[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5144 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5144

 To prohibit officers, employees, and elected officials of the Federal 
Government from having, establishing, maintaining official accounts on 
                    Tik Tok, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 2023

   Mr. Jackson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. Norman, and Mr. 
  Brecheen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the 
Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period to 
      be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit officers, employees, and elected officials of the Federal 
Government from having, establishing, maintaining official accounts on 
                    Tik Tok, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Off TikTok Act'' or the 
``GOT Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS OF 
              THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVING, ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING 
              OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS ON TIK TOK.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) Tik Tok is a proven national security threat to the 
        United States and allies of the United States; and
            (2) United States officials should not be posting about 
        official government business because of the threat that the 
        Chinese Communist Party poses.
    (b) Prohibition.--No officer, employee, or elected official of the 
executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Federal Government 
may have, establish, obtain, or maintain a ``Government, Politician, or 
Political Party Account'' on Tik Tok, or any equivalent account 
provided by--
            (1) ByteDance limited; or
            (2) any entity owned by ByteDance limited.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
as affecting any standard or guideline developed pursuant to division R 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (Public Law 117-328).
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