Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “United States Research Protection Act of 2025”.
United States Research Protection Act of 2025
A BILL
To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction, and for other purposes.
Sec. 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 (42 U.S.C. 19237) is amended—
by inserting “of concern” after “foreign country” each place such term appears;
by striking “means—” and all that follows through “any program, position, or activity” and inserting “means any program, position, or activity”;
by striking subparagraph (B);
by redesignating clauses (i) through (ix) as subparagraphs (A) through (I), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the left;
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking “directly provided” and inserting “whether directly or indirectly provided”; and
in subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, by striking “; and” and inserting a period.