[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6030. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 V, insert the following:

     SEC. 5__. LIMITATION ON PROVISION OF FUNDS TO ELEMENTARY AND 
                   SECONDARY SCHOOLS HOSTING CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES 
                   AND CLASSROOMS.

       (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year 
     for the Department of Defense may be provided to an 
     elementary school or secondary school that hosts a Confucius 
     Institute or Classroom, other than amounts provided directly 
     to students as educational assistance.
       (b) Effective Date.--The limitation under subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to the first fiscal year that begins 
     after the date that is 12 months after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and to any subsequent fiscal year.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Confucius institute or classroom.--The term ``Confucius 
     Institute or Classroom'' means a cultural institute or 
     educational partnership directly or indirectly funded by the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China.
       (2) Elementary school; secondary school.--The terms 
     ``elementary school'' and ``secondary school'' have the 
     meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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