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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 3453
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require program participation
agreements between institutions of higher education and Hanban if a
Confucius Institute operates on the campus of the institution.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 12, 2020
Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. COTTON, Mr. SCOTT of
Florida, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LEE, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. CRUZ) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require
program participation agreements between institutions of
higher education and Hanban if a Confucius Institute
operates on the campus of the institution.
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 ‘‘Transparency for Con-
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fucius Institutes’’.
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SEC. 2. PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
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INSTITUTIONS AND HANBAN.
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Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
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(20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
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following:
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‘‘(30) If a Confucius Institute (as defined in
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section 1091 of the John S. McCain National De-
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fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (132
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Stat. 1997; Public Law 115–232)) operates on the
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campus of the institution, the institution shall enter
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into a program participation agreement with the Of-
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fice of Chinese Language Council International
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(commonly known as ‘Hanban’) that—
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‘‘(A) clearly delineates between the Confu-
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cius Institute’s programs and the institution’s
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own Chinese language programs;
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‘‘(B) locates the Confucius Institute phys-
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ically apart from the Chinese language pro-
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grams, Chinese history programs, and Chinese
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cultural programs within the institution’s orga-
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nizational structure and separates promotions
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for the Confucius Institute from promotions for
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the institution’s Chinese language programs,
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Chinese history programs, and Chinese cultural
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programs;
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‘‘(C) removes the Chinese assistant direc-
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tor position from the Confucius Institute;
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‘‘(D) subjects the staff and professors of
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the Confucius Institute to appropriate back-
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ground checks;
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‘‘(E) is publicly available in its entirety on-
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line;
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‘‘(F) does not have a confidentiality sec-
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tion; and
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‘‘(G) provides that the institution has final
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decision-making authority, including with re-
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gard to conference themes, guest speakers, and
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topics for events on campus at the institution.’’.
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