Committee advances bill requiring university research-security policies after ASU oversight presentation
After a committee presentation alleging extensive ASU collaborations with Chinese institutions and possible Wolf Amendment issues, the House committee voted 4-2 to give Senate Bill 13-27 a due-pass recommendation; the bill would require the Arizona Board of Regents to adopt research-security policies and yearly reporting for foreign contributions exceeding $250,000.
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Chairman Gillette opened the hearing with an 18-month review of foreign-funded research tied to Arizona State University, telling members his staff had collected numerous Form 117 filings and flagged collaborations coauthored with Chinese institutions that he said could implicate the Wolf Amendment and federal export controls. He said his team found thousands of coauthored publications and questioned whether certain projects were properly vetted.
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