Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Halting Academic Liaisons To Our Adversaries Act” or the “HALT Our Adversaries Act”.
Halting Academic Liaisons To Our Adversaries Act
A BILL
To prohibit Federal funding for institutions of higher education that have agreements with certain academic institutions in the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Modification to initiative to support protection of national security academic researchers from undue influence and other security threats
In general— Subclause (iii) of section 1286(c)(8)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 4001 note; Public Law 115–232) is amended—
in subclause (I), by striking “or” at the end; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(III) to provide support to the People’s Liberation Army or the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation; or”
Prohibition on availability of funds—
In general— An institution of higher education that maintains a contract or other agreement between the institution and an academic institution of the People's Republic of China or the Russian Federation identified on the list published under section 1286(c)(8)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 4001 note; Public Law 115–232) (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds.
Definition— In this subsection, the term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).