No Foreign Gifts Act of 2025
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1Short title
This section states that the Act may be cited as the No Foreign Gifts Act of 2025.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Foreign Gifts Act of 2025 .
2Prohibition on gifts from certain countries
This section would add a new section 117A to the Higher Education Act of 1965, placed right after the existing section 117. Under the new section, starting on the date this Act is enacted, an institution of higher education that receives funds under the Higher Education Act would be barred from accepting a gift from either of two groups of countries: first, any country that, as of the enactment date, has provided material support to a foreign terrorist organization, as determined by the Secretary of State; and second, China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran, regardless of any material-support determination. To remain eligible to receive funds under the Act, an institution covered by this rule would have to report to the Secretary every instance in which one of these countries offers it a gift. The new section also defines two terms: material support would carry the same meaning as material support and resources under section 2339A(b) of title 18 of the United States Code, and foreign terrorist organization would mean an entity the Secretary of State has designated under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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2. Prohibition on gifts from certain countries The Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 117 the following: 117A. Prohibition on gifts from certain countries (a) In general Beginning on the date of the enactment of this section, an institution of higher education that receives funds under this Act may not receive a gift from— (1) a country that, as of such date of enactment, has provided material support to a foreign terrorist organization, as determined by the Secretary of State; or (2) China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran. (b) Reporting In order to continue to be eligible to receive funds under this Act, an institution described in subsection (a) must, for each instance where such institution is offered a gift from a country described in such subsection, report such offer to the Secretary. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Material support The term material support has the meaning given the term material support and resources in section 2339A(b) of title 18, United States Code. (2) Foreign terrorist organization The term foreign terrorist organization means an entity designated by the Secretary of State under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ). .
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