S.Amdt. 488

SA 488. Mr. SCOTT of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. __. COUNTERING UNWANTED FOREIGN INFLUENCE AT
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year
for the Department of Defense may be provided to an
institution of higher education that hosts a Confucius
Institute or Russian Partnership, other than amounts provided
directly to students as educational assistance.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Confucius institute.--The term ``Confucius Institute''
means a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by
the Government of the People's Republic of China or
partnering with a People's Republic of China institute of
higher education.
(2) Institution of higher education.--The term
``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given
such term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1002).
(3) Russian partnership.--The term ``Russian Partnership''
means any partnership with a Russian institute of higher
education.
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