,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #aa1       
#bjba,mr4 ,good of ,virginia 7for       
himself1 ,ms4 ,herrell1 ,mr4 ,hice of   
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1 and ,mr4       
,baird7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on        
,foreign ,affairs1 for a period to be   
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,attorney     
,general to report to ,congress on how  
,united ,states taxpayer-funded research
 has benefitted ,china1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,no ,taxpayer       
,funding for the ,chinese ,communist    
,party ,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,findings    
,congress finds the following3 7#a7     
,united ,states taxpayer-funded research

 should not be used to benefit the      
,people's ,republic of ,china1          
especially as ,china undertakes the     
largest theft of intellectual property  
in history1 as was stated by ,secretary 
of ,defense ,mark ,esper4  7#b7         
,according to the ,committee on         
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate1 there were more
 than #ce1jjj foreign nationals         
including #aj1jjj from ,china conducting
 research in the ,department of         
,energy's ,national ,labs4  7#c7        
,according to the ,department of        
,education one university received      
research funding from a ,chinese        
multinational conglomerate to develop   
new algorithms and advanced biometric   
security techniques for crowd           
surveillance capabilities1 while another
 had multiple contracts with the        
,central ,committee of the ,communist   
,party of ,china4  7#d7 ,the ,committee 
on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental
 ,affairs of the ,senate found in a     

,november #bjai report that ,american   
taxpayer funded research has contributed
 to ,china's global rise over the last  
#bj years4  7#e7 ,the ,federal ,bureau  
of ,investigation has found that        
,china's government has used some       
students and professors in science1     
technology1 engineering1 and math       
7,,stem7 fields as nontraditional       
collectors of intellectual property1 but
 has also noted that the vast majority  
of the #a4d million international       
scholars on ,u4,s4 campuses pose no     
threat to their host institutions1      
fellow classmates1 or research fields4  
,on the contrary1 these international   
visitors represent valuable contributors
 to their campuses' achievements1       
providing financial benefits1 diversity 
of ideas1 sought expertise1 and         
opportunities for cross-cultural        
exchange4  #c4 ,report on ,china        
benefitting from ,united ,states        
taxpayer-funded research  7a7 ,in       
general ,not later than one year after  

the date of enactment of the ,act1 the  
,attorney ,general1 in consultation with
 the ,secretary of the ,treasury1 the   
,secretary of ,commerce1 the ,secretary 
of ,state1 and the ,director of         
,national ,intelligence1 shall submit to
 the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the
 ,house of ,representatives and the     
,committee on the ,judiciary of the     
,senate a report on the extent to which 
,china has benefitted from ,united      
,states taxpayer-funded research4  7b7  
,elements ,the report under subsection  
7a7 shall include the following3 7#a7   
,the extent to which ,united ,states    
taxpayer-funded research has benefitted 
,china1 including a list of ,united     
,states ,government-funded entities1    
such as research institutions1          
laboratories1 and institutions of higher
 education1 which have hired ,chinese   
nationals or allowed ,chinese nationals 
to conduct research1 including an       
estimate in the number of nationals     
hired or involved in research projects4 

7#b7 ,a list of ,united ,states         
,government programs1 grants1 and other 
forms of research funding in the fields 
of science1 technology1 engineering1 and
 math 7,,stem7 fields that have directly
 or indirectly cooperated or affiliated 
with research institutions in ,china or 
,chinese ,communist ,party entities4    
7#c7 ,the extent to which ,china's      
funding of ,united ,states              
taxpayer-funded research institutions   
has benefitted ,china4  7#d7 ,how the   
,government of ,china and the ,chinese  
,communist ,party have used ,united     
,states taxpayer-funded research1       
including as part of ,china's efforts to
 support civil-military fusion and human
 rights abuses4  7c7 ,definition ,in    
this ,act1 the term ,united ,states     
taypayer-funded research means          
research-- 7#a7 funded by a grant from  
the ,federal ,government or a ,state    
government2 or  7#b7 conducted at an    
institution that receives funding from  
the ,federal ,government or a ,state    

government4