SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PRO-
TECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY ACADEMIC 
RESEARCHERS 
FROM 
UNDUE 
INFLUENCE 
AND OTHER SECURITY THREATS. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Clause 
(iii) 
of 
section 
1286(c)(8)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 4001 
note; Public Law 115–232) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) to provide support to the Peo-
ple’s Liberation Army or the Armed 
Forces of the Russian Federation; or’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—An 
institution of higher education that maintains a contract 
or other agreement between the institution and an aca-
demic institution of the People’s Republic of China or the 
Russian Federation identified on the list published under 
section 1286(c)(8)(A) of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 
4001 note; Public Law 115–232) (as amended by sub-
section (a) of this section) shall not be eligible to receive 
Federal funds. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY FUNDS FOR CERTAIN INSTITU-
TIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2024 or any subsequent fiscal year for an element of the 
intelligence community for research, development, testing, 
and evaluation, may be provided to an institution of higher 
education that maintains a contract or other agreement 
with— 
(1) any entity identified as a Chinese military 
company operating in the United States in accord-
ance with section 1260H of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note); or 
(2) an academic institution of the People’s Re-
public of China that maintains a relationship with 
such an entity. 
SEC. 4. 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-
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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 
(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. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 102 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002). 
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(2) The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
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