{"id":500700,"date":"2021-05-12T14:50:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T18:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=500700"},"modified":"2021-05-12T15:16:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T19:16:03","slug":"exclusive-republicans-to-introduce-legislation-calling-for-colleges-to-disclose-foreign-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republicans-to-introduce-legislation-calling-for-colleges-to-disclose-foreign-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Republicans To Introduce Legislation Calling For Colleges To Disclose Foreign Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fexclusive-republicans-to-introduce-legislation-calling-for-colleges-to-disclose-foreign-influence%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=500700&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--><p>Republican Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks will introduce legislation Wednesday calling for colleges and universities to disclose any foreign influence.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation, first obtained by the Daily Caller, requires colleges and universities to report any gifts from foreign countries and entities and for the schools to publicly disclose the names of all of their foreign donors. The bill also requires colleges and universities to list gift reasons and any gift conditions, as well as the department, college or project the money is supposed to go to.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is titled the Zero Foreign Influence in Education Act and targets large donations from U.S. \u201cgeopolitical foes,\u201d such as China. The bill points to Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, which requires universities to report gifts or contracts greater than $250,000 in a calendar year. The bill states foreign adversaries work around this requirement by spacing out checks, or keeping them under $250,000 so the school doesn\u2019t need to report it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe [Chinese government tries] to create an image of friendship when they\u2019re quite clearly a geopolitical foe that hates our country\u2019s system of government,\u201d Brooks told the Daily Caller. \u201cWe are based on principles of democratic elections, and personal liberties and rights guaranteed by the Constitution. The Chinese Communist Party does not believe in any of those things and in fact, severely punishes people in China who cherish individual liberty or support democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE BILL HERE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View (DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) -- Zero Foreign Influence in Education Act of 2021 on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/507661124\/DAILY-CALLER-OBTAINED-Zero-Foreign-Influence-in-Education-Act-of-2021#from_embed\">(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) \u2014 \u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brooks pointed to the presence of Confucius Institutes on college campuses as \u201cthe most glaring and egregious instance\u201d of foreign government infiltration.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers have criticized Confucius Institutes, which have ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as a source of Beijing\u2019s soft power on campuses across the country. While the Confucius Institute claims to offer funding for language study and education on Chinese culture, they have also propagated China\u2019s views on contentious topics such as Tibet and Taiwan. \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/14\/confucius-institute-american-college-campuses-foreign-mission-china-complete-list-closings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Confucius Institutes Have Been Rapidly Dissolving \u2014 Here Are The Dozens Still Left On American Campuses)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese Confucius Institutes, according to the FBI and State Department, have on occasion been used to facilitate espionage against American interests by creating easier access points for communist Chinese spies in different parts of the U.S. generally, and in our universities where some of our best technological advances originate,\u201d Brooks added.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of campus Confucius Institute chapters have closed following the federal government\u2019s crackdown on Chinese government influence in the U.S. The Trump administration submitted a proposed rule to the Department of Homeland Security in December 2020 that would require schools and universities to disclose their partnerships with Confucius Institutes, but the Biden administration quietly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/09\/biden-confucius-institute-trump-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">withdrew<\/a> the rule.<\/p>\n<p>Several months earlier, the Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/13\/state-department-confucius-institute-foreign-mission-chinese-communist-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> it would designate the Confucius Institute U.S. Center as a foreign mission.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks says that before the Trump administration, Section 117 had been unforced, allowing schools to accept billions in foreign funds.<\/p>\n<p>The Education Department released a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/10\/20\/education-department-report-universities-underreported-funding-foreign-adversaries-china-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> in October showing the extent of funding from \u201cforeign adversaries.\u201d The report found that 12 schools, including multiple Ivy Leagues like Harvard and Yale, had financial dealings with Chinese tech company Huawei, which officials have determined to be a threat to U.S. national security. Since coming under scrutiny, the dozen schools disclosed a combined $6.5 billion in foreign funding that was previously unreported, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on foreign influence on college campuses also included investigations into individuals with ties to the CCP. More than a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/03\/list-professors-researchers-us-universities-arrested-china-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dozen students, researchers, and professors<\/a> were arrested between 2019 and 2020 on charges related to lying about ties with the Chinese government, often while accepting grants funded by U.S. taxpayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Alabama Rep. 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