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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1516 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have 

a relationship with Confucius Institutes, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Restrictions on 

3 Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern 

4 Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES’ HOST 

6 SCHOOLS. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) CHINESE ENTITY OF CONCERN.—The term 

9 ‘‘Chinese entity of concern’’ means any university or 

10 college in the People’s Republic of China that— 

11 (A) is involved in the implementation of 

12 military-civil fusion; 

13 (B) participates in the Chinese defense in14 dustrial base; 

15 (C) is affiliated with the Chinese State Ad16 ministration for Science, Technology and Indus17 try for the National Defense; 

18 (D) receives funding from any organization 

19 subordinate to the Central Military Commission 

20 of the Chinese Communist Party; 

21 (E) provides support to any security, de22 fense, police, or intelligence organization of the 

23 Government of the People’s Republic of China 

24 or the Chinese Communist Party; 

25 (F) purposefully undermines the United 

26 States’ relationship with Taiwan; 


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1 (G) aids, abets, or enables the detention, 

2 imprisonment, persecution, or forced labor of 

3 Uyghur Muslims in the People’s Republic of 

4 China; 

5 (H) willfully and knowingly engages in ma6 licious activities, including online disinformation 

7 campaigns and propaganda, for the purpose of 

8 interfering with United States Federal, State, 

9 or local elections; or 

10 (I) is affiliated with the Chinese Academy 

11 of Sciences. 

12 (2) CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE.—The term ‘‘Confu13 cius Institute’’ means a cultural institute funded by 

14 the Government of the People’s Republic of China. 

15 (3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

16 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

17 meaning given such term in section 102 of the High18 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

19 (4) RELATIONSHIP.—The term ‘‘relationship’’ 

20 means, with respect to an institution of higher edu21 cation, any contract awarded, or agreement entered 

22 into, as well as any in-kind donation or gift, received 

23 from a Confucius Institute or Chinese entity of con24 cern. 


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1 (5) THOUSAND TALENTS PROGRAM.—The term 

2 ‘‘Thousand Talents Program’’ means any techno3 logical or educational program funded or adminis4 tered by the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of 

5 Industry and Information Technology. 

6 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER

7 EDUCATION.—Beginning with the first fiscal year that be8 gins after the date that is 12 months after the date of 

9 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Se10 curity shall ensure that an institution of higher education 

11 (referred to in this subsection as an ‘‘institution’’) which 

12 has a relationship with a Confucius Institute, Thousand 

13 Talents Program, or Chinese entity of concern is ineligible 

14 to receive any funds from the Department of Homeland 

15 Security, unless the institution terminates the relationship 

16 between the institution and such Confucius Institute, 

17 Thousand Talents Program, or Chinese entity of concern, 

18 as the case may be. Upon termination of such a relation19 ship, the institution at issue shall be eligible to receive 

20 funds from the Department of Homeland Security. 

21 (c) REPORT.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 

22 shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 

23 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

24 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen25 ate a report containing information regarding any instituVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Sep 13, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1516.RDS H1516

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1 tion of higher education that has a relationship with a 

2 Confucius Institute or Chinese entity of concern and re3 ceives funds from the Department of Homeland Security. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 10, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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