By: Middleton S.B. No. 1067               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education and   employees of public institutions of higher education from   soliciting or accepting gifts, grants, donations, or investments   from certain foreign entities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.984 to read as follows:          Sec. 51.984.  PROHIBITION ON SOLICITING OR ACCEPTING GIFTS,   GRANTS, DONATIONS, OR INVESTMENTS FROM CERTAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES.   (a) In this section:                (1)  "Designated country" means a country identified by   the United States Director of National Intelligence as a country   that poses a risk to the national security of the United States in   each of the three most recent Annual Threat Assessments of the U.S.   Intelligence Community issued pursuant to Section 108B, National   Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. Section 3043b).                (2)  "Institution of higher education" has the meaning   assigned by Section 61.003.          (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, an institution of higher   education or an employee of an institution of higher education in   the employee's official or private capacity may not solicit or   accept a gift, grant, donation, or investment from:                (1)  a governmental entity of a designated country;                (2)  a political party of a designated country,   including private money from any party member; or                (3)  a company:                      (A)  that is headquartered in a designated   country; and                      (B)  in which a governmental entity of a   designated country holds an ownership interest.          (c)  An institution of higher education or an employee of an   institution of higher education shall return any money or other   thing of value received in violation of this section during the   preceding state fiscal biennium to the entity or entities that   provided the money or other thing of value to the institution or   employee.          (d)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt   rules as necessary to implement this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.