A bill to require United States educational institutions to include information regarding financial transactions with the Government of the People's Republic of China or its affiliates in any petition for certification or recertification with the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1369 To require United States educational institutions to include information re- garding financial transactions with the Government of the People’s Re- public of China or its affiliates in any petition for certification or recer- tification with the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 26, 2021 Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require United States educational institutions to include information regarding financial transactions with the Government of the People’s Republic of China or its affiliates in any petition for certification or recertification with the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:21 May 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1369.IS S1369 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1369 IS SECTION 1. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR 1 CERTIFICATION WITH THE STUDENT AND EX- 2 CHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM. 3 Section 641(d) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 4 Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372(d)) 5 is amended— 6 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘institu- 7 tion,,’’ and inserting ‘‘institution,’’; 8 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para- 9 graph (3); 10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol- 11 lowing: 12 ‘‘(2) SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR 13 CERTIFICATION.—Institutions of higher education 14 and other approved educational institutions peti- 15 tioning for certification or recertification with the 16 Student and Exchange Visitor Program to authorize 17 the attendance of nonimmigrant students described 18 in subparagraph (F)(i) or (M)(i) of section 19 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 20 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) shall include with such peti- 21 tion— 22 ‘‘(A) final copies of any contracts, agree- 23 ments, or documentation of financial trans- 24 actions between the institution or its affiliated 25 student or faculty groups, foundations, or re- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:21 May 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1369.IS S1369 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1369 IS lated entities and any educational, cultural, or 1 language entity that is directly or indirectly 2 funded by the Government of the People’s Re- 3 public of China; and 4 ‘‘(B) a detailed description of any financial 5 contributions from the Government of the Peo- 6 ple’s Republic of China or its affiliates to any 7 student or faculty groups affiliated with such 8 institution.’’; and 9 (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated— 10 (A) by striking ‘‘specified information, 11 such approvals’’ and inserting the following: 12 ‘‘information and documentation described in 13 paragraphs (1) and (2)— 14 ‘‘(A) such approvals’’; and 15 (B) by striking the period at the end and 16 inserting the following: ‘‘; and 17 ‘‘(B) if such failure involves the informa- 18 tion or documentation described in paragraph 19 (2), the Student and Exchange Visitor Program 20 shall conduct an out-of-cycle review of the insti- 21 tution.’’. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:21 May 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1369.IS S1369 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS