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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 3455
AN ACT
To prohibit certain individuals from downloading or using
TikTok on any device issued by the United States or
a government corporation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No TikTok on Govern-
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ment Devices Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF TIKTOK.
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(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
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(1) the term ‘‘covered application’’ means the
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social networking service TikTok or any successor
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application or service developed or provided by
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ByteDance
Limited
or
an
entity
owned
by
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ByteDance Limited;
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(2) the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the mean-
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ing given that term in section 133 of title 41, United
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States Code; and
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(3) the term ‘‘information technology’’ has the
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meaning given that term in section 11101 of title
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40, United States Code.
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(b) PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF TIKTOK.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after
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the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director
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of the Office of Management and Budget, in con-
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sultation with the Administrator of General Services,
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the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
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Security Agency, the Director of National Intel-
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ligence, and the Secretary of Defense, and consistent
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with the information security requirements under
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subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 44, United
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States Code, shall develop standards and guidelines
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for executive agencies requiring the removal of any
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covered application from information technology.
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(2) NATIONAL SECURITY AND RESEARCH EX-
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CEPTIONS.—The standards and guidelines developed
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under paragraph (1) shall include—
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(A) exceptions for law enforcement activi-
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ties, national security interests and activities,
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and security researchers; and
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(B) for any authorized use of a covered ap-
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plication under an exception, requirements for
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agencies to develop and document risk mitiga-
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tion actions for such use.
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Passed the Senate August 6, 2020.
Attest:
Secretary.
116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 3455
AN ACT
To prohibit certain individuals from downloading or
using TikTok on any device issued by the United
States or a government corporation.