Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2025
In Committee
Introduced:Sep 4, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Jon Ossoff
Senator
Democratic
GA
Cosponsors
0
Quick Stats
Policy Area
International Affairs
Summary
This bill aims to limit interactions between U.S. institutions and Chinese entities, especially those connected to China's military. It would restrict certain U.S. government funding and security clearances for schools and universities that maintain partnerships with identified Chinese institutions. The bill also authorizes funding for Mandarin language and Chinese cultural programs in U.S. schools, as long as they are provided by certain Taiwanese entities.
Latest Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
AI Summary
Plain-English explanation of this bill
This bill aims to limit interactions between U.S. institutions and Chinese entities, especially those connected to China's military. It would restrict certain U.S. government funding and security clearances for schools and universities that maintain partnerships with identified Chinese institutions. The bill also authorizes funding for Mandarin language and Chinese cultural programs in U.S. schools, as long as they are provided by certain Taiwanese entities.
Last updated: 12/30/2025
Official Summary
Congressional Research Service summary
<p><strong>Countering Adversarial and Malicious Partnerships at Universities and Schools Act of 2023 or CAMPUS Act</strong></p><p>This bill limits certain interactions with Chinese entities. Specifically, the bill</p><ul><li>requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to identify institutions of higher education in China providing support to the People's Liberation Army;</li><li>prohibits the Department of Defense from providing research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) funds to entities that maintain contracts with such identified Chinese institutions of higher education;</li><li>prohibits the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency from granting eligibility to host or store classified information to those entities with an active research partnership with such identified Chinese institutions of higher education;</li><li>authorizes the Department of State to deny entry visas to students and employees of such identified Chinese institutions of higher education;</li><li>prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from providing funds for K-12 education to an elementary or secondary school that maintains a contract with entities in China;</li><li>prohibits federal RDT&E funds from being provided to an entity that maintains a contract with such identified Chinese institutions of higher education or a Chinese entity on the Entity List maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security in the Department of Commerce; and</li><li>lowers the minimum amount of foreign gifts or contracts benefiting an institution of higher education that must be reported to ED by the institution.</li></ul><p>The bill also authorizes ED to provide grants to K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to support Mandarin language instruction and Chinese cultural programming provided by certain Taiwanese entities. </p>
Key Points
Main provisions of the bill
Restricts U.S. government funding and security clearances for schools and universities that partner with Chinese institutions identified as supporting China's military
Prohibits U.S. government funds from going to K-12 schools that contract with Chinese entities
Authorizes funding for Mandarin language and Chinese cultural programs in U.S. schools, as long as they are provided by certain Taiwanese entities
How This Impacts Americans
Potential effects on citizens and communities
If this bill becomes law, it would impact U.S. universities, schools, and research institutions that have existing partnerships or contracts with Chinese entities. These organizations could lose access to certain U.S. government funding and security clearances. K-12 schools contracting with Chinese entities would also be affected, as they would no longer receive federal education funds. On the other hand, U.S. schools and students could benefit from increased access to Mandarin language and Chinese cultural programming funded by the government.
Policy Areas
Primary Policy Area
International Affairs
Scope & Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction Level
federal
Congressional Session
119th Congress
Citation Reference
2726, 119th Congress (2025). "Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-2726
