42 U.S.C. § 19231 — Requirements for foreign talent recruitment programs

(a) Purpose The purpose of this part is to direct actions to prohibit participation in any foreign talent recruitment program by personnel of Federal research agencies and to prohibit participation in a malign foreign talent recruitment program^* by covered individuals involved with research and development awards from those agencies. (b) Guidance By no later than 180 days after August 9, 2022 , the Director^* of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in coordination with the interagency working group established under section 1746 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( 42 U.S.C. 6601 note; Public Law 116–92 ), must publish and widely distribute a uniform set of guidelines for Federal research agencies regarding foreign talent recruitment programs. Such policy guidelines must— (1) prohibit all personnel of each Federal research agency, including Federal employees, contract employees, independent contractors, individuals serving under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 ( 42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq ), Visiting Scientist, Engineering, and Educator appointments, and special government employees other than peer reviewers, from participating in a foreign talent recruitment program; (2) as part of the requirements under section 6605 of this title , require covered individuals to disclose if such individuals are a party to a foreign talent recruitment program contract, agreement, or other arrangement; (3) prohibit research and development awards from being made for any proposal in which a covered individual^* is participating in a malign foreign talent recruitment program; and (4) to the extent practicable, require recipient institutions to prohibit covered individuals participating in malign foreign talent recruitment programs from working on projects supported by research and development awards. (c) Definition of foreign talent recruitment programs As part of the guidance under subsection (b), the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy must define and describe the characteristics of a foreign talent recruitment program. (d) Implementation By no later than one year after August 9, 2022 , each Federal research agency must issue a policy utilizing the guidelines under subsection (b). (e) Consistency The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy must ensure that the policies issued by the Federal research agencies under subsection (d) are consistent to the greatest extent practicable.