[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4999]
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  SA 5618. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ENTITIES 
                   WHO MAINTAIN CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN 
                   INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION DOMICILED IN 
                   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201 may be obligated or expended to 
     provide to an entity that maintains a contract between the 
     entity and an entity identified on the list established under 
     subsection (b)(2).
       (b) List.--
       (1) Identification.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 
     identify each entity that is an institution of higher 
     education domiciled in the People's Republic of China that 
     provides support to the People's Liberation Army, including 
     involvement in the implementation of the military-civil 
     fusion strategy of China and participation in the defense 
     industrial base of China.
       (2) Establishment and submittal to congress.--Not later 
     than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     the Secretary shall establish and submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a list of each entity identified 
     pursuant to paragraph (1).
       (3) Additions and deletions.--The Secretary shall, in 
     consultation with the Director, make additions or deletions 
     to the most recent list established under paragraph (2) on an 
     ongoing basis based on the latest information available to 
     the Secretary.
       (4) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee 
     on Intelligence, and the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor and Pensions of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Education and Labor, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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