[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 944. 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 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 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) a list and description of each of the gifts and grants 
     provided to United States institutions of higher education by 
     entities described in subsection (a); and
       (2) the monetary value of each 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, contracts, or any other 
     form of support that provides a benefit to the recipient 
     institution.
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