EO 14282 Act of 2025

H.R. 3836, the EO 14282 Act of 2025, is a straightforward codification bill. It would take Executive Order 14282—an order focused on transparency regarding foreign influence at American universities—and give it the force of law. In other words, the policies and requirements contained in the executive order would become statutory obligations, not just executive directives. The bill does not itself lay out new substantive rules beyond what the EO already requires; it simply places the order into statutory law, making compliance a matter of statute rather than executive action. Because the text provided does not include the specific provisions of EO 14282, the bill’s concrete requirements—such as which entities must report, what must be disclosed, how disclosures are made, and what enforcement mechanisms exist—are the same as those found in the EO. The effect is to elevate the transparency framework around foreign influence in U.S. universities to the level of law.