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.

This bill proposes an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, introducing a new section that prohibits certain institutions of higher education from receiving research and development awards. The core provision states that if an institution receives funds from a foreign source to carry out a specified task, it will be ineligible for a research and development award for a period of five years.

A foreign source is broadly defined to include specified foreign governments, entities established under their laws, or entities where such governments hold at least a 25 percent ownership interest, along with their agents. The bill explicitly lists countries such as the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as specified foreign governments.

The term specified task refers to research and development with national security or military applications. This includes critical areas such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and quantum information science. The legislation aims to prevent institutions engaged in sensitive research from being compromised or influenced by these designated foreign entities.