Section 16-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] Annual reports regarding funding from foreign countries of concern(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) FOREIGN COUNTRY OF CONCERN. The People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the State of Qatar, and any other country determined to be a country of concern by the United States Department of State.(2) FOREIGN ENTITY OF CONCERN. Any political party, organization, institution of higher education, association, corporation, other entity, or subsidiary of any such entity organized under the laws of, or having its principal place of business in, a foreign country of concern.(3) FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL OF CONCERN. Any official of a foreign country of concern or any individual who is domiciled in a foreign country of concern and who is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States of America.(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. A public institution of higher education, as defined by Section 16-5-1, Code of Alabama 1975, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education that maintains its primary headquarters in Alabama.(b)(1) Except as provided in subsection (e), each institution of higher education that is required to submit a summary document disclosing foreign financial support to the National Science Foundation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 19040 shall report the same information to the Governor, the Chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Education Policy, and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education Policy.(2) An institution of higher education required to provide a report pursuant to subdivision (1) may submit the same report provided to the National Science Foundation in order to meet the requirements of this subsection.(c)(1) Except as provided in subsection (e), each institution of higher education that is required to submit a disclosure report to the United States Department of Education pursuant to 20 U.S.C. § 1011f shall report the same information to the Governor, the Chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Education Policy, and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education Policy, provided that the institution of higher education is only required to report gifts from or contracts with a foreign country of concern, foreign entity of concern, or foreign individual of concern.(2) An institution of higher education required to provide a report pursuant to subdivision (1) may submit the same report provided to the United States Department of Education in order to meet the requirements of this subsection, or may prepare a separate report including only that information disclosed to the United States Department of Education relating to gifts from or contracts with a foreign country of concern, foreign entity of concern, or foreign individual of concern.(d) Each report required by this section shall be submitted no later than July 31, 2025, and each July 31 thereafter, and shall include financial support received by the institution of higher education during the preceding period of July 1 through June 30.(e)(1) If an institution of higher education did not receive funding from a foreign country of concern, a foreign entity of concern, or a foreign individual of concern during the prior fiscal year, that institution of higher education is not required to submit any report required by this section.(2) This section shall not be construed as requiring the reporting of funding provided by an individual or a family as a payment for tuition, related fees, or campus housing expenses for a student attending, enrolled in, or otherwise affiliated with a program, class, or course of study at an institution of higher education, unless that funding is required to be reported by 42 U.S.C. § 19040 or 20 U.S.C. § 1011f.Ala. Code § 16-NEW (1975)
Added by Act 2024-215,§ 1, eff. 10/1/2024.