,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gfh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #i1 #bjbc    
,mr4 ,kennedy 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 institutions  
of higher education to disclose certain 
ties to organizations affiliated with   
the ,government of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china1 the ,chinese       
,communist ,party1 and the ,people's    
,liberation ,army1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,preventing ,malign 
,,ccp ,influence on ,academic           
,institutions ,act4  #b4 ,disclosures of
 foreign gifts ,section #aag of the     
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajaa;f7 is amended--  7#a7 in
 subsection 7a71 by striking ,whenever  
and inserting ,except as provided in    
subsection 7d71 whenever2  7#b7 by      

redesignating subsections 7d7 through   
7h7 as subsections 7e7 through 7i71     
respectively2  7#c7 by inserting after  
subsection 7c7 the following3  7d7      
,special rules relating to ,,prc-1      
,,ccp-1 and ,,pla-,affiliated           
organizations  7#a7 ,enhanced           
disclosures of gifts and contracts  7,a7
 ,in general ,whenever any institution  
receives a gift from or enters into a   
contract with a ,,prc-1 ,,ccp-1 or      
,,pla-affiliated organization1 the value
 of which is #e1jjj or more1 considered 
alone or in combination with all other  
gifts from or contracts with that       
organization within a calendar year1 the
 institution shall file a disclosure    
report with the ,secretary on ,january  
#ca or ,july #ca1 whichever is sooner4  
7,b7 ,contents of report ,each report   
under subparagraph 7,a7 shall include-- 
7i7 the information described in        
subsections 7b7 and 7c7 7as applicable72
  7ii7 the full legal name of the       
individual or organization that made the

 gift or entered into the contract to   
which the disclosure pertains2 and      
7iii7 instructions for accessing the    
information made available under        
paragraph 7#c74  7#b7 ,disclosure of    
joint activities ,on an annual basis1   
any institution that receives funds     
under a ,federal grant program shall    
file a disclosure report with the       
,secretary that identifies any          
activities conducted pursuant to a      
contract or other agreement between the 
institution and a ,,prc-1 ,,ccp-1 or    
,,pla-affiliated organization1 including
 any joint research or academic         
exchanges4  7#c7 ,public availability of
 agreements ,each institution shall make
 available1 on a publicly accessible    
website of the institution1 the full    
text of any contract1 agreement1 or     
memorandum of understanding between the 
institution and a ,,prc-1 ,,ccp-1 or    
,,pla-affiliated organization           
7regardless of whether the contract1    
agreement1 or memorandum remains in     

effect74  2 and  7#d7 in subsection 7i71
 as so redesignated-- 7,a7 by           
redesignating paragraph 7#e7 as         
paragraph 7#f72 and  7,b7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#d7 the following3     
7#e7 ,the term ,,prc-1 ,,ccp-1 or       
,,pla-affiliated organization means any 
entity that receives support directly or
 indirectly from the ,government of the 
,people's ,republic of ,china1 the      
,chinese ,communist ,party1 or the      
,people's ,liberation ,army1 including--
  7,a7 a cultural1 language1 or         
educational institute or program2  7,b7 
a think tank that has received more than
 #ajj1jjj in one calendar year or more  
than #aj percent of the total funding   
for such think tank for that year1      
whichever is less1 from the ,government 
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china1   
the ,chinese ,communist ,party1 or the  
,people's ,liberation ,army1 or         
individuals affiliated with such        
organizations2  7,c7 a person who is a  
current member of the ,government of the

 ,people's ,republic of ,china1 the     
,chinese ,communist ,party1 or the      
,people's ,liberation ,army1 or is      
otherwise active in collaborating with  
such organizations as an employee or    
advisor2  7,d7 a ,chinese ,state-owned  
enterprise or partially or wholly owned 
subsidiary of a ,chinese ,state-owned   
enterprise2 and  7,e7 a company1 think  
tank1 nonprofit1 or other similar       
entity1 which has on its board of       
directors or with equity ownership or   
voting control in excess of #e percent  
any members of the ,government of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china1 the      
,chinese ,communist ,party1 or the      
,people's ,liberation ,army1 or         
executives of a ,chinese ,state-owned   
enterprise1 including the president1    
vice president1 or any other officer who
 performs a policy making function or   
any other person who performs similar   
policy making functions for such        
enterprise1 including an executive      
officer of a subsidiary of such         

enterprise who performs such policy     
making functions4  4