House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Safeguarding American Education From Foreign Control Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional disclosures relating to gifts and contracts from foreign sources.
Sponsor: Rep. Erin Houchin R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2778.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HOUCHIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 64, April 9, 2025, Page H1563):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2778, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2778
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 7890 (119th) Science of Reading Act of 2026
- H.R. 2399 (119th) Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025
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Sponsor’s state and district
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