End Misleading Cultural Exchanges Act

Bill: 117-hr-4840
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-29
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>End Misleading Cultural Exchanges Act</strong></p> <p>This bill bars a federal employee from accepting certain assistance, such as a grant, from China's government to facilitate that federal employee's participation in a cultural exchange program.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4840 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2021 Mr. Murphy of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To amend the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to exclude the Government of the People’s Republic of China from eligible foreign governments with which Federal employees may participate in cultural exchange.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the End Misleading Cultural Exchanges Act . 2. Exclusion of Government of the People’s Republic of China from certain cultural exchanges Subsection (a) of section 108A of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2458a(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) For purposes of this section, the term foreign government does not include the Government of the People’s Republic of China. .