Bars DHS funds for colleges with ties to China-funded Confucius Institutes

§1What it does

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This bill would make colleges and universities that have a contract, agreement or gift relationship with a Confucius Institute, a cultural institute funded directly or indirectly by the Chinese government, ineligible for certain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funds until they end the relationship.^2,3 DHS could waive the restriction case by case for up to one year if doing so is in the national security interest of the United States.^2,3 Schools that receive or seek those funds and have a relationship with a Chinese entity of concern, generally a university or college involved in China's military, police or intelligence work, would have to tell DHS about it.^2,3 Amendments adopted on the House floor added the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Thousand Talents Program and new criteria, such as interfering in U.S. elections or aiding the detention or forced labor of Uyghur Muslims, to the definition of Chinese entities of concern, and required DHS to report to Congress on schools with these ties that receive its funds.³

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§3How Congress voted

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