3.0.0 4452 2023-01-11T13:45:19Z 2023-01-11T13:45:19Z Senate S 2020-08-05 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-05T22:23:20Z 2020-08-05 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely N Government Operations and Politics Computer security and identity theft Congressional officers and employees Digital media Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Telephone and wireless communication Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-09T13:27:03Z WeChat No More Act

This bill prohibits federal employees from using the messaging application WeChat on government-issued devices.

Specifically, the bill prohibits employees and officers of the United States, Members of Congress, congressional employees, and officers and employees of government corporations from downloading or using WeChat, or any successor application from the developer, on any device issued by the federal government or a government corporation, with the exception of specified activities (e.g., cybersecurity research).

]]> WeChat No More Act Display Title WeChat No More Act Short Title(s) as Introduced WeChat No More Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit Federal employees from downloading or using WeChat on Government devices. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4452is/xml/BILLS-116s4452is.xml 2020-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.