Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 377, I call up the bill (H.R. 881) to establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 377, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Homeland Security printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-2, is adopted, and the bill, as amended, is considered read. The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows: H.R. 881 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act''. SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES' HOST SCHOOLS.…
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