Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
The bill would amend the Higher Education Act to bar any institution of higher education from receiving federal funds in any award year when it employs an instructor who, while employed there, received funds directly or indirectly from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Institutions can regain eligibility in later award years by showing to the Secretary of Education that they no longer employ such a CCP-funded instructor.
Left emphasizes academic freedom and anti-discrimination risks.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear, high-impact substantive prohibition on Federal funding for institutions that employ instructors who receive funds from the Chinese Communist Party, but it is lean on definitional precision, procedural implementation detail, fiscal acknowledgement, and protections for foreseeable edge cases.
The bill would amend the Higher Education Act to bar any institution of higher education from receiving federal funds in any award year when it employs an instructor who, while employed there, received funds directly or indirectly from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Institutions can regain eligibility in later award years by showing to the Secretary of Education that they no longer employ such a CCP-funded instructor.
The prohibition takes effect 180 days after enactment.
High controversy, weak compromise features, and implementation/legal ambiguities reduce odds despite clear policy target.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear, high-impact substantive prohibition on Federal funding for institutions that employ instructors who receive funds from the Chinese Communist Party, but it is lean on definitional precision, procedural implementation detail, fiscal acknowledgement, and protections for foreseeable edge cases.
Left emphasizes academic freedom and anti-discrimination risks.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Left emphasizes academic freedom and anti-discrimination risks.
Likely critical overall.
Supports safeguarding academic integrity, but worried the text is broad, risks racial profiling, and infringes on academic freedom and due process.
Mixed view: accepts the national-security goal but sees important drafting and implementation problems.
Would favor targeted, clarified, and administrable changes before support.
Generally favorable.
Sees the bill as a strong step to prevent CCP influence and hold universities accountable for foreign state-linked instructors.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
High controversy, weak compromise features, and implementation/legal ambiguities reduce odds despite clear policy target.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Left emphasizes academic freedom and anti-discrimination risks.
High controversy, weak compromise features, and implementation/legal ambiguities reduce odds despite clear policy target.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear, high-impact substantive prohibition on Federal funding for institutions that employ instructors who receive funds from the Chinese Communist Part…
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