Sec. 1065. Prohibition of funds for Chinese language instruction provided by a Confucius Institute
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None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 under this Act may be obligated or expended for Chinese language instruction provided by a Confucius Institute. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 under this Act may be obligated or expended to support a Chinese language program at an institution of higher education that hosts a Confucius Institute. The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness may waive the limitation in subsection
(b)with respect to a Chinese language program at a specific institution of higher education if the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness— certifies to the congressional defense committees that— Confucius Institute employees and instructors will have no affiliation with the program; Confucius Institute employees and instructors will provide no instruction or support to the program; Confucius Institute employees and instructors will have no authority or influence with regard to the curriculum and activities of the program; and the institution has made publicly available all memoranda of understanding, contracts, and other agreements between the institution and the Confucius Institute, or between the institution and any agency of or organization affiliated with the government of the People’s Republic of China; or certifies to the congressional defense committees that— the requirements described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(C)of paragraph
(1)have been met; and the waiver of the limitation in subsection
(b)is necessary for national security, and there is no reasonable alternative to issuing the waiver. The term Chinese language program means any Department of Defense program designed to provide or support Chinese language instruction, including the National Security Education Program, the Language Flagship program, Project Global Officer, and the Language Training Centers program. The term Confucius Institute means a Confucius Institute that is operated by the Office of Chinese Languages Council International, also known as Hanban, which is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. The term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
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Sec. 1065
Prohibition of funds for Chinese language instruction provided by a Confucius Institute
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