[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3464]
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SA 1991. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Jones) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Confucius
Institute'' means a cultural institute directly or indirectly
funded by the Government of the People's Republic of China.
(b) Restrictions on Confucius Institutes.--An institution
of higher education or other postsecondary educational
institution (referred to in this section as an
``institution'') shall not be eligible to receive Federal
funds from the Department of Education (except funds under
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070
et seq.) or other Department of Education funds that are
provided directly to students) unless the institution ensures
that any contract or agreement between the institution and a
Confucius Institute includes clear provisions that--
(1) protect academic freedom at the institution;
(2) prohibit the application of any foreign law on any
campus of the institution; and
(3) grant full managerial authority of the Confucius
Institute to the institution, including full control over
what is being taught, the activities carried out, the
research grants that are made, and who is employed at the
Confucius Institute.
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