No Taxpayer Funding for the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Justice to report to Congress on the extent to which China has benefited from U.S. taxpayer-funded research. The report shall also contain information including (1) a list of U.S. government-funded entities that have hired Chinese nationals; and (2) a list of U.S. government programs in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields that have cooperated or affiliated with research institutions in China or Chinese Communist Party entities.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 992 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 992
To direct the Attorney General to report to Congress on how United
States taxpayer-funded research has benefitted China, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 11, 2021
Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Hice of Georgia,
Mr. Gohmert, and Mr. Baird) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in
addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to report to Congress on how United
States taxpayer-funded research has benefitted China, 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 ``No Taxpayer Funding for the Chinese
Communist Party Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) United States taxpayer-funded research should not be
used to benefit the People's Republic of China, especially as
China undertakes the largest theft of intellectual property in
history, as was stated by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
(2) According to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, there were more than 35,000
foreign nationals including 10,000 from China conducting
research in the Department of Energy's National Labs.
(3) According to the Department of Education ``one
university received research funding from a Chinese
multinational conglomerate to develop new algorithms and
advanced biometric security techniques for crowd surveillance
capabilities,'' while another ``had multiple contracts with the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China''.
(4) The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate found in a November 2019 report that
``American taxpayer funded research has contributed to China's
global rise over the last 20 years''.
(5) The Federal Bureau of Investigation has found that
China's government has used some students and professors in
science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields as
nontraditional collectors of intellectual property, but has
also noted that ``the vast majority of the 1.4 million
international scholars on U.S. campuses pose no threat to their
host institutions, fellow classmates, or research fields. On
the contrary, these international visitors represent valuable
contributors to their campuses' achievements, providing
financial benefits, diversity of ideas, sought expertise, and
opportunities for cross-cultural exchange''.
SEC. 3. REPORT ON CHINA BENEFITTING FROM UNITED STATES TAXPAYER-FUNDED
RESEARCH.
(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of the Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of
State, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on the extent to
which China has benefitted from United States taxpayer-funded research.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include the
following:
(1) The extent to which United States taxpayer-funded
research has benefitted China, including a list of United
States Government-funded entities, such as research
institutions, laboratories, and institutions of higher
education, which have hired Chinese nationals or allowed
Chinese nationals to conduct research, including an estimate in
the number of nationals hired or involved in research projects.
(2) A list of United States Government programs, grants,
and other forms of research funding in the fields of science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields that have
directly or indirectly cooperated or affiliated with research
institutions in China or Chinese Communist Party entities.
(3) The extent to which China's funding of United States
taxpayer-funded research institutions has benefitted China.
(4) How the Government of China and the Chinese Communist
Party have used United States taxpayer-funded research,
including as part of China's efforts to support ``civil-
military fusion'' and human rights abuses.
(c) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``United States taypayer-
funded research'' means research--
(1) funded by a grant from the Federal Government or a
State government; or
(2) conducted at an institution that receives funding from
the Federal Government or a State government.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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