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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 954 
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 Chi-
nese Communist Party, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2021 
Ms. STEFANIK (for herself, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. BABIN, 
Mr. PERRY, Mr. STEWART, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. 
GAETZ, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. 
GUEST, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. JACOBS of New York, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, 
Mr. COLE, Mr. BURGESS, and Mr. GRIFFITH) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology 
A BILL 
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 
conduct a study on certain Federal funding made avail-
able to entities located in the People’s Republic of China 
or majority owned or controlled by the Chinese Com-
munist Party, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chinese Research 
Funds Accounting Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study on Federal funding made 
available to covered entities for research during the study 
period. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The study con-
ducted under subsection (a) shall include, to the extent 
practicable with respect to the study period, an assessment 
of— 
(1) the total amount of Federal funding made 
available to covered entities for research; 
(2) the total number and types of covered enti-
ties to whom such funding was made available; 
(3) the requirements relating to the awarding, 
tracking, and monitoring of such funding; 
(4) any other data available with respect to 
Federal funding made available to covered entities 
for research; and 
(5) other matters the Comptroller General de-
termines appropriate. 
(c) BRIEFING ON AVAILABLE DATA.—Not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General shall brief the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology and the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Com-
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mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on the data that 
is available with respect to Federal funding made available 
to covered entities for research. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 240 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the congressional committees specified in sub-
section (c) a report on the findings of the study conducted 
under subsection (a). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’ means an entity— 
(A) located in the People’s Republic of 
China; or 
(B) majority owned or controlled by the 
Chinese Communist Party. 
(2) STUDY PERIOD.—The term ‘‘study period’’ 
means the 5-year period ending on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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