,,ii #aahth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #cdg ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,february #i1 #bjbc,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself and ,mr4 ,king7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to protect ,americans from the threat posed by certain foreign adversaries using current or potential future social media companies that those foreign adversaries control to surveil ,americans1 gather sensitive data about ,americans1 or spread influence campaigns1 propaganda1 and censorship4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,averting the ,national ,threat of ,internet ,surveillance1 ,oppressive ,censorship and ,influence1 and ,algorithmic ,learning by the ,chinese ,communist ,party ,act or the ,,anti-,,social ,,ccp ,act4 #b4 ,protecting ,americans from social media companies controlled by countries of concern 7a7 ,prohibited commercial transactions ,on and after the date that is #cj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,president shall exercise all the powers granted to the ,president under the ,international ,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et4 seq47 to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of a social media company described in subsection 7b7 if such property and interests in property-- 7#a7 are in the ,united ,states or come within the ,united ,states2 or 7#b7 to the extent necessary to prevent commercial operation of the social media company in the ,united ,states1 are or come within the possession or control of a ,united ,states person4 7b7 ,social media company described 7#a7 ,in general ,a social media company described in this subsection is a social media company that meets one or more of the following conditions3 7,a7 ,the company is domiciled in1 headquartered in1 has its principal place of business in1 or is organized under the laws of a country of concern4 7,b7 ,a country of concern1 entity of concern1 or some combination thereof1 directly or indirectly owns1 controls with the ability to decide important matters1 or holds with power to vote1 #bj percent or more of the outstanding voting stock or shares of the company4 7,c7 ,the company employs software or algorithms controlled or whose export is restricted by a country of concern or entity of concern4 7,d7 ,the company is subject to substantial influence1 directly or indirectly1 from a country of concern or entity of concern owing to which-- 7i7 the company shares or could be compelled to share data on ,united ,states citizens with a country of concern or entity of concern2 or 7ii7 the content moderation practices of the company are subject to substantial influence from a country of concern or entity of concern4 7#b7 ,deemed companies ,the following companies shall be deemed to be social media companies described in this subsection as of the date of the enactment of this ,act unless and until the date on which the ,president certifies to ,congress that the company no longer meets any of the conditions described in paragraph 7#a73 7,a7 ,bytedance1 ,ltd4 7,b7 ,tik,tok4 7,c7 ,a subsidiary of or a successor company to a company listed in subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b74 7,d7 ,a company owned or controlled directly or indirectly by a company listed in subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b74 7c7 ,exceptions 7#a7 ,intelligence activities ,sanctions under this section shall not apply to any activity subject to the reporting requirements under title ,v of the ,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjia et seq47 or any authorized intelligence activities of the ,united ,states4 7#b7 ,importation of goods 7,a7 ,in general ,the authorities and requirements to impose sanctions under this section shall not include the authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods4 7,b7 ,good defined ,in this paragraph1 the term good means any article1 natural or manmade substance1 material1 supply or manufactured product1 including inspection and test equipment1 and excluding technical data4 7d7 ,implementation1 penalties1 and inapplicability of certain provisions 7#a7 ,implementation ,the ,president may exercise all authorities provided under sections #bjc and #bje of the ,international ,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agjb and #agjd7 to carry out this section4 7#b7 ,penalties ,a person that violates1 attempts to violate1 or causes a violation of subsection 7a7 or any regulation1 license1 or order issued to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections 7b7 and 7c7 of section #bjf of the ,international ,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agje7 to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection 7a7 of that section4 7#c7 ,inapplicability of certain provisions ,the requirements under section #bjb and the limitations under section #bjc7;b7 of the ,international ,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja and #agjb7;b77 shall not apply for purposes of this section4 7e7 ,severability ,if any provision of this section or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid1 the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this section that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application1 and to this end the provisions of this section are severable4 7f7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,country of concern ,the term country of concern-- 7,a7 has the meaning given the term foreign adversary in section #h7;c77#b7 of the ,secure and ,trusted ,communications ,networks ,act of #bjai 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #afjg7;c77#b772 and 7,b7 includes the ,people's ,republic of ,china 7including the ,special ,administrative ,regions of ,china1 including ,hong ,kong and ,macau71 ,russia1 ,iran1 ,north ,korea1 ,cuba1 and ,venezuela4 7#b7 ,entity of concern ,the term entity of concern means-- 7,a7 a governmental body at any level in a country of concern2 7,b7 the ,armed ,forces of a country of concern2 7,c7 the leading political party of a country of concern2 7,d7 an individual who is-- 7i7 a national of a country of concern2 7ii7 domiciled and living in a country of concern2 and 7iii7 subject to substantial influence1 directly or indirectly1 from an entity specified under any of subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,c72 or 7,e7 a private business or a state-owned enterprise that is-- 7i7 domiciled in a country of concern or owned or controlled by a private business or ,state-owned enterprise domiciled in a country of concern2 and 7ii7 subject to substantial influence1 directly or indirectly1 from an entity specified under any of subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,c74 7#c7 ,social media company ,the term social media company-- 7,a7 means any entity that operates1 directly or indirectly1 including through its parent company1 subsidiaries1 or affiliates1 a website1 desktop application1 or mobile application that-- 7i7 permits an individual or entity to create an account or profile for the purpose of generating1 sharing1 and viewing user-generated content through such account or profile2 7ii7 sells digital advertising space2 7iii7 has more than #a1jjj1jjj monthly active users for a majority of months during the preceding #ab months2 7iv7 enables one or more users to generate content that can be viewed by other users of the website1 desktop application1 or mobile application2 and 7v7 enables users to view content generated by other users of the website1 desktop application1 or mobile application2 and 7,b7 does not include an entity if the entity does not operate a website1 desktop application1 or mobile application except for a website1 desktop application1 or mobile application the primary purpose of which is-- 7i7 to allow users to post product reviews1 business reviews1 or travel information and reviews2 or 7ii7 to provide emergency alert services4