,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,steube introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife to     
prohibit the awarding of ,federal funds 
to institutions of higher education that
 employ instructors funded by the       
,chinese ,communist ,party1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,protecting    
,higher ,education from ,foreign        
,threats ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on     
employment of instructors funded by the 
,chinese ,communist ,party ,title ,i of 
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja et seq47 is amended
 by inserting after section #aag the    
following3  #aag;a4 ,prohibition on     
employment of instructors funded by the 
,chinese ,communist ,party  7a7         
,restriction on eligibility             

,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 no institution of higher education 
shall be eligible to receive funds or   
any other form of financial assistance  
under any ,federal program for an award 
year in which the institution employs an
 ,,ccp-funded instructor4  7b7          
,resumption of eligibility ,an          
institution of higher education that    
loses eligibility to receive funds for  
an award year as described in subsection
 7a7 may regain eligibility to receive  
such funds in a subsequent award year by
 demonstrating1 to the satisfaction of  
the ,secretary1 that the institution no 
longer employs a ,,ccp-funded           
instructor4  7c7 ,,ccp-,funded          
instructor defined ,in this section1 the
 term ,,ccp-funded instructor means a   
professor1 teacher1 or any other        
individual who-- 7#a7 provides          
instruction directly to the students of 
an institution of higher education2 and 
7#b7 received funds1 directly or        
indirectly1 from the ,chinese ,communist

 ,party while employed by such          
institution4  4  #c4 ,effective date    
,the amendment made by section #b shall 
take effect #ahj days after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act4