Bill Text: TX SB1537 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to measures to prevent espionage and intellectual property theft at public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-16 - Referred to Higher Education [SB1537 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1537-Engrossed.html
By: Parker, et al. | S.B. No. 1537 |
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relating to measures to prevent espionage and intellectual property | ||
theft at public institutions of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 51, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter J to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER J. ESPIONAGE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT PREVENTION | ||
Sec. 51.501. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board. | ||
(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
Sec. 51.502. DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN FUNDING. Not later than | ||
September 1 of each year, each institution of higher education | ||
shall submit to the coordinating board a report on the funding | ||
received by the institution from a foreign entity during the | ||
preceding academic year. | ||
Sec. 51.503. PROHIBITION ON ACCEPTING GIFTS, GRANTS, OR | ||
DONATIONS FROM CERTAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES. An institution of higher | ||
education may not accept a gift, grant, or donation from the | ||
government of China or a company or other entity directly or | ||
indirectly controlled by the government of China. | ||
Sec. 51.504. TRAINING ON ESPIONAGE AND INTELLECTUAL | ||
PROPERTY THEFT PREVENTION. (a) Each institution of higher | ||
education shall require each researcher at the institution to | ||
complete training on the prevention of espionage and intellectual | ||
property theft. | ||
(b) The training must include instruction on: | ||
(1) an understanding of the current national security | ||
risks related to espionage and intellectual property theft; | ||
(2) the methods used in espionage and intellectual | ||
property theft; | ||
(3) the signs of espionage and intellectual property | ||
theft; | ||
(4) measures to protect sensitive information and | ||
intellectual property; and | ||
(5) procedures for reporting suspected incidents of | ||
espionage or intellectual property theft. | ||
(c) The training must be provided in conjunction with any | ||
other training required for researchers at the institution of | ||
higher education provided by the institution's information | ||
security office. | ||
Sec. 51.505. REPORTING SYSTEM. Each institution of higher | ||
education shall establish a reporting system for students, faculty, | ||
and staff to report to the institution suspicious activity that may | ||
be related to espionage or intellectual property theft. | ||
Sec. 51.506. RULES. The coordinating board shall adopt | ||
rules necessary to implement this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2024, each public | ||
institution of higher education shall: | ||
(1) submit the initial report required under Section | ||
51.502, Education Code, as added by this Act; and | ||
(2) ensure that each researcher at the institution has | ||
completed the training required by Section 51.504, Education Code, | ||
as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |