Preventing Research Ownership Transfer to External Competitive Threats (PROTECT) Act of 2026

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7510 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7510 To prohibit certain foreign governments from acquiring intellectual property rights of research conducted by United States universities, faculty, staff, or students, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2026 Mr. Nehls (for himself and Mr. Gill of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit certain foreign governments from acquiring intellectual property rights of research conducted by United States universities, faculty, staff, or students, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Research Ownership Transfer to External Competitive Threats (PROTECT) Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Covered fo…