YourVoice.Now Summary
Colleges' reports on big foreign gifts would go to the State Department instead of the Education Department.
The details
Colleges that get large gifts or contracts from foreign sources would report them to the State Department instead of the Education Department. Today a college must file a report when a foreign source gives it $250,000 or more in a year. It must also report if a foreign source owns or controls it. What gets reported would not change, and the reports would stay public. The staff, records, and money for this job would move to the State Department. The White House budget office (OMB) must make sure the move adds no federal staff overall. The change takes effect 6 months after the bill becomes law, though the move can start sooner. Most people would see no change in daily life.
Congressional Summary
Less Bureaucracy, Better International Foreign Gift Transparency Act This bill transfers specified functions relating to disclosure of foreign gifts and contracts from the Department of Education (ED) to the Department of State. Specifically, the bill transfers to the State Department all the functions and authorities exercised by ED before the bill's effective date related to disclosure of foreign gifts and contracts. (Institutions of higher education must disclose to ED a gift from or contract with a foreign source that is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with that foreign source. On February 23, 2026, ED announced an interagency agreement with the State Department for the State Department to provide support for managing the reporting portal, while ED must maintain its statutory responsibilities and program oversight.) Additionally, the bill transfers to the State Department all personnel and appropriations related to the functions that are transferred under this bill. The bill outlines the authority of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) related to the functions that are transferred under this bill, including that OMB must ensure that this bill does not create a net increase in full-time equivalent employees at the State Department or ED. Further, OMB must certify compliance with the bill to specified congressional committees. The transfer of these functions does not affect any suits, proceedings, or applications for benefits, services, licenses, permits, certificates, or financial assistance that are pending on the date of this bill's effective date.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-07-09
- Date Added
- 2026-09-30
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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