US Congress Senate Bill 939 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Engrossed on June 15 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-06-15 - Held at the desk.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Addresses China's influence on postsecondary educational institutions through Confucius Institutes, which are cultural institutes directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government. Specifically, the bill establishes requirements for postsecondary educational institutions that receive federal funding and that have contracts or agreements with Confucius Institutes. The contracts or agreements must include clear provisions that (1) protect the academic freedom of the institutions; (2) prohibit the application of foreign law on the institutions' campuses; and (3) grant full managerial authority of the institutes to the institutions, including full control over teaching plans, activities, research grants, and employment decisions.

CONFUCIUS Act Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States Act

Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]

Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]

Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-15	House	Held at the desk.
2020-06-15	House	Received in the House.
2020-06-11	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2020-06-10	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2860-2861)
2020-06-10	Senate	Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2859-2861)
2019-03-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB7601 (Same As) 2020-07-13 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
SB4629 (Related) 2020-09-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/939/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s939/BILLS-116s939is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s939/BILLS-116s939es.pdf