1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secure American Research Act of 2019 . 2. Securing American science and technology (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term Academies means the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine; (2) the term Federal science agency means any Federal agency with not less than $100,000,000 in basic and applied research obligations in fiscal year 2018; (3) the term grantee means an entity that is— (A) a recipient or subrecipient of a Federal grant or cooperative agreement; and (B) an institution of higher education or a nonprofit organization; (4) the term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 ); (5) the term relevant Committees means— (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives; (C) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; (D) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; (E) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (F) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives; (G) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (H) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; (6) the term roundtable means the National Science, Technology, and Security Roundtable established under subsection (d)