Earlier this month, Representatives Michelle Steel (R-CA) and Dr. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act.

The bill, introduced on Oct. 11, aims to bring “much-needed transparency, accountability, and clarity to foreign gift reporting requirements for colleges and universities across the nation.”

According to the DETERRENT Act fact sheet, the new legislation would cut the foreign gift reporting threshold from $250,000 to $50,000—meaning that universities would now have to report any foreign donations greater than $50,000. Additionally, donations from countries considered to be a concern would have a $0 reporting threshold.

[It’s a good start, but the threshold should be zero for all foreign transactions. This specifically addresses the “Confucius Institute” funding from China’s Communist Party, which has flooded Academia for decades now. However, it should also come in handy to expose Qatar’s efforts to corrupt American higher education, which has flown far more under the radar until now. That might explain the explosion in anti-Semitic hatred that we have all seen on college campuses, from the Ivies all the way to state-funded colleges. — Ed]