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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2726 

To prohibit the use of funds for universities that provide support to the 

People’s Liberation Army, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 

Mr. LANKFORD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To prohibit the use of funds for universities that provide 

support to the People’s Liberation Army, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Adversarial 

5 and Malicious Partnerships at Universities and Schools 

6 Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘CAMPUS Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF ENTITIES ENGAGED IN MILI2 TARY-CIVIL FUSION IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUB3 LIC OF CHINA. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel5 ligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 

6 shall identify each institution of higher education domi7 ciled in the People’s Republic of China that provides sup8 port to the People’s Liberation Army, including any such 

9 institution involved in the implementation of the Military10 Civil Fusion strategy of the People’s Republic of China 

11 or that participates in the defense industrial base of the 

12 People’s Republic of China. 

13 (b) SUBMISSION OF LIST TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

14 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

15 and annually thereafter, the Director of National Intel16 ligence shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con17 gress a list of each entity identified under subsection (a). 

18 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ENTITIES EN19 GAGED IN MILITARY-CIVIL FUSION. 

20 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 

21 otherwise made available for the Department of Defense 

22 for research, development, testing, and evaluation may be 

23 provided to an entity that maintains a contract with an 

24 institution identified under section 2. 


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1 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY OF FACILITIES TO 

2 HOST OR STORE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 

3 The Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and 

4 Security Agency may not determine that a facility of an 

5 entity is eligible to host or store a classified information 

6 unless the entity certifies to the Director that the entity 

7 does not have an active research partnership with an insti8 tution that is included in the list submitted under section 

9 2(b). 

10 SEC. 5. DENIAL OF VISAS TO INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN 

11 MILITARY-CIVIL FUSION. 

12 The Secretary of State may deny the application for 

13 a visa for a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph (F) 

14 or (J) of section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nation15 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) who is a student or employee 

16 of an institution identified under section 2. 

17 SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON USES OF FUNDS FOR K-12 EDU18 CATION. 

19 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 

20 otherwise made available to the Department of Education 

21 for K-12 education by may be provided to an elementary 

22 of secondary school that maintains a contract with an enti23 ty domiciled in the People’s Republic of China. 

24 SEC. 7. PARTNERSHIP WITH TAIWAN. 

25 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con26 gress that the American Institute in Taiwan should take 


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1 steps to strengthen and expand partnerships with the Tai2 pei Economic and Cultural Representatives Office in the 

3 United States to expand access to Mandarin language in4 struction and Chinese cultural programming for students 

5 in the United States, including K-12 schools and institu6 tions of higher education. 

7 (b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Edu8 cation is authorized to provide grants to K-12 schools and 

9 institutions of higher education to support access to Man10 darin language instruction and Chinese cultural program11 ming in the United States provided in partnership between 

12 the American Institute in Taiwan and Taipei Economic 

13 and Cultural Representatives Office in the United States, 

14 including programming under the United States-Taiwan 

15 Education Initiative. 

16 SEC. 8. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR FEDERAL 

17 GRANTS WITH ENTITIES ON THE ENTITY 

18 LIST. 

19 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 

20 otherwise made available for research, development, test21 ing, and evaluation may be provided to an entity that 

22 maintains a contract with an entity domiciled in the Peo23 ple’s Republic of China that is identified on the list re24 quired under section 2(b) or listed on the Entity List 

25 maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security at the 


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1 Department of Commerce and set forth in Supplement 

2 No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 

3 SEC. 9. DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN GIFTS. 

4 Section 117(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

5 (20 U.S.C. 1011f) is amended by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘$50,000’’. 

7 SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON10 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con11 gress’’ means— 

12 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

13 Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Com14 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen15 sions of the Senate; and 

16 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

17 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 

18 and the Committee on Education and the 

19 Workforce of the House of Representatives. 

20 (2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

21 term ‘‘institution of higher education domiciled in 

22 the People’s Republic of China’’ means an institu23 tion under the control or supervision, in whole or in 

24 part, of— 


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1 (A) the Ministry of Education of the Peo2 ple’s Republic of China; or 

3 (B) the State Administration of Science, 

4 Technology, and Industry for National Defense 

5 of the People’s Republic of China. 

6 (3) K-12 SCHOOLS.—The term ‘‘K-12 edu7 cation’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

8 5002(10) of the National Artificial Intelligence Ini9 tiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401(10)). 

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