IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 881 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 8, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To establish Department of Homeland Security funding re-
strictions on institutions of higher education that have 
a relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Restrictions on 
Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES’ HOST 
SCHOOLS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHINESE ENTITY OF CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘Chinese entity of concern’’ means any university or 
college in the People’s Republic of China that— 
(A) is involved in the implementation of 
military-civil fusion; 
(B) participates in the Chinese defense in-
dustrial base; 
(C) is affiliated with the Chinese State Ad-
ministration for Science, Technology and Indus-
try for the National Defense; 
(D) receives funding from any organization 
subordinate to the Central Military Commission 
of the Chinese Communist Party; 
(E) provides support to any security, de-
fense, police, or intelligence organization of the 
Government of the People’s Republic of China 
or the Chinese Communist Party; 
(F) purposefully undermines the United 
States’ relationship with Taiwan; 
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(G) aids, abets, or enables the detention, 
imprisonment, persecution, or forced labor of 
Uyghur Muslims in the People’s Republic of 
China; 
(H) willfully and knowingly engages in ma-
licious activities, including online disinformation 
campaigns and propaganda, for the purpose of 
interfering with United States Federal, State, 
or local elections; or 
(I) is affiliated with the Chinese Academy 
of Sciences. 
(2) CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE.—The term ‘‘Confu-
cius Institute’’ means a cultural institute funded by 
the Government of the People’s Republic of China. 
(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 102 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 
(4) RELATIONSHIP.—The term ‘‘relationship’’ 
means, with respect to an institution of higher edu-
cation, any contract awarded, or agreement entered 
into, as well as any in-kind donation or gift, received 
from a Confucius Institute or Chinese entity of con-
cern. 
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(5) THOUSAND TALENTS PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘Thousand Talents Program’’ means any techno-
logical or educational program funded or adminis-
tered by the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of 
Industry and Information Technology. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS
ON INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION.—Beginning with the first fiscal year that be-
gins after the date that is 12 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall ensure that an institution of higher education 
(referred to in this subsection as an ‘‘institution’’) which 
has a relationship with a Confucius Institute, Thousand 
Talents Program, or Chinese entity of concern is ineligible 
to receive any funds from the Department of Homeland 
Security, unless the institution terminates the relationship 
between the institution and such Confucius Institute, 
Thousand Talents Program, or Chinese entity of concern, 
as the case may be. Upon termination of such a relation-
ship, the institution at issue shall be eligible to receive 
funds from the Department of Homeland Security. 
(c) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security may, after consultation with the Director of 
National Intelligence, on a case-by-case basis and for 
a period not to exceed one year, waive the applica-
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tion of subsection (b) with respect to an institution 
of higher education if the Secretary determines the 
institution at issue maintains robust safeguards and 
enforcement protocols to monitor the relationship at 
issue, including active measures to detect and deter 
attempts by Chinese nationals affiliated with a Con-
fucius Institute, Thousand Talents Program, or Chi-
nese entity of concern that is the subject of such re-
lationship to gain unauthorized access to sensitive 
research, data, or federally funded development ac-
tivities conducted at or on the premises of, or by, 
such institution, and either of the following condi-
tions is satisfied: 
(A) The relationship at issue is in the na-
tional security interests of the United States. 
(B) The relationship at issue does not 
present a direct or indirect national security 
risk to the United States or its allies. 
(2) RENEWAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security may, after consultation with the Director of 
National Intelligence, annually renew a waiver issued 
pursuant to paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-
mines all of the conditions described in such para-
graph continue to be satisfied. 
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(3) EFFECTIVE DATES.—A waiver issued or re-
newed pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2), respec-
tively, takes effect and applies beginning on the date 
that is 30 days after such issuance or renewal, as 
the case may be. 
(4) NOTIFICATION.—If the Secretary of Home-
land Security, after consultation with the Director of 
National Intelligence, issues or renews a waiver pur-
suant to paragraph (1) or (2), respectively, not later 
than 30 days before such issuance or renewal, as the 
case may be, takes effect, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate written notification regarding such issuance 
or renewal, including a justification relating thereto. 
(d) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall provide outreach and, upon request, technical as-
sistance to institutions of higher education relating to 
compliance with this Act. 
(e) REPORTS.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
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and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report regard-
ing implementation of this section during the immediately 
preceding 12 month period. Each such report shall include 
information relating to the following: 
(1) Any institution of higher education that has 
a relationship with a Confucius Institute, Thousand 
Talents Program, or Chinese entity of concern and 
receives funds from the Department of Homeland 
Security. 
(2) The implementation of subsections (b), (c), 
and (d). 
Passed the House of Representatives May 7, 2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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