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

Standalone amendments receive up to 10 minutes of debate.

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 1 – Adds the Delegitimization of U.S.- Taiwan Relations to List of Qualifications for “Entities of Concern” – PASSED BY VOICE

Stauber (R-MN) – Amendment No. 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” – PASSED BY VOICE

Crockett (D-TX) – Amendment No. 3 – Adds engaging in efforts to interfere in U.S. federal, state, and local elections to List of Qualifications for “Entities of Concern” – PASSED BY VOICE

Cline (R-VA), offered on behalf of Huizenga (R-MI) – Amendment No. 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 – VOTE REQUESTED

Cline (R-VA) – Amendment No. 5 – Adds the Chinese Academy of Sciences to the bill’s definition of a “Chinese entity of concern” – PASSED BY VOICE

Nunn (R-IA) – Amendment No. 6 – Adds the Thousand Talents Program to the list of restricted, Chinese Entities of Concern – PASSED BY VOICE