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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8058 

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study 

on certain Federal funding made available to entities located in the 

People’s Republic of China or majority owned or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 14, 2020 

Ms. STEFANIK (for herself and Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 

Technology 

A BILL 

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 

conduct a study on certain Federal funding made available to entities located in the People’s Republic of China 

or majority owned or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, 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 ‘‘Chinese Research 

5 Funds Accounting Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT. 

2 (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 

3 States shall conduct a study on Federal funding made 

4 available to covered entities for research during the study 

5 period. 

6 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The study con7 ducted under subsection (a) shall include, to the extent 

8 practicable with respect to the study period, an assessment 

9 of— 

10 (1) the total amount of Federal funding made 

11 available to covered entities for research; 

12 (2) the total number and types of covered enti13 ties to whom such funding was made available; 

14 (3) the requirements relating to the awarding, 

15 tracking, and monitoring of such funding; 

16 (4) any other data available with respect to 

17 Federal funding made available to covered entities 

18 for research; and 

19 (5) other matters the Comptroller General de20 termines appropriate. 

21 (c) BRIEFING ON AVAILABLE DATA.—Not later than 

22 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

23 Comptroller General shall brief the Committee on Science, 

24 Space, and Technology and the Committee on Foreign Af25 fairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

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1 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on the data that 

2 is available with respect to Federal funding made available 

3 to covered entities for research. 

4 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 240 days after the date 

5 of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 

6 submit to the congressional committees specified in sub7 section (c) a report on the findings of the study conducted 

8 under subsection (a). 

9 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en11 tity’’ means an entity— 

12 (A) located in the People’s Republic of 

13 China; or 

14 (B) majority owned or controlled by the 

15 Chinese Communist Party. 

16 (2) STUDY PERIOD.—The term ‘‘study period’’ 

17 means the 5-year period ending on the date of enact18 ment of this Act. 

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