[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 194 (Wednesday, December 14, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7189-S7190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  NO TIKTOK ON GOVERNMENT DEVICES ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar 642, S. 1143.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1143) to prohibit certain individuals from 
     downloading or using TikTok on any device issued by the 
     United States or a government corporation.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1143) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 1143

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

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     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``No TikTok on Government 
     Devices Act''.

     SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF TIKTOK.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``covered application'' means the social 
     networking service TikTok or any successor application or 
     service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an 
     entity owned by ByteDance Limited;
       (2) the term ``executive agency'' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code; and
       (3) the term ``information technology'' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 11101 of title 40, United States 
     Code.
       (b) Prohibition on the Use of TikTok.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator 
     of General Services, the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
     Infrastructure Security Agency, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, and the Secretary of Defense, and consistent 
     with the information security requirements under subchapter 
     II of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, shall 
     develop standards and guidelines for executive agencies 
     requiring the removal of any covered application from 
     information technology.
       (2) National security and research exceptions.--The 
     standards and guidelines developed under paragraph (1) shall 
     include--
       (A) exceptions for law enforcement activities, national 
     security interests and activities, and security researchers; 
     and
       (B) for any authorized use of a covered application under 
     an exception, requirements for agencies to develop and 
     document risk mitigation actions for such use.

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