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H.R. 1516 – DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

PASSED 249-161

Agreed to by Recorded Vote

Cline/Huizenga #4 – Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to Congress any institution of higher education that has a relationship with a Confucius Institute or Chinese entity of concern and receives funds from the Department of Homeland Security AGREED TO 253-151

Agreed to by Voice Vote

Gottheimer #1 – Adds the Delegitimization of U.S.-Taiwan Relations to List of Qualifications for “Entities of Concern”
Stauber #2 – Amends the definition of "Chinese entities of concern" in Section 2 to include “aides, abets, or enables the detention, imprisonment, persecution, or forced labor of Uyghur Muslims”
Crockett #3 – Adds engaging in efforts to interfere in U.S. federal, state, and local elections to List of Qualifications for “Entities of Concern”
Cline #5 – Adds the Chinese Academy of Sciences to the bill's definition of a "Chinese entity of concern”
Nunn #6 – Adds the Thousand Talents Program to the list of restricted, Chinese Entities of Concern