WeChat No More Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4452 To prohibit Federal employees from downloading or using WeChat on Government devices. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AUGUST 5, 2020 Mr. KENNEDY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To prohibit Federal employees from downloading or using WeChat on Government devices. 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 ‘‘WeChat No More Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FROM 5 DOWNLOADING OR USING WECHAT ON GOV- 6 ERNMENT DEVICES. 7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 8 (1) the terms ‘‘congressional employee’’, ‘‘Gov- 9 ernment corporation’’, ‘‘Member of Congress’’, and 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:28 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4452.IS S4452 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4452 IS ‘‘officer’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec- 1 tion 2107, 103, 2106, and 2104 of title 5, United 2 States Code, respectively; and 3 (2) the term ‘‘Federal employee’’— 4 (A) means an employee of any establish- 5 ment or office in the executive, legislative, or 6 judicial branch of the Federal Government; and 7 (B) includes a congressional employee. 8 (b) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 9 (c), no Federal employee, officer, Member of Congress, or 10 officer or employee of a Government corporation may 11 download or use on any device issued or provided by the 12 United States or a Government corporation WeChat, or 13 any successor application that is developed by Tencent 14 Holdings Limited, an entity owned by Tencent Holdings 15 Limited, a successor to Tencent Holdings Limited, or an 16 entity owned by a successor to Tencent Holdings Limited. 17 (c) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (b) shall not apply to 18 downloading or using an application on a device issued by 19 the United States or a Government corporation in connec- 20 tion with the duties of a Federal employee, officer, Mem- 21 ber of Congress, or officer or employee of a Government 22 corporation relating to cybersecurity research, conducting 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:28 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4452.IS S4452 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 4452 IS an investigation, pursuing an enforcement action, a dis- 1 ciplinary action, or an intelligence activity. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:28 Aug 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4452.IS S4452 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS