Countering CCP Act (S4939)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-05-08 — DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act: cross-connection with dhs-restrictions-confucius-institutes-chinese-entities-act: Both target CCP-linked entities operating in or with U.S. institutions; S.1694 adds DHS enforcement authority to the broader Countering CCP legislative cluster. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-04-28 — A bill to amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to require each institution of higher education to certify as part of an application for a research and development award that such institution does not operate certain branch campuses, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with s4423-branch-campus-certification-rd-awards: Parallel congressional efforts routing CCP/adversary-nexus risk mitigation through higher-ed research and institutional operations. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-03-25 — United States Research Protection Act: cross-connection with united-states-research-protection-act: Both target PRC-linked risks in U.S. research/education; the Research Protection Act names China among four countries of concern for talent-recruitment prohibitions. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-12-04 — PROTECT Our Kids Act: cross-connection with protect-our-kids-act: Both address PRC soft-power concerns in education; PROTECT Our Kids Act extends the Confucius Institute funding-cutoff model into the K-12 space. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-12-04 — Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act: cross-connection with class-act-k12-foreign-funding-restrictions: Companion strand of PRC/CCP-focused legislation extending China-influence restrictions from higher ed/general policy into K-12 education funding. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-06-24 — Countering CCP Act: 2025 — S4939 (Countering CCP Act, 119th Congress) read twice and referred to the Senate HELP Committee; substantive text not yet analyzed in this vault. (novelty: 2)