[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 663. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       Amend section 1630B to read as follows:

     SEC. 1630B. PROHIBITION ON USE OF SOFTWARE PLATFORMS 
                   DEVELOPED BY KASPERSKY LAB.

       (a) Prohibition.--No department, agency, organization, or 
     other element of the United States Government may use, 
     whether directly or through work with or on behalf of another 
     organization or element of the United States Government, any 
     hardware, software, or services developed or provided, in 
     whole or in part, by Kaspersky Lab or any entity of which 
     Kaspersky Lab has a majority ownership.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on 
     October 1, 2018.
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