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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2622
To establish limitations regarding Confucius Institutes, and for other
purposes.
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
A BILL
To establish limitations regarding Confucius Institutes, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Concerns Over Nations
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Funding University Campus Institutes in the United
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States Act’’ or the ‘‘CONFUCIUS Act’’.
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SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.
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(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Confu-
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cius Institute’’ means a cultural institute directly or indi-
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rectly funded by the Government of the People’s Republic
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of China.
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(b) RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.—An
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institution of higher education or other postsecondary edu-
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cational institution (referred to in this section as an ‘‘insti-
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tution’’) shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds from
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the Department of Education (except funds under title IV
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of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070
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et seq.) or other Department of Education funds that are
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provided directly to students) unless the institution en-
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sures that any contract or agreement between the institu-
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tion and a Confucius Institute includes clear provisions
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that—
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(1) protect academic freedom at the institution;
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(2) prohibit the application of any foreign law
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on any campus of the institution; and
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(3) grant full managerial authority of the Con-
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fucius Institute to the institution, including full con-
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trol over what is being taught, the activities carried
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out, the research grants that are made, and who is
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employed at the Confucius Institute.
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