Chinese Research Funds Accounting Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 954 To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on certain Federal funding made available to entities located in the People’s Republic of China or majority owned or controlled by the Chi- nese Communist Party, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 8, 2021 Ms. STEFANIK (for herself, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. BABIN, Mr. PERRY, Mr. STEWART, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. GUEST, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. JACOBS of New York, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. COLE, Mr. BURGESS, and Mr. GRIFFITH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech- nology A BILL To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on certain Federal funding made avail- able to entities located in the People’s Republic of China or majority owned or controlled by the Chinese Com- munist Party, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chinese Research 4 Funds Accounting Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:24 Mar 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H954.IH H954 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 954 IH SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT. 1 (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 2 States shall conduct a study on Federal funding made 3 available to covered entities for research during the study 4 period. 5 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The study con- 6 ducted under subsection (a) shall include, to the extent 7 practicable with respect to the study period, an assessment 8 of— 9 (1) the total amount of Federal funding made 10 available to covered entities for research; 11 (2) the total number and types of covered enti- 12 ties to whom such funding was made available; 13 (3) the requirements relating to the awarding, 14 tracking, and monitoring of such funding; 15 (4) any other data available with respect to 16 Federal funding made available to covered entities 17 for research; and 18 (5) other matters the Comptroller General de- 19 termines appropriate. 20 (c) BRIEFING ON AVAILABLE DATA.—Not later than 21 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 22 Comptroller General shall brief the Committee on Science, 23 Space, and Technology and the Committee on Foreign Af- 24 fairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee 25 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Com- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:24 Mar 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H954.IH H954 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 954 IH mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on the data that 1 is available with respect to Federal funding made available 2 to covered entities for research. 3 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 240 days after the date 4 of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 5 submit to the congressional committees specified in sub- 6 section (c) a report on the findings of the study conducted 7 under subsection (a). 8 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 9 (1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en- 10 tity’’ means an entity— 11 (A) located in the People’s Republic of 12 China; or 13 (B) majority owned or controlled by the 14 Chinese Communist Party. 15 (2) STUDY PERIOD.—The term ‘‘study period’’ 16 means the 5-year period ending on the date of enact- 17 ment of this Act. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:24 Mar 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H954.IH H954 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS