Dharamshala, June 23 -- A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has introduced a legislative package aimed at preventing American universities from receiving federal funding if they maintain branch campuses in adversarial countries such as China or accept foreign government funding for sensitive research areas, according to the new website Phayul.

As reported by Phayul, the proposal has been introduced by Senator Rick Scott and US Representatives Elise Stefanik and Josh Gottheimer, who argue that the measures are necessary to counter what they describe as growing influence by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and other hostile foreign actors within the US higher education system.

According to the report, the package consists of two bills, th...