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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 551 

To direct the Attorney General to report to Congress on how United States 

taxpayer-funded research has benefitted China, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 26, 2023 

Mr. GOOD of Virginia (for himself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. BIGGS, and Mr. GAETZ) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, 

and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the Attorney General to report to Congress on 

how United States taxpayer-funded research has benefitted 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 ‘‘No Taxpayer Funding 

5 for the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) United States taxpayer-funded research 

2 should not be used to benefit the People’s Republic 

3 of China, especially as China undertakes the largest 

4 theft of intellectual property in history, as was stat5 ed by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. 

6 (2) According to a Congressional Report, the 

7 Chinese Communist Party’s intellectual property 

8 theft costs the United States, and ultimately the 

9 American taxpayer, $225,000,000,000 to 

10 $600,000,000,000 worth of intellectual property 

11 every year. 

12 (3) According to the Committee on Homeland 

13 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 

14 there were more than 35,000 foreign nationals in15 cluding 10,000 from China conducting research in 

16 the Department of Energy’s National Labs. 

17 (4) According to the Department of Education 

18 ‘‘one university received research funding from a 

19 Chinese multinational conglomerate to develop new 

20 algorithms and advanced biometric security tech21 niques for crowd surveillance capabilities,’’ while an22 other ‘‘had multiple contracts with the Central Com23 mittee of the Communist Party of China’’. 

24 (5) The Committee on Homeland Security and 

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1 vember 2019 report that ‘‘American taxpayer funded 

2 research has contributed to China’s global rise over 

3 the last 20 years’’. 

4 (6) The Federal Bureau of Investigation has 

5 found that China’s government has used some stu6 dents and professors in science, technology, engi7 neering, and math (STEM) fields as nontraditional 

8 collectors of intellectual property, but has also noted 

9 that ‘‘the vast majority of the 1.4 million inter10 national scholars on U.S. campuses pose no threat 

11 to their host institutions, fellow classmates, or re12 search fields. On the contrary, these international 

13 visitors represent valuable contributors to their cam14 puses’ achievements, providing financial benefits, di15 versity of ideas, sought expertise, and opportunities 

16 for cross-cultural exchange’’. 

17 (7) In 2021, the Department of Justice an18 nounced that four Chinese nationals were charged 

19 with an operation to hack into the computers of doz20 ens of companies, universities and government agen21 cies in the United States and other countries be22 tween 2011 and 2018. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORT ON CHINA BENEFITTING FROM UNITED 

2 STATES TAXPAYER-FUNDED RESEARCH. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

4 date of enactment of the Act, the Attorney General, in 

5 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Sec6 retary of Commerce, the Secretary of State, and the Direc7 tor of National Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee 

8 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 

9 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on the 

10 extent to which China has benefitted from United States 

11 taxpayer-funded research. 

12 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 

13 shall include the following: 

14 (1) The extent to which United States tax15 payer-funded research has benefitted China, includ16 ing a list of United States Government-funded enti17 ties, such as research institutions, laboratories, and 

18 institutions of higher education, which have hired 

19 Chinese nationals or allowed Chinese nationals to 

20 conduct research, including an estimate in the num21 ber of nationals hired or involved in research 

22 projects. 

23 (2) A list of United States Government pro24 grams, grants, and other forms of research funding 

25 in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and 

26 math (STEM) fields that have directly or indirectly 


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1 cooperated or affiliated with research institutions in 

2 China or Chinese Communist Party entities. 

3 (3) The extent to which China’s funding of 

4 United States taxpayer-funded research institutions 

5 has benefitted China. 

6 (4) How the Government of China and the Chi7 nese Communist Party have used United States tax8 payer-funded research, including as part of China’s 

9 efforts to support ‘‘civil-military fusion’’ and human 

10 rights abuses. 

11 (c) DEFINITION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘United 

12 States taypayer-funded research’’ means research— 

13 (1) funded by a grant from the Federal Govern14 ment or a State government; or 

15 (2) conducted at an institution that receives 

16 funding from the Federal Government or a State 

17 government. 

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