This bill transfers responsibility for managing foreign gift and contract reporting from the Department of Education to the Department of State. Currently, colleges and universities report gifts and contracts from foreign sources to the Education Department under a federal law designed to increase transparency about international funding of higher education institutions. The legislation moves this reporting function entirely to the State Department, which the bill's sponsors argue will reduce bureaucratic overlap and improve coordination. The transfer takes effect six months after the bill becomes law, though the State Department can begin implementing the move immediately. The bill requires that the transfer include all relevant personnel, funding, and records from the Education Department, and mandates that the number of federal employees involved in this function remain the same to prevent a net increase in government workforce.
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