S.Amdt. 5672
What it does: Adds SEC. ____. RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES at the end of subtitle G of title X of division A
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. ____. RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES at the end of subtitle G of title X of division A
Adds a sectionIn S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed
(2) as a recognition of Senator Inhofe's long history of engaging with, and advocating for, Africa, the Department of Defense Africa Center for Strategic Studies should be renamed the James M. Inhofe Center for Africa Strategic Studies.
Inserted: SEC. ____. RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.
Inserted: (a) Definition.--In this section, the term "Confucius Institute" means a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Government of the People's Republic of China.
Inserted: (b) Restrictions on Confucius Institutes.--An institution of higher education or other postsecondary educational institution (referred to in this section as an "institution") shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds from the Department of Education (except funds under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) or other Department of Education funds that are provided directly to students) unless the institution ensures that any contract or agreement between the institution and a Confucius Institute includes clear provisions that--
Inserted: (1) protect academic freedom at the institution;
Inserted: (2) prohibit the application of any foreign law on any campus of the institution; and
Inserted: (3) grant full managerial authority of the Confucius Institute to the institution, including full control over what is being taught, the activities carried out, the research grants that are made, and who is employed at the Confucius Institute.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle G of title X of division A, add the following:
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As printed
SA 5672. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X of division A, add the following:
SEC. ____. RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term “Confucius Institute” means a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Government of the People's Republic of China.
(b) Restrictions on Confucius Institutes.--An institution of higher education or other postsecondary educational institution (referred to in this section as an “institution”) shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds from the Department of Education (except funds under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) or other Department of Education funds that are provided directly to students) unless the institution ensures that any contract or agreement between the institution and a Confucius Institute includes clear provisions that--
(1) protect academic freedom at the institution;
(2) prohibit the application of any foreign law on any campus of the institution; and
(3) grant full managerial authority of the Confucius Institute to the institution, including full control over what is being taught, the activities carried out, the research grants that are made, and who is employed at the Confucius Institute.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 27, 2022