That income comes with’ invisible agendas,’ Rep. Baumgartner says
Higher education institutions would be required to report as little as$ 1 in funding from China under legislation that passed the U. S. House on Thursday.
The Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions Act may close gaps that U. S. Rep. John Moolenaar says the Chinese Communist Party is using to “infiltrate and influence our intellectual organizations”.
” The passage of the DETERRENT Act is a powerful response to China’s aggressive attempts to use financial leverage to undermine our universities and national security”, the Michigan Republican ( pictured ) stated in a news release.
” This policy enhances clarity, closes dangerous flaws, and holds organizations accountable for their relations with foreign enemies like the CCP”, Moolenaar stated. He chairs the House Select Committee on China.
The policy, which now heads to the U. S. Senate, had reduced institutions ‘ “foreign product reporting threshold from$ 250, 000 … to$ 0 for states of problem like China”, the news release says. For other countries, the threshold would be$ 50, 000.
It furthermore requires organizations to report “foreign agreements with specific faculty at research-heavy universities”.
Colleges and universities that fail to make these statements may face fines or lose federal money, if the expenses passes.
An investigation last year by the Wall Street Journal found American universities had more than$ 2.3 billion in contracts with China over the past decade.
And, according to a House Education Committee point sheet,” Almost 30 percent of international funding schools disclosed had lost data, with billions reported as ‘ private.'”
U. S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner, the head sponsor of the invoice, said the income comes with “hidden goals”.
” We need to maintain that Chinese forces and other international forces are never allowed to compromise the integrity of American education institutions for their own gain”, the Washington state Republican said in a news release.
Facing force from Congress, some institutions are cutting ties with the Eastern region.
Earlier this year, University of California, Berkeley officials said the organization is “in the process of ceding” its association with a school in China, The College Fix reported. The college received$ 87.5 million from China for the job.
The Georgia Institute of Technology just ended a similar agreement after an inspection found the college had received millions of dollars in undetected funding from China, The Fix reported last month.
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IMAGE CAPTION AND CREDIT: U. S. Rep. John Moolenaar speaks during a U. S. House hearing. Rep. John Moolenaar/YouTube
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