H.R. 881 · 119th Congress · Education
DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · May 7, 2025
Roll call ↗266
153
Passed the House.
Passed the House on May 7, 2025.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
- CommitteeMay 5, 2025
- Passed HouseMay 7, 2025
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 5
- all Republicans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsHouse Committee on Homeland Security
- Lobbying
- At least 9
- organizations named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
The bill bars the Department of Homeland Security from funding colleges and universities that maintain a relationship with a Confucius Institute, the Thousand Talents Program, or a designated "Chinese entity of concern." Beginning with the first fiscal year that starts more than 12 months after enactment, an institution with such a relationship is ineligible for any DHS funds unless it terminates the relationship, and eligibility resumes upon termination.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, May 7, 2025
Yea unless marked
R · House · AL-4
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
The bill bars the Department of Homeland Security from funding colleges and universities that maintain a relationship with a Confucius Institute, the Thousand Talents Program, or a designated "Chinese entity of concern." Beginning with the first fiscal year that starts more than 12 months after enactment, an institution with such a relationship is ineligible for any DHS funds unless it terminates the relationship, and eligibility resumes upon termination. A relationship covers any contract, agreement, in-kind donation, or gift from such an entity. A Chinese entity of concern is defined as a university or college in China tied to military-civil fusion, the Chinese defense industrial base, defense-affiliated science and technology bodies, Central Military Commission funding, Chinese security or intelligence services, undermining U.S.-Taiwan relations, the forced labor of Uyghur Muslims, election-interference disinformation, or the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Secretary of Homeland Security may, after consulting the Director of National Intelligence, grant a case-by-case waiver of up to one year, renewable annually, if the institution maintains robust safeguards to deter unauthorized access to sensitive research and either the relationship serves U.S. national security interests or presents no national security risk; each waiver requires written notice to the House and Senate Homeland Security committees at least 30 days before it takes effect. The Secretary must provide outreach and technical assistance and report on implementation within 18 months and annually thereafter.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 9 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 21 quarterly reports filed by 9 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
1 of those filings did not cite this bill by number. They named a short title it shares with its Senate companion, S 1694, so the reference belongs to the pair rather than to one chamber’s vehicle.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
5 of them, in no ranking: Fdd Action; Stanford University; American Civil Liberties Union; Boston University; University of Michigan. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 4 others are not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.