[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1516 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1516


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on 
    institutions of higher education that have a relationship with 
             Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``DHS Restrictions on Confucius 
Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES' HOST SCHOOLS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Chinese entity of concern.--The term ``Chinese entity 
        of concern'' means any university or college in the People's 
        Republic of China that--
                    (A) is involved in the implementation of military-
                civil fusion;
                    (B) participates in the Chinese defense industrial 
                base;
                    (C) is affiliated with the Chinese State 
                Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for 
                the National Defense;
                    (D) receives funding from any organization 
                subordinate to the Central Military Commission of the 
                Chinese Communist Party;
                    (E) provides support to any security, defense, 
                police, or intelligence organization of the Government 
                of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese 
                Communist Party;
                    (F) purposefully undermines the United States' 
                relationship with Taiwan;
                    (G) aids, abets, or enables the detention, 
                imprisonment, persecution, or forced labor of Uyghur 
                Muslims in the People's Republic of China;
                    (H) willfully and knowingly engages in malicious 
                activities, including online disinformation campaigns 
                and propaganda, for the purpose of interfering with 
                United States Federal, State, or local elections; or
                    (I) is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of 
                Sciences.
            (2) Confucius institute.--The term ``Confucius Institute'' 
        means a cultural institute funded by the Government of the 
        People's Republic of China.
            (3) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1002).
            (4) Relationship.--The term ``relationship'' means, with 
        respect to an institution of higher education, any contract 
        awarded, or agreement entered into, as well as any in-kind 
        donation or gift, received from a Confucius Institute or 
        Chinese entity of concern.
            (5) Thousand talents program.--The term ``Thousand Talents 
        Program'' means any technological or educational program funded 
        or administered by the Chinese Communist Party's Ministry of 
        Industry and Information Technology.
    (b) Restrictions on Institutions of Higher Education.--Beginning 
with the first fiscal year that begins after the date that is 12 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall ensure that an institution of higher education (referred 
to in this subsection as an ``institution'') which has a relationship 
with a Confucius Institute, Thousand Talents Program, or Chinese entity 
of concern is ineligible to receive any funds from the Department of 
Homeland Security, unless the institution terminates the relationship 
between the institution and such Confucius Institute, Thousand Talents 
Program, or Chinese entity of concern, as the case may be. Upon 
termination of such a relationship, the institution at issue shall be 
eligible to receive funds from the Department of Homeland Security.
    (c) Report.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
report containing information regarding any institution of higher 
education that has a relationship with a Confucius Institute or Chinese 
entity of concern and receives funds from the Department of Homeland 
Security.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 10, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.