Less Bureaucracy, Better International Foreign Gift Transparency Act

This bill moves the responsibility for tracking foreign gifts and contracts from the Department of Education to the Department of State. Right now, colleges and universities have to report to the Department of Education when they receive gifts or contracts worth $250,000 or more from foreign sources, and this bill would shift that reporting oversight to the State Department instead. The bill also moves the workers and funding tied to this job over to the State Department, but requires the Office of Management and Budget to make sure the change doesn't result in more total government employees. Any ongoing legal cases or pending applications related to this work would not be affected by the transfer.

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