Defund the CCP On Campus Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3757
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Santos, George [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-31
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2953-2955)

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Defund the CCP On Campus Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits federal funding for any institution of higher education (IHE) that (1) provides funds to a Confucius Institute or an entity that funds such an institute, or (2) has a Confucius Institute. A Confucius Institute is a public educational and cultural promotion program that is funded and arranged by a government-organized group under China's Ministry of Education.</p> <p>Additionally, the Department of Education must study and report on the number of IHEs (1) that have funded or provided funds to an entity that has funded a Confucius Institute, and (2) that have a Confucius Institute.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3757 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 31, 2023 Mr. Santos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to institutions of higher education that fund Confucius Institutes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defund the CCP On Campus Act of 2023 . 2. Prohibition on funding for a Confucius Institute (a) In general No Federal funds may be made available to any institution of higher education that— (1) provides funds to a Confucius Institute or to an entity that funds such an Institute; or (2) has a Confucius Institute. (b) Study Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall submit to Congress the results of a study that reviews, for the preceding 10-year period— (1) the number of institutions of higher education that have funded or provided funds to an entity that has funded a Confucius Institute; and (2) the number of institutions of higher education at which a Confucius Institute has operated. (c) Definitions In this Act: (1) Confucius Institute The term Confucius Institute means a public educational and cultural promotion program funded and arranged by a government-organized group under the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. (2) Institute of higher education The term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 ), except that such term does not include institutions of higher education described in subsection (a)(1)(C) of such section 102.