House Passes Bill Restricting CCP Influence in Higher Education

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Several U.S. schools have hosted the Confucius Institute, a CCP-sponsored language and culture program.

The House of Representatives on May 7 passed a bill that would ban the Department of Homeland Security from providing grants to colleges and universities that partner with the entities of Chinaโ€™s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

By a vote of 266โ€“153, the chamber passed HR 881, โ€œDHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern.โ€ Every Republican present voted for the bipartisan legislation, along with 55 Democrats.

Confucius Institutes are Beijing-backed Chinese language centers that run in universities in the United States and other countries. Critics warn that the programs serve as a vehicle to spread the CCPโ€™s propaganda and censorship on American college campuses.

U.S. schools that host Confucius Institutes are already prohibited from receiving Department of Defense funding.

โ€œThe [CCP] exploited the open and collaborative nature of American academia to conduct widespread industrial military espionage inside the United States,โ€ Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said during the House Rules Committeeโ€™s discussion of the bill on May 5.

The bill also prohibits colleges and universities from contracting with Chinaโ€™s Thousand Talents program, or any entity connected to that nationโ€™s military, police, or intelligence agencies, or its Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

โ€œThe institute of higher education may regain eligibility for these funds upon termination of the relationship,โ€ the resolution reads.

The University of Michigan, the University of California-Berkeley, and the Georgia Institute of Technology recently severed their ties and hosting of CCP-linked entities.

This proposal has been debated for years. The House passed a version of it last year, but Democrats and then-President Joe Biden said that the measure was overly broad and should not disqualify any schools from receiving federal disaster aid, which Homeland Security administers.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who co-wrote the bill, said the new version of the bill includes providing technical assistance to help schools comply with the regulations, and a waiver where higher education institutions could participate with Chinese entities in limited circumstances if cooperation โ€œis of national interest.โ€

Byย Aaron Gifford

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