To require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to identify and mitigate relationships that pose a risk to United States foreign policy interests between certain European institutions and certain covered entities of concern, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Ronny Jackson (Republican-TX)February 20, 2026

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New plan would protect U.S. interests from foreign influence in European universities.

The State Department would develop a plan to safeguard U.S. foreign policy interests by identifying and reducing risks. This plan would focus on relationships between European universities and research groups and certain entities, mostly linked to China, that could be harmful. It aims to protect American interests and those of our European allies by identifying and reducing these risks.

What Would Change

Currently, the Department of State does not have a specific, legally required strategy to identify and reduce risks from relationships between European institutions and certain foreign entities. If this bill becomes law, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs would need to create and submit such a strategy to Congress within 180 days, detailing how these risks would be managed and offering recommendations for diplomatic engagement.

Key Provisions

Requires the State Department to create a plan to identify and reduce risks from certain foreign entities working with European universities and research institutions.
Mandates the plan include how the State Department would find, evaluate, and lessen these risky relationships.
Requires the plan to assess the activities of "entities of concern" in Europe, broken down by country.
Demands the plan evaluate threats these entities pose to the U.S. and European allies.
Asks for recommendations on how the U.S. can work with European governments to reduce these risks.
Requires the State Department to give Congress a briefing on this plan.

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HR 7616 · 119th Congress · February 20, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10

To require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to identify and mitigate relationships that pose a risk to United States foreign policy interests between certain European institutions and certain covered entities of concern, and for other purposes.

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