Sec. 165. Encourage the development of a non-governmental code of conduct for countering malign influence at colleges and universities
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It is the sense of Congress that— institutions of higher education of the United States should develop best practices and cooperate with efforts to report on and record the influence of the Government of China at academic institutions, including appropriate actions against government entities of the People’s Republic of China responsible for harassment; institutions of higher education should— assess the operation of Confucius Institutes as defined in section 163(a) to ensure their agreements with the Office of Chinese Language Council International (commonly known as Hanban ) allow transparency and compliance with norms of academic freedom; and consider joint actions against the Government of China in response to unwarranted visa denials and prolonged delays for research in the People’s Republic of China targeting their scholars, or other obstacles to academic research; all organizations on the campuses of institutions of higher education of the United States that receive substantial funding or support from Chinese diplomatic missions or other entities linked to the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of China, should— report such information or register, as appropriate, as foreign agents; disclose annually all sources and amounts of funding received, directly or indirectly, from the Communist Party of China, the Government of China, or enterprises owned by the People’s Republic of China, as required by law; and help mentor and support students and scholars from the People’s Republic of China to ensure that the students and scholars can enjoy full academic freedom; and institutions of higher education of the United States undertaking exchange programs or operating satellite campuses in the People’s Republic of China should do so with open and transparent agreements and policies to ensure the protection of academic freedom, including control over hiring and firing, freedom of scholarly research, and protection for the curriculum.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall issue a report that assesses whether the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security have the adequate resources, and are adequately able, to vet students and scholars in a timely and expeditious fashion to prevent those individuals with specific ties to the People’s Liberation Army from entering the United States.