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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3889
To expand the prohibition on funding for international institutions of higher
education that host Confucius Institutes and remove the authority to
waive the prohibition.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 7, 2023
Mr. BANKS (for himself, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. WALTZ, and
Mr. LAMBORN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To expand the prohibition on funding for international insti-
tutions of higher education that host Confucius Institutes
and remove the authority to waive the prohibition.
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 ‘‘No Federal Funding
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for CCP Spying and Persuasion In Education Settings
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(SPIES) Act of 2023’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL
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INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT
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HOST CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES AND REMOVAL
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OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.
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Section 1062 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
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(Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 2241 note) is amend-
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ed—
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(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in
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subsection (b), none’’ and inserting ‘‘None’’;
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and
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(B) by inserting ‘‘or international institu-
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tion of higher education’’ after ‘‘institution of
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higher education’’;
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(2) by striking subsection (b); and
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(3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as
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subsections (b) and (c), respectively.
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