Robert Laberge/Getty Images A draft bill in the House of Representatives would demand that the Confucius Institutes, China's cultural outposts in the U.S., register as foreign agents. The goal is to achieve transparency, as the Institutes would have to disclose their finances and register with the Department of Justice. The Chinese Communist Party has openly admitted that the Confucius Institutes are part of China's "overseas propaganda set-up." A new draft proposal in the House of Representatives seeks to require China's cultural outposts in the United States, the Confucius Institutes, to register as foreign agents. The effort, spearheaded by U.S.