Bill Details
HR.1032 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Introduced Date
2025-02-05
Policy Area
International Affairs
Committees
View committees (1)
Sponsors
Cosponsors
8
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This bill would stop federal agencies from using U.S. government money to pay for research that is carried out in China by the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party, or groups they own or control. In simple terms, it would block federal funding from going to research projects that would be done by China or its government-linked entities.
- The ban applies to several agencies named in the bill, including the Defense, Veterans Affairs, Energy, Interior, Transportation, Health and Human Services, and Environmental Protection agencies.
- It also applies to any other federal agency, not just the ones listed by name.
- The restriction covers direct and indirect funding, including grants, subgrants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.
Official Summaries
Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act of 2023
This bill prohibits federal agencies from conducting or supporting, either directly or indirectly, research that will be conducted by (1) China's government; (2) the Chinese Communist Party (CCP); (3) any agent or instrumentality of China's government or the CCP; or (4) any entity owned or controlled by China or the CCP.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1032 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1032
To prohibit Federal spending on funding research in China, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 5, 2025
Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To prohibit Federal spending on funding research in China, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act of
2023''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING RESEARCH IN CHINA.
The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the
Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Transportation,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or any other Federal agency
may not directly or indirectly conduct or support, through grants,
subgrants, contracts, cooperative agreements or other funding vehicles,
research that will be conducted by--
(1) the Government of the People's Republic of China or any
agent or instrumentality of the Government of the People's
Republic of China or any entity owned by or controlled by the
People's Republic of China; or
(2) the Chinese Communist Party or any agent or
instrumentality of the Chinese Communist Party or any entity
owned by or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
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