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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

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S. 1296Introduced Apr 3, 2025Policy area: Education

Official title: A bill 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: Sen. Thomas Tillis R-NC
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 3, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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

24 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 1 Democrat

1 of 24 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.

Jim Banks (R-IN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Joni Ernst (R-IA), John Fetterman (D-PA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Kennedy (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), David McCormick (R-PA), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), James Risch (R-ID), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Rick Scott (R-FL), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Thomas Tillis.

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Sponsor’s state and district

North Carolina in Congress

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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.