Pat Fallon Unveils Bill to Cut Federal Intelligence Funds to Colleges With CCP Ties
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 17
Pat Fallon Unveils Bill to Cut Federal Intelligence Funds to Colleges With CCP Ties
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 17
Summary
Fallon’s Espionage Protection Act would bar universities from receiving federal intelligence-related funding if they keep contractual or in-kind ties with groups linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
The bill would amend the 1947 National Security Act and revoke support for programs including Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence, intelligence research, and scholarship pipelines such as Stokes and SMART.
Fallon said the measure is needed to stop sensitive U.S. research in areas like biotechnology from being stolen or exploited through CCP-linked influence networks, singling out Confucius Institutes for scrutiny.
The proposal lands amid a wider Republican split over China policy: Fallon backs exploring a ban on Chinese student visas, while Trump recently said admitting Chinese students can benefit the U.S. and bilateral ties.
About 260,000 Chinese students were in the U.S. in the 2024-25 academic year, according to the IIE Open Doors Report, underscoring the broader stakes of the debate.