[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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