# Representation for Restriction on the Use of Certain Institutions of Higher Education.
**AGENCY:**
Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD).
**ACTION:**
Correcting amendments.
**SUMMARY:**
DoD is correcting a final rule that published in the *Federal Register* on August 25, 2025, to correct the provision date in section 252.209-7011.
**DATES:**
Effective August 28, 2025.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
David Johnson, telephone 202-913-5764.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
In the final rule published in the *Federal Register* at 90 FR 41492 on August 25, 2025, titled *Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education,* there was an error in the provision date. This document serves to correct the date.
**List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 252**
Government procurement.
Accordingly, 48 CFR part 252 is corrected by making the following correcting amendments:
**PART 252—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES**
**48 CFR Part 252**
1. The authority citation for part 252 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.
**48 CFR Part 252**
2. Revise and republish section 252.209-7011 to read as follows:
252.209-7011
As prescribed in 209.170-4, use the following provision:
**Representation For Restriction On The Use Of Certain Institutions Of Higher Education (AUG 2025)**
(a) *Definitions.* As used in this provision—
*Confucius Institute* 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.
*Institution of higher education* has the meaning given in 20 U.S.C. 1002.
(b) *Restriction.* 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 *https://rt.cto.mil/wp-content/uploads/Confucius-Institute-Waiver-Program-Guidance-28Mar2023.pdf.*
(c) *Representation.* 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).
(End of provision)
Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher,