Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023); Correction

<RULE> DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE <SUBAGY>Defense Acquisition Regulations System</SUBAGY> <CFR>48 CFR Part 252</CFR> <DEPDOC>[Docket DARS-2024-0025]</DEPDOC> <RIN>RIN 0750-AM20</RIN> <SUBJECT>Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023); Correction</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD). <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Correcting amendments. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> DoD is correcting a final rule that published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> on August 25, 2025, to correct the provision date in section 252.209-7011. </SUM> <EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Effective August 28, 2025. </EFFDATE> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> David Johnson, telephone 202-913-5764. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> In the final rule published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> at 90 FR 41492 on August 25, 2025, titled <E T="03">Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education,</E> there was an error in the provision date. This document serves to correct the date. <LSTSUB> <HD SOURCE="HED">List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 252</HD> Government procurement. </LSTSUB> Accordingly, 48 CFR part 252 is corrected by making the following correcting amendments: <HD SOURCE="HED">PART 252—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES</HD> <REGTEXT TITLE="48" PART="252"> 1. The authority citation for part 252 continues to read as follows: <HD SOURCE="HED">Authority:</HD> 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1. </REGTEXT> <REGTEXT TITLE="48" PART="252"> 2. Revise and republish section 252.209-7011 to read as follows: <SECTION> <SECTNO>252.209-7011 </SECTNO> <SUBJECT>Representation for Restriction on the Use of Certain Institutions of Higher Education.</SUBJECT> As prescribed in 209.170-4, use the following provision: <HD SOURCE="HD1">Representation For Restriction On The Use Of Certain Institutions Of Higher Education (AUG 2025)</HD> <EXTRACT> (a) <E T="03">Definitions.</E> As used in this provision— <E T="03">Confucius Institute</E> means— (1) Any program that receives funding or support from— (i) The Chinese International Education Foundation; or (ii) The Center for Language Exchange Cooperation of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China; or (2) Any cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the government of the People's Republic of China. <E T="03">Institution of higher education</E> has the meaning given in 20 U.S.C. 1002. (b) <E T="03">Restriction.</E> As required by section 1062 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283), DoD may not award a contract with any institution of higher education that hosts a Confucius Institute. Section 1062 prohibits DoD from providing funding to any U.S. institution of higher education hosting a Confucius Institute unless that institution receives a waiver from the Department of Defense Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). The waiver authority terminates on October 1, 2026. Any waiver issued will not apply on or after that date. See the OUSD(R&E) Confucius Institute Waiver Program Guidance to U.S. Institutions of Higher Education at <E T="03">https://rt.cto.mil/wp-content/uploads/Confucius-Institute-Waiver-Program-Guidance-28Mar2023.pdf.</E> (c) <E T="03">Representation.</E> By submission of an offer, the Offeror represents that— (1) It is not an institution of higher education that hosts a Confucius Institute; or (2) The Offeror has obtained a waiver approved by OUSD(R&E). </EXTRACT> <FP>(End of provision)</FP> </SECTION> </REGTEXT> <SIG> <NAME>Jennifer D. Johnson,</NAME> Editor/Publisher, <E T="03">Defense Acquisition Regulations System.</E> </SIG> </SUPLINF> <FRDOC>[FR Doc. 2025-16518 Filed 8-27-25; 8:45 am]</FRDOC> </RULE>