[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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