the current text of 42 U.S.C. 19237(4), which is not included in the provided bill text.

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2. Clarification of definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction Paragraph (4) of section 10638 of title VI of division B of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act ( Public Law 117–167 ; 42 U.S.C. 19237 ) is amended— (1) by inserting of concern after foreign country each place such term appears; (2) by striking means— and all that follows through any program, position, or activity and inserting means any program, position, or activity ; (3) by striking subparagraph (B); (4) by redesignating clauses (i) through (ix) as subparagraphs (A) through (I), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the left; (5) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking directly provided and inserting whether directly or indirectly provided ; and (6) in subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, by striking ; and and inserting a period.

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