Sec. 1810. Report on China benefitting from United States taxpayer-funded research
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee on the Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Armed Services of the Senate a report on the extent to which China has benefitted from United States taxpayer-funded research. The report under subsection
(a)shall include the following: The extent to which United States taxpayer-funded research has benefitted China, including a list of entities funded by the United States Government or a State government, such as research institutions, laboratories, and institutions of higher education, which have hired Chinese nationals or allowed Chinese nationals to conduct research, including an estimate of the number of nationals hired or involved in research projects. A list of United States Government programs, grants, and other forms of research funding in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math fields that have directly or indirectly cooperated or affiliated with research institutions in China or Chinese Communist Party entities. The extent to which China’s funding of United States taxpayer-funded research institutions has benefitted China. How the Government of China and the Chinese Communist Party have used United States taxpayer-funded research, including as part of China’s efforts to support ‘‘civil-military fusion’’ and human rights abuses. In this section, the term United States taxpayer-funded research means research— funded by a grant from the Federal Government or a State government; or conducted by an institution that receives funding from the Federal Government or a State government.