[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 164 (Monday, August 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52187-52188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18525]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11188]


Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act

    Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of State by the 
laws of the United States including the Foreign Missions Act (22 U.S.C. 
4301 et seq.) and delegated pursuant to Department of State Delegation 
of Authority No. 214 of September 20, 1994, I hereby determine that the 
Confucius Institute United States Center, and any successor entity, 
including their real property and personnel, is a foreign mission 
within the meaning of 22 U.S.C. 4302(a)(3).
    Furthermore, I hereby determine it to be reasonably necessary to 
protect the interests of the United States to require

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the representative offices and operations in the United States of the 
above noted entities, and their agents or employees acting on their 
behalf, to comply with the terms and conditions specified by the 
Department of State's Office of Foreign Missions relating to the above 
noted entities' activities in the United States.
    At a minimum such terms and conditions shall include a requirement 
for the Confucius Institute United States Center, and its successor 
entity, to:
    1. By October 31, 2020, prepare a report detailing all financial 
and other support that CIUS has provided or will provide to Confucius 
Institutes, Confucius Classrooms, or other educational institutions in 
the United States in calendar years 2018, 2019, and 2020. This report 
must be updated and submitted bi-annually every April 30 and October 
31.
    2. By October 31, 2020, provide a list of all PRC citizens referred 
or assigned by CIUS to a Confucius Institute or Confucius Classroom in 
the United States since 2016, their current citizenship or visa status, 
and whether and where they are currently assigned in the United States. 
This report must be updated and submitted bi-annually every April 30 
and October 31.
    3. Provide OFM with 60 days notice prior to dispersing funds, 
personnel, or other resources in support of new Confucius Institutes or 
other educational organizations in the United States.
    4. By October 31, 2020, provide OFM with courtesy copies of 
curriculum materials that CIUS has provided to individual Confucius 
Institutes and other U.S.-based educational institutions for use in 
calendar years 2016-2020. Courtesy copies of future curricular 
materials must be submitted to OFM as they are distributed.
    Finally, I determine that the requirements established by 
Designation 2020-2, dated June 5, 2020, will not be applied to the 
above-referenced entities unless and until further notice.

Clifton C. Seagroves,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Missions, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-18525 Filed 8-21-20; 8:45 am]
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