Require the Department of State to modernize its visa application system and to share visa application information with law enforcement agencies
Expand the Department of State’s authority to deny visas to foreign nationals who are deemed a threat to national security
Require the Office of Management and Budget to establish the Federal Research Security Council to standardize the process for making federal research and development grants
Impose penalties on grant applicants that intentionally fail to disclose sources of foreign compensation
Require certain federal grant recipients to disclose financial relationships with foreign entities
Estimated budgetary effects would primarily stem from
Implementing new federal grant-making processes
Operating the Federal Research Security Council
Areas of significant uncertainty include
Estimating the amount that the government would collect in fines and other penalties under the bill
