119th Congress

S.4423

A bill to amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to require each institution of higher education to certify as part of an application for a research and development award that such institution does not operate certain branch campuses, and for other purposes.

Introduced·4/28/26

Prefiled

Introduced4/28/26

Chamber Passed

Final Passage

Complete

Introduced

S. 4423

Introduced in Senate · May 7, 2026

April 28, 2026

Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to require each institution of higher education to certify as part of an application for a research and development award that such institution does not operate certain branch campuses, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Research security requirement for institutions of higher education.

(a) In general.—Subtitle D of title VI of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the following new section:

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