,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bebe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bf1     
#bjbc ,mr4 ,marshall 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,rubio1 and ,mr4 ,braun7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit ,federal        
spending on funding research in ,china1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,stop ,funding ,our ,adversaries ,act of
 #bjbc4  #b4 ,purposes ,the purposes of 
this ,act are--  7#a7 to ensure that    
,federal funding does not support any   
research in ,china2 and  7#b7 to combat 
the military-civilian fusion policy of  
the ,people's ,republic of ,china4  #c4 
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7        
,chinese ,communist ,party ,the term    
,chinese ,communist ,party includes any 
agent or instrumentality of the ,chinese
 ,communist ,party and any entity owned 
by or controlled by the ,chinese        

,communist ,party4  7#b7 ,federal agency
  7,a7 ,in general ,the term ,federal   
agency has the meaning given the term in
 section #ajb of the ,robert ,t4        
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eabb74  7,b7 ,inclusions ,the
 term ,federal agency includes the      
,department of ,defense1 the ,department
 of ,veterans ,affairs1 the ,department 
of ,energy1 the ,environmental          
,protection ,agency1 the ,department of 
the ,interior1 the ,department of       
,transportation1 the ,department of     
,health and ,human ,services1 the       
,department of ,agriculture1 the        
,department of ,homeland ,security1 the 
,department of ,commerce1 the           
,department of ,education1 the          
,department of ,housing and ,urban      
,development1 the ,department of        
,justice1 the ,department of ,labor1 the
 ,department of ,state1 the ,department 
of the ,treasury1 the ,small ,business  
,administration1 the ,united ,states    

,agency for ,international ,development1
 the ,national ,science ,foundation1 and
 the ,smithsonian ,institution4  7#c7   
,federal funding ,the term ,federal     
funding-- 7,a7 means any grant1         
subgrant1 contract1 cooperative         
agreement1 and any other method through 
which the ,federal ,government provides 
funding to a recipient2 and  7,b7       
includes a method through which the     
,federal ,government provides funding to
 a subrecipient at any tier4  7#d7      
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china ,the term ,government of the  
,people's ,republic of ,china includes--
  7,a7 any agent or instrumentality of  
the ,government of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china2  7,b7 any entity   
owned by or controlled by the ,people's 
,republic of ,china2 and  7,c7 any      
organization managed by the ,government 
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china1   
the ,people's ,liberation ,army ,ground 
,force of ,china1 and any public        
institution of higher learning in       

,china4  #d4 ,prohibition on funding    
research in ,china ,the head of a       
,federal agency may not directly or     
indirectly support1 through any ,federal
 funding1 research that will be         
conducted by the ,government of the     
,people's ,republic of ,china or the    
,chinese ,communist ,party4