Sec. 405. Amendment to the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act
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The Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 108A the following: In applying section 108A of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2458a ) with respect to any cultural exchange program that involves the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the Secretary of State shall require a report to be submitted to the Department of State, not later than January 31, 2021, and annually thereafter through 2026, by— any element within the Government of the People’s Republic of China that has an agreement currently in force with the Department of State pursuant to section 108A; and any United States entity that carries out a program pursuant to an agreement described in paragraph (1).
Each report submitted under subsection
(a)shall include, for the relevant reporting period— the total number of cultural exchange programs conducted by the reporting entity; a description of each program referred to in paragraph (1), including— the purpose of each such program; and an agenda or itinerary that describes the activities engaged in by program participants; and a list of participants in each such program, including the names and professional affiliation of the participants during such program. If any entity described in subsection (a)(1) fails to submit the report required under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall suspend the agreement between the entity and the Department of State until the entity within the Government of the People’s Republic of China has submitted such report. Any United States entity described in subsection (a)(2) that fails to submit the report required under subsection
(a)shall be ineligible to receive any funds, in the form of grants or otherwise, from the Department of State until such entity has submitted such report. The Secretary of State shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section. Not later than July 30, 2021, and annually thereafter through 2026, the Secretary of State shall submit a summary of the reports received from the entities described in subsection
(a)to the appropriate congressional committees. The summary required under paragraph
(1)shall include, for the reporting period— the total number of cultural exchange programs conducted; the total number of participants in such cultural exchange programs; a list of the professional affiliations of such participants; an overview of the cultural exchange programs, including illustrative examples of activities in which participants engaged; an assessment of whether the cultural programs conducted during the reporting period adhere to purposes set forth in section 101, including a description of any noticeable deviations from such purposes; and a description of all actions by the Department of State to remediate deviations from such purposes. The summary required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form. .
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