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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain prohibitions in relation to a student |
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organization at a public institution of higher education receiving |
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financial support from a foreign adversary. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.93151 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.93151. PROHIBITIONS IN RELATION TO CERTAIN FOREIGN |
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INFLUENCE ON STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Benefit" and "student organization" have the |
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meanings assigned by Section 51.9315. |
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(2) "Foreign adversary" means a country: |
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(A) identified by the United States director of |
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national intelligence as a country that poses a risk to the national |
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security of the United States in at least one of the three most |
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recent Annual Threat Assessments of the U.S. Intelligence Community |
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issued pursuant to Section 108B, National Security Act of 1947 (50 |
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U.S.C. Section 3043b); or |
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(B) designated by the governor after |
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consultation with the director of the Department of Public Safety. |
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(3) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) A student organization at an institution of higher |
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education may not: |
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(1) accept a gift from a foreign adversary or an agent |
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of a foreign adversary; or |
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(2) enter into a contract or agreement with a foreign |
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adversary or an agent of a foreign adversary under which the student |
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organization receives financial support. |
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(c) Subsection (b) does not prohibit a student organization |
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at an institution of higher education from accepting member dues or |
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fees. |
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(d) Each student organization at an institution of higher |
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education annually shall certify to the institution the |
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organization's compliance with Subsection (b). |
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(e) Notwithstanding Section 51.9315, an institution of |
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higher education may not provide any benefit to a student |
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organization that violates this section. An institution of higher |
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education that determines a student organization has violated this |
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section shall terminate the organization's recognition or |
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registration, as applicable. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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academic year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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