To prohibit the use of funds for universities that provide support to the People’s Liberation Army, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill requires the Director of National Intelligence to identify and publish an annual list of Chinese universities supporting the PLA through Military-Civil Fusion or participating in China defense industrial base, prohibits DoD research, development, testing, and evaluation funds from being provided to any entity that contracts with a PLA-linked Chinese institution, and authorizes the Secretary of State to deny F (student) and J (exchange visitor) visas to students or employees of PLA-linked Chinese institutions identified under Section 2. It relies on compliance mandates, appropriations, reporting requirements, and trade restrictions. The main policy areas are Education, Defense, Technology, and Foreign Policy.
Who Benefits and How
Taiwan-based Mandarin education programs could gain revenue opportunities, US national security could face reduced risk, and US defense and intelligence community could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Chinese students and researchers from PLA-linked universities could face higher barriers, US universities with Chinese research partnerships could lose revenue opportunities, and US research institutions and companies with Chinese partnerships could lose revenue opportunities.
Key Provisions
- Requires the Director of National Intelligence to identify and publish an annual list of Chinese universities supporting the PLA through Military-Civil Fusion or participating in China defense industrial base.
- Prohibits DoD research, development, testing, and evaluation funds from being provided to any entity that contracts with a PLA-linked Chinese institution.
- Authorizes the Secretary of State to deny F (student) and J (exchange visitor) visas to students or employees of PLA-linked Chinese institutions identified under Section 2.
- Prohibits Department of Education K-12 funds from being provided to elementary or secondary schools that maintain contracts with any entity domiciled in the People's Republic of China.
- Creates sense of Congress supporting expanded US-Taiwan educational partnerships and authorization for Secretary of Education grants to fund Taiwan-based Mandarin instruction and Chinese cultural programming...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill requires the Director of National Intelligence to identify and publish an annual list of Chinese universities supporting the PLA through Military-Civil Fusion or participating in China defense industrial base, prohibits DoD research, development, testing, and evaluation funds from being provided to any entity that contracts with a PLA-linked Chinese institution, and authorizes the Secretary of State to deny F (student) and J (exchange visitor) visas to students or employees of PLA-linked Chinese institutions identified under Section 2.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Defense, Technology, Foreign Policy
Primary Purpose
The bill requires the Director of National Intelligence to identify and publish an annual list of Chinese universities supporting the PLA through Military-Civil Fusion or participating in China defense industrial base, prohibits DoD research, development, testing, and evaluation funds from being provided to any entity that contracts with a PLA-linked Chinese institution, and authorizes the Secretary of State to deny F (student) and J (exchange visitor) visas to students or employees of PLA-linked Chinese institutions identified under Section 2.
Policy Domains
Section 2 - Identification of PLA-Linked Institutions
Identified Gains
- Taiwan-based Mandarin education programs
- US national security
- US defense and intelligence community
- K-12 schools and universities seeking Mandarin programs
- American Institute in Taiwan
Identified Costs
- Chinese students and researchers from PLA-linked universities
- US universities with Chinese research partnerships
- US research institutions and companies with Chinese partnerships
- K-12 schools with Chinese educational partnerships
- Chinese universities linked to PLA Military-Civil Fusion
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Lankford introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Chinese educational organizations (e.g., Confucius Classrooms), Chinese students and researchers from PLA-linked universities, Chinese universities linked to PLA Military-Civil Fusion
Positive-direction: K-12 schools and universities seeking Mandarin programs, Taiwan-based Mandarin education programs, US universities without PLA-linked partnerships
Negative-direction: Chinese educational organizations (e.g., Confucius Classrooms), Chinese students and researchers from PLA-linked universities, Chinese universities linked to PLA Military-Civil Fusion, Chinese universities under PRC Ministry of Education or SASTIND, K-12 schools with Chinese educational partnerships, US research institutions and companies with Chinese partnerships, US universities recruiting Chinese graduate students, US universities with Chinese research partnerships
Defense contractors with Chinese academic ties, US defense and intelligence community, US national security
Positive-direction: US defense and intelligence community, US national security
Negative-direction: Defense contractors with Chinese academic ties
American Institute in Taiwan, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Positive-direction: American Institute in Taiwan
Negative-direction: Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "dni"
- → Director of National Intelligence
- "secdef"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "dcsa_director"
- → Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
- "secretary_of_state"
- → Secretary of State
- "ait"
- → American Institute in Taiwan
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
An institution under the control or supervision, in whole or in part, of the Ministry of Education of the PRC or the State Administration of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense of the PRC
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