{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-455","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":455,"title":"Protecting Higher Education from Foreign Threats Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-01-15","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"S001214","fullName":"Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]","party":"R","state":"FL","district":17}],"cosponsorsCount":0,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-01-15","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce."},"policyArea":"Education","subjects":["Asia","China","Education programs funding","Higher education","Teaching, teachers, curricula"],"actions":[{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Protecting Higher Education from Foreign Threats Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) from receiving federal funds for an award year in which the IHE employs an instructor who, while employed at the IHE and providing direct instruction to students, received funds from the Chinese Community Party. An IHE may regain eligibility for federal funds by demonstrating to the Department of Education that it no longer employs such instructor.</p>","updateDate":"2026-07-18T00:05:51Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":264,"ts":"2026-08-28T10:43:36.211Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Protecting%20Higher%20Education%20from%20Foreign%20Threats%20Act"}]}}