; (B) the establishment of departments, centers, research or lecture programs, or new faculty positions; (C) the selection or admission of students; or (D) the award of grants, loans, scholarships, fellowships, or other forms of financial aid restricted to students of a specified country, religion, sex, ethnic origin, or political opinion. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to relationships entered into, or other activities carried out, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that the prohibition described in subsection (c) of section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (as amended by subsection (a)) shall be subject to the transition provisions in section 3(b)(2) of the Protecting Education from Malign Foreign Influence Act of 2023 . (c) Ensuring compliance Each Federal agency shall ensure that no Federal funds under the jurisdiction of that agency are distributed to an institution that is knowingly or willfully in violation of section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1011f ), as determined by the head of the relevant agency. 8. Technical assistance