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House committee advances bill requiring Arkansas universities to disclose large foreign gifts and contracts
Summary
Representative Stetson Painter, R‑District 3, told the House Education Committee on Feb. 26 that HB 15‑61 is a “comprehensive attempt to protect our institutions from foreign adversaries whose interests are not aligned with ours.” The committee voted to pass the bill on a voice vote.
Representative Stetson Painter, R‑District 3, told the House Education Committee on Feb. 26 that HB 15‑61 is a “comprehensive attempt to protect our institutions from foreign adversaries whose interests are not aligned with ours.” The committee voted to pass the bill on a voice vote.
The bill requires universities to disclose past gifts or contracts of $250,000 or more dating back to 2019, and to report future gifts or contracts at the same threshold. It also would require screening for higher‑education institutions with federal research expenditures above $10,000,000, create an investigative process led by an inspector general to pursue alleged noncompliance, and require review of software hosted or owned by a foreign adversary…
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