House Passes Bill Restricting CCP Influence in Higher Education

Several U.S. schools have hosted the Confucius Institute, a CCP-sponsored language and culture program.

People walk by a building that is suspected of being a Beijing-controlled secret police station used to repress dissidents living in the United States, in New York City's Chinatown on April 18, 2023. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The House on May 7 passed a bill that would ban the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from providing grants to colleges and universities that partner with the entities of China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

By a vote of 266–153, the chamber passed H.R. 881, “DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act.” Every Republican present voted for the bipartisan legislation, along with 55 Democrats.