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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1263 

To limit Federal funding for institutions of higher education that have 

partnerships with the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 23, 2021 

Ms. STEFANIK (for herself, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. 

OWENS, and Mr. BANKS) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To limit Federal funding for institutions of higher education 

that have partnerships with the People’s Republic of 

China, 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 ‘‘End College Chinese 

5 Communist Partnerships Act’’ or the ‘‘End College CCP 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has 

2 been engaged in a sustained effort to undermine all 

3 facets of American power through influence cam4 paigns within the United States; 

5 (2) the CCP has engaged in the theft of hun6 dreds of billions of dollars’ worth of intellectual 

7 property and academic and scientific research on col8 lege campuses, within national labs and within the 

9 private sector; 

10 (3) the CCP has attempted to recruit Chinese 

11 Americans and ethnic Chinese within the United 

12 States for intelligence collection and coercion to ad13 vance the CCP ideology and agenda; 

14 (4) the hostile CCP ideology has gained a foot15 hold in all facets of our society, including in aca16 demia, business, entertainment, and the media; 

17 (5) the CCP and its diplomats, through Confu18 cius Institutes, have monitored students on Amer19 ican campuses and has forced its views upon our in20 stitutions of higher learning; 

21 (6) the CCP, through its propaganda efforts in 

22 academia, has censored discussion on Tibet and Tai23 wan, and has repeatedly interfered in campus-wide 

24 events; 


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1 (7) CCP military officers have repeatedly used 

2 cover identities, and other misleading tactics, to ob3 scure the true nature of their activities in the United 

4 States, including as students studying at American 

5 universities; and 

6 (8) the CCP’s talent recruitment plans, most 

7 notably the Thousand Talents Plan, are designed to 

8 attract, recruit, and cultivate overseas talent in fur9 therance of China’s strategic interests and reward 

10 individuals for stealing United States intellectual 

11 property. 

12 SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON INSTITUTIONS PARTNERING 

13 WITH THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

14 (a) FUNDING RESTRICTED.—An institution of higher 

15 education or other postsecondary educational institution 

16 shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds (except funds 

17 under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

18 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) or other Department of Education 

19 funds that are provided directly to students) if such insti20 tution has a contractual partnership in effect with an enti21 ty that is— 

22 (1) owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, 

23 by the Government of the People’s Republic of 

24 China; or 


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1 (2) organized under the laws of the People’s 

2 Republic of China. 

3 (b) RESTORING ELIGIBILITY.—An institution ineli4 gible to receive Federal funds under subsection (a) may 

5 reestablish eligibility by— 

6 (1) disclosing to the Secretary of Education all 

7 contractual partnerships with an entity described in 

8 subsection (a) from the previous 10 years; and 

9 (2) providing to the Secretary of Education suf10 ficient evidence that such partnerships have been 

11 terminated. 

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