The CAMPUS Act aims to prevent U.S. federal funding from supporting Chinese military interests through American educational institutions. The bill requires the Director of National Intelligence to identify Chinese universities that support the People's Liberation Army or participate in China's "Military-Civil Fusion" strategy, then submit this list to Congress within 180 days and annually thereafter. U.S. universities and K-12 schools that maintain contracts with these identified Chinese institutions become ineligible to receive Department of Defense research funding or host classified information, and students or employees from those Chinese institutions may be denied U.S. visas. Additionally, the bill lowers the threshold for universities to disclose foreign gifts from $250,000 to $50,000, and authorizes the Department of Education to provide grants supporting Mandarin language instruction and Chinese cultural programming through partnerships with Taiwan. The legislation affects American educational institutions at all levels, federal research funding mechanisms, and international student and scholar exchanges.
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