On Friday, The Epoch News reported that HR 1048, a bill that will require American colleges and universities to disclose all foreign gifts and contracts from countries of concern, had passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The vote was 241 in favor and 169 against. Thirty-one Democrats voted with the Republicans to pass the bill. One Republican, Representative Don Bacon (R-Neb.), voted against the bill. The bill now moves to the Senate.

The article notes:

The measure would lower the reporting threshold for foreign gifts and contracts from $250,000 to $50,000 and require disclosure of any amount from countries or entities deemed of concern, such as China and Russia.

It would also prohibit institutions from entering contracts with such countries or entities without obtaining a waiver from the Department of Education.

In addition, the bill would require schools to disclose financial ties between covered individuals—such as faculty researchers—and foreign sources. Private universities with large endowments would be required to report foreign investments annually.

…Supporters of the bill said it addresses concerns that increased reporting requirements would be burdensome or threaten faculty privacy, which critics have raised.

A fact sheet from the bill’s backers refuted those claims, noting that faculty disclosures would only apply to gifts above the same threshold that applies to members of Congress.

The bill also passed the House in late 2024 but was not taken up in the Senate by then-Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (R-N.Y.).

The bill now heads back to the U.S. Senate, where it is more likely to be taken up this session under Republican Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.).

Unfortunately, money buys influence. That is the reason many of our universities have whitewashed the violations of civil rights in Muslim countries under Sharia Law. That is the reason we have the absurdity of “Gays for Palestine” on some of our college campuses. The students are not informed enough to know that homosexuals are killed in Muslim countries for being homosexual. This law is needed, and I hope the Senate will consider it and pass it.