Restoring Fulbright Exchanges with China and Hong Kong Act

Bill: 117-hr-8939
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2022-09-21
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Restoring Fulbright Exchanges with China and Hong Kong Act</b><br /></p> <p>This bill nullifies the portion of Executive Order 13936 that terminated the Fulbright exchange program with respect to exchanges with China and Hong Kong.<br /></p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8939 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 21, 2022 Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself, Mr. Beyer , and Ms. Chu ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To nullify the termination of the Fulbright exchange program with regard to China and Hong Kong with respect to future exchanges for participants traveling both from and to China or Hong Kong, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Fulbright Exchanges with China and Hong Kong Act . 2. Nullification Section 3(i) of Executive Order 13936 (relating to the termination of the Fulbright exchange program with regard to China and Hong Kong with respect to future exchanges for participants traveling both from and to China or Hong Kong) is nullified and shall have no force or effect, and Fulbright exchanges with China and Hong Kong shall carry on as if such section had not be included in such Executive Order.