CONFUCIUS Act

Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States Act or the CONFUCIUS Act

This bill addresses China's influence on postsecondary educational institutions through Confucius Institutes, which are cultural institutes directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government.

Specifically, the bill establishes requirements for postsecondary educational institutions that receive federal funding and that have contracts or agreements with Confucius Institutes. The contracts or agreements must include clear provisions that (1) protect the academic freedom of the institutions; (2) prohibit the application of foreign law on the institutions' campuses; and (3) grant full managerial authority of the institutes to the institutions, including full control over teaching plans, activities, research grants, and employment decisions.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2622 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2622

To establish limitations regarding Confucius Institutes, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2021

   Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
   Balderson, Mr. Reschenthaler, and Mr. Diaz-Balart) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish limitations regarding Confucius Institutes, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Concerns Over Nations Funding 
University Campus Institutes in the United States Act'' or the 
``CONFUCIUS Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Confucius Institute'' 
means a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the 
Government of the People's Republic of China.
    (b) Restrictions on Confucius Institutes.--An institution of higher 
education or other postsecondary educational institution (referred to 
in this section as an ``institution'') shall not be eligible to receive 
Federal funds from the Department of Education (except funds under 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) 
or other Department of Education funds that are provided directly to 
students) unless the institution ensures that any contract or agreement 
between the institution and a Confucius Institute includes clear 
provisions that--
            (1) protect academic freedom at the institution;
            (2) prohibit the application of any foreign law on any 
        campus of the institution; and
            (3) grant full managerial authority of the Confucius 
        Institute to the institution, including full control over what 
        is being taught, the activities carried out, the research 
        grants that are made, and who is employed at the Confucius 
        Institute.
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