Amendments to H.R. 5933 – DETERRENT Act

Standalone amendments receive up to 10 minutes of debate.

Foxx (R-NC) – Amendment No. 1 – Makes technical edits to fix citations and adjust punctuation. Clarifies language on gifts, enforcement, and the mandated GAO study – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Carey (R-OH) – Amendment No. 2 –  Revises the public, searchable database under Sec. 117b (2) to remove the personally identifiable information of staff or faculty required to disclose gifts and contracts in the bill. It would require Universities to include in the database the department, School, or college of the institution for the individual who is disclosing. Allows the names of the individuals making disclosures to be requested under the Freedom of Information Act. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Fallon (R-TX) – Amendment No. 3 – Prohibits institutions that commit three violations under this Act from obtaining a waiver or a renewal of a waiver. – APODTED BY VOICE

Fallon (R-TX) – Amendment No. 4 – Strikes 4 years on page 6, line 17 and replaces it with 5 years. Strikes 4 years on page 26, line 14, and replaces it with 5 years. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 5 – Includes a requirement that foreign entities disclose any ties to designated foreign terrorist organizations, which includes Hamas. – VOTED REQUESTED

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 6 – Reduces the threshold value at which gifts must be reported from $50,000 to $1. – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 7 – Adds international organizations to the definition of foreign sources for the purposes of Section 117, Disclosures of Foreign Gifts. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Scott (D-VA) – Amendment No. 8 – Strikes and replaces bill language with a Democratic Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. – VOTE REQUESTED