42 U.S.C. § 242v — Foreign talent recruitment programs

This section restricts participation in foreign talent recruitment programs in HHS-funded biomedical research. (a) Intramural research. (1) Within 60 days of December 29, 2022, the Secretary must prohibit National Institutes of Health staff doing intramural (in-house) research from taking part in foreign talent recruitment programs. (2) This ban doesn't apply to approved international conferences, exchanges, partnerships, or programs. For those, NIH must make sure the participant gets training on how to respond to overtures from people connected to foreign talent recruitment programs. (b) Extramural research. As a condition of getting federal extramural (outside) biomedical research funding through HHS, the Secretary must require researchers to disclose their participation in foreign talent recruitment programs, including copies of related grants, contracts, agreements, and other supporting documents. (c) Consistency. The Secretary must, as much as practical, keep these policies consistent with the foreign talent recruitment program requirements in subtitle D of title VI of division B of Public Law 117–167 (42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.).