1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Halting Academic Liaisons To Our Adversaries Act or the HALT Our Adversaries Act . 2. Modification to initiative to support protection of national security academic researchers from undue influence and other security threats (a) In general Clause (iii) of section 1286(c)(8)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( 10 U.S.C. 4001 note; Public Law 115–232 ) is amended— (1) in subclause (I), by striking or at the end; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (III) to provide support to the People’s Liberation Army or the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation; or . (b) Prohibition on availability of funds An institution of higher education that maintains a contract or other agreement between the institution and an academic institution of the People's Republic of China or the Russian Federation identified on the list published under section 1286(c)(8)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( 10 U.S.C. 4001 note; Public Law 115–232 ) (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds. 3. Prohibition on availability of intelligence community funds for certain institutions of higher education (a) In general None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 or any subsequent fiscal year for an element of the intelligence community for research, development, testing, and evaluation, may be provided to an institution of higher education that maintains a contract or other agreement with— (1) any entity identified as a Chinese military company operating in the United States in accordance with section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 10 U.S.C. 113 note)