1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2018 . 2. Designation of foreign intelligence threats to higher education (a) In general Chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 540D. Designation of foreign intelligence threats to higher education (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term classified information has the meaning given that term in section 1(a) of the Classified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.); (2) the term Director means the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, acting in consultation with the Attorney General, Secretary of Education, and the Director of National Intelligence; (3) the term foreign actor means— (A) a foreign government or its auxiliary territories, or any component thereof, whether or not recognized by the United States; (B) a foreign-based political organization, not substantially composed of United States persons; (C) a faction of a foreign nation or nations, not substantially composed of United States persons; (D) an entity that is openly acknowledged by a foreign government or governments to be directed and controlled by such foreign government or governments; (E) any partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons who acts as an agent, representative, employee, or servant of, or whose activities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in major part by a government, organization, faction, or entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or (F) any individual who acts as an agent, representative, employee, or servant of, or whose activities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in major part by a government, organization, faction, or entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D), unless such individual is a citizen of and domiciled within the United States