HB 127, Sen 2nd Rdg, Amnd #F1

(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added Section 51.957(h), Education Code (page 2, between lines 37 and 38), insert the following appropriately lettered subsection and reletter subsequent subsections accordingly:

( ) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall provide administrative support to the council at the council's request.

(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 51.957(k), Education Code (page 2, line 42), strike "The council" and substitute "Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the council".

(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 51.957(k), Education Code (page 2, line 45), strike "an annual" and substitute "a".

(4) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 51B.001, Education Code (page 3, lines 25 through 44), strike Subdivisions (6) and (7) and substitute the following:

(6) "Foreign source" means:

(A) a foreign government or agency of a foreign government;

(B) a legal entity created solely under the laws of a foreign adversary and having its principal place of business in a foreign adversary;

(C) a partnership, association, organization, or other combination of persons, or a subsidiary of such an entity, organized under the laws of and having its principal place of business in a foreign adversary;

(D) a political party of a foreign adversary; or

(E) an agent acting on behalf of an entity described by Paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D).

(7) "Gift" means any gift of money or property.

(5) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 51B.051(c), Education Code (page 4, line 4), strike "foreign source" and substitute "citizen".

(6) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 51B.051(c)(1), Education Code (page 4, line 6), strike "foreign source" and substitute "citizen".

(7) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 51B.051(c), Education Code (page 4, lines 7 through 9), strike Subdivision (2) and renumber subsequent subdivisions accordingly.

(8) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 51B.051(d), Education Code (page 4, line 17), strike "Subsection (c)(4)" and substitute "Subsection (c)".

(9) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 51B.102, Education Code (page 4, line 69, through page 5, line 16), strike Subsections (b) and (c) and substitute the following:

(b) The council shall establish:

(1) best practices to be used by an institution of higher education when entering into an academic partnership with a foreign source of a foreign adversary; and

(2) a process by which an institution of higher education annually shall certify to the council the institution's compliance or noncompliance with the best practices established under Subdivision (1).

(c) Not later than December 1 of each year, the council shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives a report identifying each institution of higher education that did not certify the institution's compliance with the best practices under Subsection (b) in the 12 months preceding the date of the report.

(10) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 51B.151(b), Education Code (page 5, line 56), between "subchapter" and the underlined period, insert ", which may prescribe low-risk circumstances under which the screening may be waived".

(11) In SECTION 8 of the bill, providing transition language (page 8, line 32), between "Sections 51B.051," and "51B.151", insert "51B.102(b),".