Defund the CCP On Campus Act of 2023
This bill prohibits federal funding for any institution of higher education (IHE) that (1) provides funds to a Confucius Institute or an entity that funds such an institute, or (2) has a Confucius Institute. A Confucius Institute is a public educational and cultural promotion program that is funded and arranged by a government-organized group under China's Ministry of Education.
Additionally, the Department of Education must study and report on the number of IHEs (1) that have funded or provided funds to an entity that has funded a Confucius Institute, and (2) that have a Confucius Institute.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3757 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3757
To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to institutions of higher
education that fund Confucius Institutes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 31, 2023
Mr. Santos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to institutions of higher
education that fund Confucius Institutes.
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 ``Defund the CCP On Campus Act of
2023''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR A CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE.
(a) In General.--No Federal funds may be made available to any
institution of higher education that--
(1) provides funds to a Confucius Institute or to an entity
that funds such an Institute; or
(2) has a Confucius Institute.
(b) Study.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Education shall submit to Congress the
results of a study that reviews, for the preceding 10-year period--
(1) the number of institutions of higher education that
have funded or provided funds to an entity that has funded a
Confucius Institute; and
(2) the number of institutions of higher education at which
a Confucius Institute has operated.
(c) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) Confucius institute.--The term ``Confucius Institute''
means a public educational and cultural promotion program
funded and arranged by a government-organized group under the
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
(2) Institute of higher education.--The term ``institution
of higher education'' has the meaning given the term in section
102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002),
except that such term does not include institutions of higher
education described in subsection (a)(1)(C) of such section
102.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2953-2955)
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