[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7940]
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  SA 4438. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 in title X, 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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