[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2726 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2726
To prohibit the use of funds for universities that provide support to
the People's Liberation Army, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 5, 2023
Mr. Lankford introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To prohibit the use of funds for universities that provide support to
the People's Liberation Army, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Countering Adversarial and Malicious
Partnerships at Universities and Schools Act of 2023'' or the ``CAMPUS
Act''.
SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF ENTITIES ENGAGED IN MILITARY-CIVIL FUSION IN
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
(a) In General.--The Director of National Intelligence, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall identify each
institution of higher education domiciled in the People's Republic of
China that provides support to the People's Liberation Army, including
any such institution involved in the implementation of the Military-
Civil Fusion strategy of the People's Republic of China or that
participates in the defense industrial base of the People's Republic of
China.
(b) Submission of List to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a list of each entity identified under
subsection (a).
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ENTITIES ENGAGED IN MILITARY-
CIVIL FUSION.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available for the Department of Defense for research, development,
testing, and evaluation may be provided to an entity that maintains a
contract with an institution identified under section 2.
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY OF FACILITIES TO HOST OR STORE
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
The Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
may not determine that a facility of an entity is eligible to host or
store a classified information unless the entity certifies to the
Director that the entity does not have an active research partnership
with an institution that is included in the list submitted under
section 2(b).
SEC. 5. DENIAL OF VISAS TO INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN MILITARY-CIVIL
FUSION.
The Secretary of State may deny the application for a visa for a
nonimmigrant described in subparagraph (F) or (J) of section 101(a) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) who is a student
or employee of an institution identified under section 2.
SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON USES OF FUNDS FOR K-12 EDUCATION.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Education for K-12 education by may be
provided to an elementary of secondary school that maintains a contract
with an entity domiciled in the People's Republic of China.
SEC. 7. PARTNERSHIP WITH TAIWAN.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
American Institute in Taiwan should take steps to strengthen and expand
partnerships with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representatives
Office in the United States to expand access to Mandarin language
instruction and Chinese cultural programming for students in the United
States, including K-12 schools and institutions of higher education.
(b) Grant Authority.--The Secretary of Education is authorized to
provide grants to K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to
support access to Mandarin language instruction and Chinese cultural
programming in the United States provided in partnership between the
American Institute in Taiwan and Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representatives Office in the United States, including programming
under the United States-Taiwan Education Initiative.
SEC. 8. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR FEDERAL GRANTS WITH ENTITIES ON
THE ENTITY LIST.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available for research, development, testing, and evaluation may be
provided to an entity that maintains a contract with an entity
domiciled in the People's Republic of China that is identified on the
list required under section 2(b) or listed on the Entity List
maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Department of
Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15,
Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 9. DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN GIFTS.
Section 117(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1011f) is amended by striking ``$250,000'' and inserting ``$50,000''.
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Select
Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on
Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Institution of higher education.--The term
``institution of higher education domiciled in the People's
Republic of China'' means an institution under the control or
supervision, in whole or in part, of--
(A) the Ministry of Education of the People's
Republic of China; or
(B) the State Administration of Science,
Technology, and Industry for National Defense of the
People's Republic of China.
(3) K-12 schools.--The term ``K-12 education'' has the
meaning given the term in section 5002(10) of the National
Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C.
9401(10)).
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