,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #ejg #aafth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #cdee    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,march #ab1 #bjbj,mr4 ,hawley 
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1  
,mr4 ,cotton1 ,ms4 ,ernst1 ,mr4         
,kennedy1 and ,ms4 ,mc,sally7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,august #f1 #bjbj,reported by 
,mr4 ,johnson1 with an amendment,strike 
out all after the enacting clause and   
insert the part printed in italic  ,a   
,,bill  ,to prohibit certain individuals
 from downloading or using ,tik,tok on  
any device issued by the ,united ,states
 or a government corporation4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,no ,tik,tok on ,government ,devices
 ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on downloading 
or using ,tik,tok by ,federal employees 
7a7 ,in general ,except as provided in  
subsection 7b71 no employee of the      
,united ,states1 officer of the ,united 

,states1 ,member of ,congress1          
congressional employee1 or officer or   
employee of a government corporation may
 download or use ,tik,tok or any        
successor application developed by      
,byte,dance or any entity owned by      
,byte,dance on any device issued by the 
,united ,states or a government         
corporation4  7b7 ,exception ,subsection
 7a7 shall not apply to any             
investigation1 cybersecurity research   
activity1 enforcement action1           
disciplinary action1 or intelligence    
activity4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,no ,tik,tok on     
,government ,devices ,act4  #b4         
,prohibition on the use of ,tik,tok  7a7
 ,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7   
the term covered application means the  
social networking service ,tik,tok or   
any successor application or service    
developed or provided by ,byte,dance    
,limited or an entity owned by          
,byte,dance ,limited2  7#b7 the term    
executive agency has the meaning given  

that term in section #acc of title #da1 
,united ,states ,code2 and  7#c7 the    
term information technology has the     
meaning given that term in section      
#aaaja of title #dj1 ,united ,states    
,code4  7b7 ,prohibition on the use of  
,tik,tok  7#a7 ,in general ,not later   
than #fj days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of
 the ,office of ,management and ,budget1
 in consultation with the ,administrator
 of ,general ,services1 the ,director of
 the ,cybersecurity and ,infrastructure 
,security ,agency1 the ,director of     
,national ,intelligence1 and the        
,secretary of ,defense1 and consistent  
with the information security           
requirements under subchapter ,,ii of   
chapter #ce of title #dd1 ,united       
,states ,code1 shall develop standards  
and guidelines for executive agencies   
requiring the removal of any covered    
application from information technology4
  7#b7 ,national security and research  
exceptions ,the standards and guidelines

 developed under paragraph 7#a7 shall   
include-- 7,a7 exceptions for law       
enforcement activities1 national        
security interests and activities1 and  
security researchers2 and  7,b7 for any 
authorized use of a covered application 
under an exception1 requirements for    
agencies to develop and document risk   
mitigation actions for such use4        
,august #f1 #bjbj,reported with an      
amendment