[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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