[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2479]
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  SA 284. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2024 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1269. ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT AND FEASIBILITY OF 
                   RESTRICTING GIFTS AND GRANTS TO UNITED STATES 
                   INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM ENTITIES 
                   ON THE NON-SDN CHINESE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL 
                   COMPLEX COMPANIES LIST.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an 
     assessment of the impact and feasibility of restricting gifts 
     and grants to United States institutions of higher education 
     from entities on the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial 
     Complex Companies List maintained by the Office of Foreign 
     Assets Control.
       (b) Elements.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Education, shall include in the assessment 
     required by subsection (a) an estimate of--
       (1) the total number of gifts and grants provided to United 
     States institutions of higher education by entities described 
     in subsection (a); and
       (2) the monetary value of those gifts and grants.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Gifts and grants.--The term ``gifts and grants'' 
     includes financial contributions, material donations, 
     provision of services, scholarships, fellowships, research 
     funding, infrastructure investment, or any other form of 
     support that provides a benefit to the recipient institution.
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