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.

This bill amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to establish a new prohibition on certain institutions of higher education. Specifically, an institution is barred from receiving a research and development award for five years if it accepts funds from a foreign source to carry out a specified task. A specified task encompasses research and development related to national security or military applications, including critical areas such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and quantum information science.

The legislation defines a "foreign source" to include specified foreign governments, entities established under their laws, or those with at least 25 percent government ownership, along with their agents. The list of "specified foreign governments" includes countries like the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, among others. This measure aims to safeguard sensitive U.S. research and development from potential exploitation by adversarial foreign entities.