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Stop Funding JROTC at CCP-Owned Schools Act

Source: Congress.gov · 445 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill changes federal law to prevent the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) from operating at schools owned, operated or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party or related Chinese military organizations. The bill modifies the existing rules that govern where JROTC units can be established.

Who It Affects

Educational institutions owned, operated or controlled by the People's Republic of China, Chinese Communist Party members, People's Liberation Army members, Chinese military companies identified by the Secretary of Defense, or companies on the Department of Treasury's Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List.

Key Provisions

• No JROTC unit may be established or maintained at an educational institution owned, operated or controlled by the People's Republic of China (Sec. 2) • No JROTC unit may be established or maintained at an educational institution owned, operated or controlled by a member of the Chinese Communist Party (Sec. 2) • No JROTC unit may be established or maintained at an educational institution owned, operated or controlled by a member of the People's Liberation Army (Sec. 2) • No JROTC unit may be established or maintained at an educational institution owned, operated or controlled by any person or organization that owns, controls or is an agency or instrumentality of the entities listed above (Sec. 2)

What Changes

The bill adds a new restriction to Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, stating that JROTC units cannot operate at schools controlled by specified Chinese government, military or military-industrial entities.

Important Definitions

None defined in bill text.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1225 To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the establishment or maintenance of a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at an educational institution owned, operated, or controlled by the Chi- nese Communist Party. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 27, 2023 Mr. WALTZ (for himself and Ms. HOULAHAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the estab- lishment or maintenance of a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at an educational institution owned, operated, or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. 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 ‘‘Stop Funding JROTC 4 at CCP-Owned Schools Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:02 Mar 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1225.IH H1225 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1225 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF ESTABLISHMENT OR MAINTE- 1 NANCE OF A UNIT OF THE JUNIOR RESERVE 2 OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS AT AN EDU- 3 CATIONAL INSTITUTION OWNED, OPERATED, 4 OR CONTROLLED BY THE CHINESE COM- 5 MUNIST PARTY. 6 Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, is 7 amended by adding at the end the following new sub- 8 section: 9 ‘‘(i) No unit may be established or maintained at an 10 educational institution that is owned, operated, or con- 11 trolled by a person that— 12 ‘‘(1) is the People’s Republic of China; 13 ‘‘(2) is a member of the Chinese Communist 14 Party; 15 ‘‘(3) is a member of the People’s Liberation 16 Army; 17 ‘‘(4) is identified by the Secretary of Defense 18 under section 1260H(a) of the William M. (Mac) 19 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 20 Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) as a Chinese 21 military company; 22 ‘‘(5) is included in the Non-SDN Chinese Mili- 23 tary-Industrial Complex Companies List published 24 by the Department of the Treasury; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:02 Mar 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1225.IH H1225 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1225 IH ‘‘(6) is owned by or controlled by or is an agen- 1 cy or instrumentality of any person described in 2 paragraphs (1) through (5).’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:02 Mar 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1225.IH H1225 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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