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H.R. 1048Introduced Feb 6, 2025Policy area: Education

This bill requires colleges to report any gift from a foreign country or entity of concern, such as China, and lowers the reporting threshold for other foreign gifts to $50,000. Violators could lose federal student aid eligibility.

Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to strengthen disclosure requirements relating to foreign gifts and contracts, to prohibit contracts between institutions of higher education and certain foreign entities and countries of concern, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Michael Baumgartner R-WA
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 31, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1048.

Sent to: Education and Workforce Committee, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1048, last updated July 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

5 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 1048. The vote that moved the bill is first.

1HOUSE · MAR 27, 2025

Passed the House

241–169PASSED
R 210–1 D 31–168

On Passage · roll 83 · 20 not voting

Procedural votes (4) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (4 House). Tap to show.

Mostly votes on amendments (4 of 4). They came during the House’s run of votes on Mar 27. Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.

  • Amendment 3 to H.R. 1048
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Mar 27, 2025 · roll 79
    R 0–211 D 199–3
    199–214Failed
  • Amendment 4 to H.R. 1048
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Mar 27, 2025 · roll 80
    R 92–120 D 0–201
    92–321Failed
  • Amendment 5 to H.R. 1048
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Mar 27, 2025 · roll 81
    R 0–211 D 3–199
    3–410Failed
  • Amendment 6 to H.R. 1048
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Mar 27, 2025 · roll 82
    R 0–209 D 4–195
    4–404Failed

Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 5 of 5 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.

Cosponsors

21 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 independent

2 of 21 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.

Rick Allen (R-GA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Erin Houchin (R-IN), John James (R-MI), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Mark Messmer (R-IN), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Robert Onder (R-MO), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Marie Perez (D-WA), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Randy Weber (R-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Baumgartner.

Related bills

Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.

Sponsor’s state and district

Washington in Congress · WA-5 district

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Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.