[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3028]
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SA 865. Mr. MARSHALL 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the
following:
SEC. 12__. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING
RESTRICTIONS ON INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION THAT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.
(a) Restrictions on Institutions of Higher Education.--
Beginning with the first fiscal year that begins after the
date that is 12 months after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure
that an institution of higher education (referred to in this
section as an ``institution'') which has a relationship with
a Confucius Institute or Chinese entity of concern is
ineligible to receive any funds from the Department of
Homeland Security, unless the institution terminates the
relationship between the institution and such Confucius
Institute or Chinese entity of concern, as the case may be.
Upon the termination of such a relationship, the institution
at issue shall be eligible to receive funds from the
Department of Homeland Security.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Chinese entity of concern.--The term ``Chinese entity
of concern'' means any university or college in the People's
Republic of China that--
(A) is involved in the implementation of military-civil
fusion;
(B) participates in the Chinese defense industrial base;
(C) is affiliated with the Chinese State Administration for
Science, Technology and Industry for the National Defense;
(D) receives funding from any organization subordinate to
the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist
Party; or
(E) provides support to any security, defense, police, or
intelligence organization of the Government of the People's
Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.
(2) Confucius institute.--The term ``Confucius Institute''
means a cultural institute funded by the Government of the
People's Republic of China.
(3) Institution of higher education.--The term
``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given
such term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1002).
(4) Relationship.--The term ``relationship'' means, with
respect to an institution of higher education, any contract
awarded, or agreement entered into, as well as any in-kind
donation or gift, received from a Confucius Institute or
Chinese entity of concern.
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