Signed by Governor Spencer Cox

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that appropriates funding for independence in foreign language education.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an institution of higher education from seeking or accepting funding from foreign governments, persons or restricted foreign entity (Sec. 1).

• Defines “restricted foreign entity” as a company that the United States Secretary of Defense is required to list under the NDAA or any affiliated company in the country with a commercial or defense industrial base they are a part of (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits higher education institutions from seeking or accepting funding support from a restricted foreign entity or an entity that passes on funding support from a restricted foreign entity beginning July 1, 2023 (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes the Southern Utah University to establish the Helen Foster Snow Cultural Center and appropriate $300,000 to provide language support and cultural opportunities to students studying the mandarin chinese language (Sec. 4-5).

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