[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5067]
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SA 5672. Mr. KENNEDY 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 end of subtitle G of title X of division A, add 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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