,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddeb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #e1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 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     
,we,chat on ,government devices4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,we,chat ,no ,more ,act4  #b4       
,prohibition of ,federal employees from 
downloading or using ,we,chat on        
,government devices  7a7 ,definitions   
,in this section-- 7#a7 the terms       
congressional employee1 ,government     
corporation 1 ,member of ,congress1 and 
officer have the meanings given such    
terms in section #bajg1 #ajc1 #bajf1 and
 #bajd of title #e1 ,united ,states     
,code1 respectively2 and  7#b7 the term 
,federal employee-- 7,a7 means an       
employee of any establishment or office 
in the executive1 legislative1 or       

judicial branch of the ,federal         
,government2 and  7,b7 includes a       
congressional employee4  7b7            
,prohibition ,except as provided in     
subsection 7c71 no ,federal employee1   
officer1 ,member of ,congress1 or       
officer or employee of a ,government    
corporation may download or use on any  
device issued or provided by the ,united
 ,states or a ,government corporation   
,we,chat1 or any successor application  
that is developed by ,tencent ,holdings 
,limited1 an entity owned by ,tencent   
,holdings ,limited1 a successor to      
,tencent ,holdings ,limited1 or an      
entity owned by a successor to ,tencent 
,holdings ,limited4  7c7 ,exception     
,subsection 7b7 shall not apply to      
downloading or using an application on a
 device issued by the ,united ,states or
 a ,government corporation in connection
 with the duties of a ,federal employee1
 officer1 ,member of ,congress1 or      
officer or employee of a ,government    
corporation relating to cybersecurity   

research1 conducting an investigation1  
pursuing an enforcement action1 a       
disciplinary action1 or an intelligence 
activity4