No TikTok on Government Devices Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6896 To prohibit certain individuals from downloading or using TikTok on any device issued by the United States or a government corporation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 15, 2020 Mr. BUCK (for himself, Mr. CORREA, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. BANKS, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. BUDD, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. PERRY, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. SPANO, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. YOHO, Mr. DUNN, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. STEWART) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over- sight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Adminis- tration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- tion of the committee concerned A BILL To prohibit certain individuals from downloading or using TikTok on any device issued by the United States or a government corporation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No TikTok on Govern- 4 ment Devices Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:30 Jun 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6896.IH H6896 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6896 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DOWNLOADING OR USING TIKTOK 1 BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 3 (b), no employee of the United States, officer of the 4 United States, Member of Congress, congressional em- 5 ployee, or officer or employee of a government corporation 6 may download or use TikTok or any successor application 7 developed by ByteDance or any entity owned by 8 ByteDance on any device issued by the United States or 9 a government corporation. 10 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 11 any investigation, cybersecurity research activity, enforce- 12 ment action, disciplinary action, or intelligence activity. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:30 Jun 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6896.IH H6896 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS