,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdec  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1    
#bjbj,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself1 ,mr4
 ,hawley1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,scott of  
,florida1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4 ,lee1    
,mr4 ,rubio1 and ,mr4 ,cruz7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,higher ,education ,act of #aife to     
require program participation agreements
 between institutions of higher         
education and ,hanban if a ,confucius   
,institute operates on the campus of the
 institution4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,transparency  
for ,confucius ,institutes4  #b4        
,program participation agreements       
between institutions and ,hanban        
,section #dhg7;a7 of the ,higher        
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajid7;a77 is amended by adding at the  
end the following3  7#cj7 ,if a         

,confucius ,institute 7as defined in    
section #ajia of the ,john ,s4 ,mc,cain 
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjai 7#acb ,stat4    
#aiig2 ,public ,law #aae-bcb77 operates 
on the campus of the institution1 the   
institution shall enter into a program  
participation agreement with the ,office
 of ,chinese ,language ,council         
,international 7commonly known as       
,hanban7 that-- 7,a7 clearly delineates 
between the ,confucius ,institute's     
programs and the institution's own      
,chinese language programs2  7,b7       
locates the ,confucius ,institute       
physically apart from the ,chinese      
language programs1 ,chinese history     
programs1 and ,chinese cultural programs
 within the institution's organizational
 structure and separates promotions for 
the ,confucius ,institute from          
promotions for the institution's        
,chinese language programs1 ,chinese    
history programs1 and ,chinese cultural 
programs2  7,c7 removes the ,chinese    

assistant director position from the    
,confucius ,institute2  7,d7 subjects   
the staff and professors of the         
,confucius ,institute to appropriate    
background checks2  7,e7 is publicly    
available in its entirety online2  7,f7 
does not have a confidentiality section2
 and  7,g7 provides that the institution
 has final decision-making authority1   
including with regard to conference     
themes1 guest speakers1 and topics for  
events on campus at the institution4  4