,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjeh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #ad1         
#bjbj,ms4 ,stefanik 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,ohio7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the  
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states to conduct a study on certain   
,federal funding made available to      
entities located in the ,people's       
,republic of ,china or majority owned or
 controlled by the ,chinese ,communist  
,party1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,chinese ,research ,funds           
,accounting ,act4  #b4 ,study and report
  7a7 ,study ,the ,comptroller ,general 
of the ,united ,states shall conduct a  
study on ,federal funding made available
 to covered entities for research during
 the study period4  7b7 ,matters ,to be 
included ,the study conducted under     
subsection 7a7 shall include1 to the    

extent practicable with respect to the  
study period1 an assessment of-- 7#a7   
the total amount of ,federal funding    
made available to covered entities for  
research2  7#b7 the total number and    
types of covered entities to whom such  
funding was made available2  7#c7 the   
requirements relating to the awarding1  
tracking1 and monitoring of such        
funding2  7#d7 any other data available 
with respect to ,federal funding made   
available to covered entities for       
research2 and  7#e7 other matters the   
,comptroller ,general determines        
appropriate4  7c7 ,briefing on available
 data ,not later than #abj days after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,comptroller ,general shall brief the   
,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and     
,technology and the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 and the ,committee on ,foreign         
,relations of the ,senate on the data   

that is available with respect to       
,federal funding made available to      
covered entities for research4  7d7     
,report ,not later than #bdj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,comptroller ,general shall submit to   
the congressional committees specified  
in subsection 7c7 a report on the       
findings of the study conducted under   
subsection 7a74  7e7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,covered entity ,the 
term covered entity means an entity--   
7,a7 located in the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china2 or  7,b7 majority owned or   
controlled by the ,chinese ,communist   
,party4  7#b7 ,study period ,the term   
study period means the #e-year period   
ending on the date of enactment of this 
,act4