Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “No Federal Funding for CCP Spying and Persuasion In Education Settings (SPIES) Act of 2023”.
No Federal Funding for CCP Spying and Persuasion In Education Settings (SPIES) Act of 2023
A BILL
To expand the prohibition on funding for international institutions of higher education that host Confucius Institutes and remove the authority to waive the prohibition.
Sec. 2 Prohibition on funding for international institutions of higher education that host Confucius Institutes and removal of waiver authority
Section 1062 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 2241 note) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
by striking “Except as provided in subsection (b), none” and inserting “None”; and
by inserting “or international institution of higher education” after “institution of higher education”;
by striking subsection (b); and
by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.