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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. 
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 ‘‘End College Chinese 
Communist Partnerships Act’’ or the ‘‘End College CCP 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
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(1) the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has 
been engaged in a sustained effort to undermine all 
facets of American power through influence cam-
paigns within the United States; 
(2) the CCP has engaged in the theft of hun-
dreds of billions of dollars’ worth of intellectual 
property and academic and scientific research on col-
lege campuses, within national labs and within the 
private sector; 
(3) the CCP has attempted to recruit Chinese 
Americans and ethnic Chinese within the United 
States for intelligence collection and coercion to ad-
vance the CCP ideology and agenda; 
(4) the hostile CCP ideology has gained a foot-
hold in all facets of our society, including in aca-
demia, business, entertainment, and the media; 
(5) the CCP and its diplomats, through Confu-
cius Institutes, have monitored students on Amer-
ican campuses and has forced its views upon our in-
stitutions of higher learning; 
(6) the CCP, through its propaganda efforts in 
academia, has censored discussion on Tibet and Tai-
wan, and has repeatedly interfered in campus-wide 
events; 
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(7) CCP military officers have repeatedly used 
cover identities, and other misleading tactics, to ob-
scure the true nature of their activities in the United 
States, including as students studying at American 
universities; and 
(8) the CCP’s talent recruitment plans, most 
notably the Thousand Talents Plan, are designed to 
attract, recruit, and cultivate overseas talent in fur-
therance of China’s strategic interests and reward 
individuals for stealing United States intellectual 
property. 
SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON INSTITUTIONS PARTNERING 
WITH THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) FUNDING RESTRICTED.—An institution of higher 
education or other postsecondary educational institution 
shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds (except funds 
under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) or other Department of Education 
funds that are provided directly to students) if such insti-
tution has a contractual partnership in effect with an enti-
ty that is— 
(1) owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, 
by the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China; or 
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(2) organized under the laws of the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(b) RESTORING ELIGIBILITY.—An institution ineli-
gible to receive Federal funds under subsection (a) may 
reestablish eligibility by— 
(1) disclosing to the Secretary of Education all 
contractual partnerships with an entity described in 
subsection (a) from the previous 10 years; and 
(2) providing to the Secretary of Education suf-
ficient evidence that such partnerships have been 
terminated. 
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