{"id":2015916,"date":"2023-08-29T18:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T22:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-pressure-pentagon-restricts-program-that-allows-colleges-with-ccp-outposts-to-receive-taxpayer-funds\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T18:08:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T22:08:56","slug":"under-pressure-pentagon-restricts-program-that-allows-colleges-with-ccp-outposts-to-receive-taxpayer-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-pressure-pentagon-restricts-program-that-allows-colleges-with-ccp-outposts-to-receive-taxpayer-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon limits funding for colleges with CCP outposts."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funder-pressure-pentagon-restricts-program-that-allows-colleges-with-ccp-outposts-to-receive-taxpayer-funds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015916&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Republicans \u2063say China could use \u2062Confucius \u200bInstitutes \u200bto spy\u200d on US military research<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/via.placeholder.com\/150\" alt=\"Photo by Kevin Frayer\/Getty Images\"><br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>The \u2062Pentagon Takes Action to Prevent Chinese Spy Outposts in\u2062 American Colleges<\/h3>\n<p>The Pentagon has\u2064 made a significant decision to restrict a \u200bpolicy that would have allowed\u2062 American colleges\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-us-must-stop-funding-horrific-animal-experiments-in-russia\/\" title=\"Congress: US Must Stop Funding \u2018Horrific\u2019 Animal Experiments in Russia\">receive taxpayer funds<\/a> while hosting Chinese spy outposts. This decision comes after\u2064 a congressional pressure campaign and a report \u200cby the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> \u200b that \u200cexposed \u2063a \u200cfunding loophole.<\/p>\n<p>In an Aug. 15 letter, the Defense \u2064Department informed Congress that it has revamped a waiver program that would have enabled American universities to receive taxpayer cash while hosting Confucius Institutes. These institutes are backed by the Chinese Communist Party and\u2064 are used by Beijing to exert influence\u200b and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-chinese-hackers-caused-power-outages-for-millions-of-indians\/\" title=\"Report: Chinese Hackers Caused Power Outages for Millions of Indians\">steal intellectual property<\/a> from American universities.<\/p>\n<p>Congress, citing concerns about the Communist regime using these outposts to spy on sensitive military research, prohibited \u200bthe Pentagon from awarding research projects to any U.S. school that hosts a Confucius Institute. \u200dThe Justice Department has warned that up \u200bto \u206360 top colleges are vulnerable\u200c to\u2063 CCP espionage operations.\u2063 However, the Pentagon introduced a waiver program earlier this year to help schools bypass the federal ban, as reported by\u200b the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Following a \u200cRepublican pressure campaign, the Pentagon \u2062has decided to narrow the waiver program and close\u2064 loopholes that\u200c would have allowed Confucius Institute employees to\u200d access information \u2062about Defense Department research projects. The Pentagon also revealed that no U.S. school \u2063has applied for a waiver \u200bsince implementing these changes, although schools can apply\u2064 at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At present, the Department has not granted, nor does\u2063 the Department expect to grant, any waivers&#8221; before\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-pressure-pentagon-restricts-program-that-allows-colleges-with-ccp-outposts-to-receive-taxpayer-funds\/\" title=\"Pentagon limits funding for colleges with CCP outposts.\">federal funding ban takes effect<\/a> in October, the Pentagon informed \u2064Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), \u200cwho has \u200dbeen leading an investigation \u2062into the waiver program.<\/p>\n<p>The Defense Department will also &#8220;terminate\u2062 any\u2064 existing\u2062 contracts and grants to\u200c any&#8221; U.S. institution that hosts a Confucius \u2064Institute after the October deadline, according to the letter. The \u2063Pentagon retains the power to reassess waivers at any time for any reason.<\/p>\n<p>Restrictions have also been placed on Confucius Institute\u2062 employees. \u2062They are now required to report all foreign travel for \u2063a school to be eligible for the waiver program.<\/p>\n<p>Confucius Institute employees, including those\u2064 who are also \u2063employed by universities, will be prohibited from accessing any information and data related to federal\u200d research projects \u2064under the revised\u200b guidance.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon explained in its letter to Banks that it initially\u2063 &#8220;did not wish to interfere with \u200bthe conduct of federally funded research by precluding [Confucius Institute] employees who are also employed by the\u200c host&#8221; \u200cschool. However, it changed this exemption &#8220;to avoid \u2064potential\u200b risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers like Banks had been pushing for these reforms, \u2063warning that Confucius Institute \u200bemployees could access sensitive \u200dresearch and share\u2064 it with the Communist regime.<\/p>\n<p>In an April letter\u200b to the Pentagon, Banks accused the department of &#8220;bowing to the wishes of academia and the\u200b scientific community to \u2062continue their deep ties with China, despite the growing threat of CCP propaganda \u200dand espionage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) warned in April that he would &#8220;revoke those waivers and hold accountable any officials who issue them&#8221; if the Pentagon proceeded with plans\u2063 to\u2062 allocate federal \u2062funds to any school hosting a Confucius Institute.<\/p>\n<p>These changes also come after congressional Republicans in \u2064both the House and Senate made efforts to cancel the waiver program\u200c due\u200d to the aforementioned concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Banks, in\u200b comments\u2064 to the\u200b <em>Free Beacon<\/em>, praised the Pentagon&#8217;s revisions but stated that the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act should include \u2063provisions for an outright ban on\u2062 the waiver \u2062program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m glad that the Biden administration\u200d has agreed to close its multiple loopholes \u2062that leave universities vulnerable to Communist Party espionage,&#8221; Banks said. &#8220;However, regardless of any DOD guidance, the final NDAA must eliminate DOD&#8217;s\u2062 Confucius \u2062Institute waivers\u200b entirely. Universities that cozy up to the Chinese Communist\u2064 Party shouldn&#8217;t be\u2063 involved in\u200c defense\u2064 research, period.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon has restricted a policy that would have allowed American colleges to receive taxpayer funds while hosting Chinese spy outposts. Republicans claim China could exploit Confucius Institutes to spy on US military research. This decision comes after congressional pressure and a report by the Washington Free Beacon. 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