Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/881

Official text excerpt

119 HR 881 IH: DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-01-31 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 881 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 2025 Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Garbarino , Mr. Evans of Colorado , and Mr. Strong ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act . 2. Limitations on Confucius Institutes’ host schools (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Chinese entity of concern The term Chinese entity of concern means any university or college in the People’s Republic of China that— (A) is involved in the implementation of military-civil fusion; (B) participates in the Chinese defense industrial base; (C) is affiliated with the Chinese State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for the National Defense; (D) receives funding from any organization subordinate to the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party; (E) provides support to any security, defense, police, or intelligence organization of the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party; (F) purposefully undermines the United States’ relationship with Taiwan; (G) aids, abets, or enables the detention, imprisonment, persecution, or forced labor of Uyghur Muslims in the People’s Republic of China; (H) willfully and knowingly engages in malicious activities, including online disinformation campaigns and propaganda, for the purpose of interfering with United State…

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Citations

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