Sec. 5831. Liu Xiaobo Fund for Study of the Chinese language
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It is the sense of Congress that— as a substitute to Confucius Institutes, the United States Government should invest heavily into alternative programs and institutions that ensure there remains a robust pipeline of Americans learning China’s many languages; and in a 21st century that will be dominated by a strategic competition between the United States and China, it is in the national security interests of the United States to ensure that Americans continue to invest in Chinese language skills, as well as Tibetan, Uyghur, and Mongolian languages, while ensuring they can do so in a context free of malign political influence from foreign state actors.
The Secretary of State shall establish in the Department of State the Liu Xiaobo Fund for Study of the Chinese Language to fund study by United States persons of Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur, Mongolian, and other contemporary spoken languages of China, abroad or in the United States. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for fiscal year 2021 and every fiscal year thereafter, $10,000,000 to carry out the Liu Xiaobo Fund for Study of the Chinese Language.
Amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to subsection
(c)shall— be designed to advance the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, as determined by the Secretary of State; favor funding mechanisms that can maximize the total number of United States persons given the opportunity to acquire full conversational linguistic proficiency in Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur, Mongolian, and other contemporary spoken languages of China; favor funding mechanisms that provide opportunities for such language study to areas traditionally under-served by such opportunities; be shaped by an ongoing consultative process taking into account design inputs of— civil society institutions, including Chinese diaspora community organizations; language experts in Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur, Mongolian, and other contemporary spoken languages of China; organizations representing historically disadvantaged socioeconomic groups in the United States; and human rights organizations; and favor opportunities to fund the study of Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur, Mongolian, and other contemporary spoken languages of China at Alaska Native-serving institutions, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, historically Black college or universities, Native American-serving nontribal institutions, Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, Predominantly Black institutions, Tribal Colleges or Universities. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of appropriate Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report detailing activities and disbursements made to carry out this Act over the immediately preceding academic year. Each report required under paragraph
(1)shall include details on— which institutions, programs, or entities received funds through the Liu Xiaobo Fund for Study of the Chinese Language; funds distribution disaggregated by institution, program, or entity, including identification of the State or country in which such institution, program, or entity is located; the number of United States persons who received language study under the Liu Xiaobo Fund for Study of the Chinese Language, and the average amount disbursed per person for such study; a comparative analysis of per dollar program effectiveness and efficiency in allowing United States persons to reach conversational proficiency Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur, Mongolian, or other contemporary spoken languages of China; an analysis of which of the languages referred to in subparagraph
(D)were studied through the funding from the Liu Xiaobo Fund for Study of the Chinese Language; and any recommendations of the Secretary of State for improvements to the authorities, priorities, or management of the Liu Xiaobo Fund for Study of the Chinese Language. Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State to carry out this Act are authorized to be transferred to the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies for similar purposes, subject to prior notification to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. Such heads shall consult with the Secretary in the preparation of the report required under subsection (e). Amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act may only be made available for the costs of language study funded and administration incurred by the Department of State or programs carried out by the Department of State (or by another Federal department or agency pursuant to subsection (f)) to carry out this section. Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated for Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, is hereby reduced by $10,000,000. In this section: The term Alaska Native-serving institution has the meaning given such term in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1059d(b) ) The term Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution has the meaning given such term in section 371(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(c) ). The term Hispanic-serving institution has the meaning given such term in section 502 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1101a ). The term historically Black college or university means a part B institution described in section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 22 U.S.C. 1061(2) ). The term Native American-serving nontribal institution has the meaning given such term in section 371(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(c) ). The term Native Hawaiian-serving institution has the meaning given such term in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1059d(b) ). The term Predominantly Black institution has the meaning given such term in section 371(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(c) ). The term Tribal College or University has the meaning given such term in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1059c(b) ).
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