A bill to amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction, and for other purposes.

(1) by inserting of concern after foreign country each place such term appears;

(2) by striking means— and all that follows through any program, position, or activity and inserting means any program, position, or activity;

(3) by striking subparagraph (B);

(4) by redesignating clauses (i) through (ix) as subparagraphs (A) through (I), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the left;

(5) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking directly provided and inserting whether directly or indirectly provided; and

(6) in subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, by striking; and and inserting a period.