River Region Times

Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) has announced his support for the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act, a bill introduced by Rep. Pfluger (R-TX). The legislation aims to prevent Department of Homeland Security funds from being allocated to American universities that host Confucius Institutes or maintain relationships with Chinese entities of concern, including the Chinese Communist Party.

"Confucius Institutes at American universities are nothing more than an extension of the CCP's global apparatus used to impact the decisions of these institutions and spy on the United States," said Moore. "Schools that choose to maintain a relationship with the CCP through these institutes are putting the national security of our country at risk and should not receive taxpayer funding."

In addition to this bill, several other pieces of legislation targeting Chinese influence and aggression are up for vote in the House this week:

- H.R. 554 – Taiwan Conflict Deterrence Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Hill / Financial Services Committee)

- H.R. 510 – Chinese Currency Accountability Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Davidson / Financial Services Committee)

- H.R. 7686 – To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction, and for other purposes, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Garcia (CA) / Science, Space, and Technology Committee)

- H.R. 820 – Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Stefanik / Energy and Commerce Committee)

- H.R. 1513 – FUTURE Networks Act (Sponsored by Rep. Matsui / Energy and Commerce Committee)

- H.R. 8631 – Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Gimenez / Homeland Security Committee)

- H.R. 8663 – DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024 (Sponsored by Rep. LaLota / Homeland Security Committee)

- H.R. 7404 – Subterranean Border Defense Act (Sponsored by Rep. Crane / Homeland Security Committee)

- H.R. 3169 – Identifying Adversarial Threats at our Ports Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Gimenez / Homeland Security Committee)

- H.R. 1103 – HKETO Certification Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep Smith (NJ) / Foreign Affairs Committee)

- H.R .5245– Science and Technology Agreement Enhanced Congressional Notification Act ,as amended(Sponsored by Rep Barr/Foreign Affairs committee )

-HR8361-Economic Espionage Prevention act ,as Amended(Sponsored By rep McCormick/Foreign affairs committee

-HR1157-Countering PRC Malign Influence Fund Authorization act(sponsored By rep Barr/foreign affairs committee

-HR5613-Sanctions Lists Harmonization act(as Amended)(sponsored By rep Waltz/foreign affairs committee

-H Res1056 -Recognizing importance Of trilateral cooperation among United states Japan And South Korea(sponsored By rep Connolly/foreign affairs committee

-HR4741-Securing Global Telecommunications act(sponsored By rep Manning/foreign affairs committee

-HR8152 -Remote Access security act(as Amended)(sponsored By rep Lawler/foreign affairs committee

HR7159-Pacific Partnership act(as Amended)(sponsored By rep Case/foreign Affairs committee

HR6614-Maintaining American Superiority BY Improving Export Control Transparency act(as Amended)(sponsored BY rep Jackson/Foreign Affairs committee

HR1398-Protect America’s Innovation And Economic security From CCP ACT OF2024(sponsered BY REP Gooden/Judiciary commitee

HR9456-Protecting American Agriculture From Foreign Adversaries ACT OF2024(SPONSORED BY REP Newhouse/Foeign Affairs commitee

HR1425-NO WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval ACT(SPONSORED BY REP Tiffany/Foeign Affaris Commitee HR7980-End chinese Dominance Of Electric Vehicles In America ACT OF2024(SPONSORED BY REP Miller(WV)/Ways And Means Commitee