Texas Scorecard by Will Biagini September 11, 2024
The act was sponsored by U.S. Rep. August Pfluger and co-sponsored by three other Texas representatives. A new measure aiming to slice federal funding to universities that maintain a relationship with Chinese-facilitated institutes has passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
H.R. 1516, also known as the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act, would block funds from the Department of Homeland Security from going to universities that host a Confucius Institute or other “Chinese entity of concern.”
Effectively, if the act is signed into law, any university that fosters a relationship with institutes operated by the Chinese government would be ineligible to receive DHS funding unless that relationship is terminated.
Confucius Institutes are some of the most blaring examples of Chinese infiltration of the American higher education system. For decades, they have played the role of the Chinese Communist Party’s catalyst to inject communist-sympathetic dogma into American institutions.
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