February 5, 2025
Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
To prohibit Federal spending on funding research in China, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act of 2023
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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.