Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act (HR1049)

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To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

• 2026-04-28 — A bill to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit certain institutions of higher education from receiving research and development awards, and for other purposes.: 2025 — Parallel higher-ed measure S4424 would amend NDAA FY2021 to bar certain IHEs from federal R&D awards, complementing HR1049’s K-12 adversarial-contribution disclosure model with a direct funding-eligibility restriction at the postsecondary level. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2025-03-10 — Disclose GIFT Act: 2025-03-10 — Disclose GIFT Act (HR1999) parallels HR1049’s adversarial-contribution transparency framing but targets individual higher-ed researchers rather than K-12 LEAs, illustrating the two-track (K-12 vs. higher-ed) approach to foreign-influence disclosure. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-18 — Foreign Funding Transparency Act: 2026-07-18 — A separately titled Foreign Funding Transparency Act (HR9772, 119th Congress) was introduced and referred to House Ways and Means; the Ways and Means referral (rather than Education and Workforce) suggests a tax-code disclosure vehicle rather than a Title I/HEA conditioning approach, but its title parallels HR1049’s adversarial-contribution transparency framing and warrants monitoring for overlap. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2025-03-25 — United States Research Protection Act: Parallel higher-ed measure — the United States Research Protection Act — refines the definition of malign foreign talent recruitment programs to enumerate countries of concern (China, Iran, North Korea, Russia) and to cover indirect compensation, mirroring HR1049’s adversarial-foreign-influence framing in the K-12 disclosure context. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-12-04 — PROTECT Our Kids Act: cross-connection with protect-our-kids-act: Complementary K-12 approaches to PRC influence: PROTECT Our Kids Act prohibits federal funds for schools linked to Confucius Institutes/Classrooms, while HR1049 requires disclosure of adversarial foreign contributions. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-12-04 — Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act: 2025-12-04 — Bill text conditions federal K-12 funds on LEAs ensuring schools notify parents of rights to obtain curricular materials, personnel-compensation counts, and details of any funding or agreements tied to foreign governments or foreign entities of concern, and requires a public summary of those rights; received in Senate and referred to HELP. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)

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