S 822 117th Congress Senate Education Area studies and international education Asia China Higher education School administration

Transparency for Confucius Institutes Act

Introduced: March 18, 2021 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov

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Mar 18, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Mar 18, 2021

Introduced in Senate

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Transparency for Confucius Institutes Act

This bill requires an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student-aid programs to enter into a program participation agreement if a Confucius Institute operates on the IHE's campus. (Confucius Institutes are Chinese government-funded centers for language education and cultural programming at IHEs.)

The agreement must be entered into with the Office of Chinese Language Council International (i.e., Confucius Institute Headquarters, Hanban) and be made publicly available online.

Among other requirements, the Confucius Institute must be physically located apart from the IHE's own Chinese language, history, and cultural programs.

What's happening now March 18, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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