Republican Party leaders are urging President Biden to resubmit a recently withdrawn proposed rule that would have required U.S. universities and K-12 schools with foreign exchange programs to disclose any financial ties or other connections to Chinese state-run Confucius Institutes.
Former President Donald Trump’s administration made the proposal, “Establishing Requirement for Student and Exchange Visitor Program Certified Schools to Disclose Agreements with Confucius Institutes and Classrooms,” on New Year’s Eve. Before the rule made its way to the Federal Register or went into effect, the Biden administration withdrew it on Jan. 26, saying that the Office of Management and Budget’s interagency review of the draft rule hadn’t been completed by Inauguration Day and that it was withdrawn after White House chief of staff Ron Klain released a memo freezing all regulatory processes.
