,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gfe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1      
#bjbe,ms4 ,rosen 7for herself1 ,mr4     
,husted1 and ,mr4 ,ricketts7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the   
use of ,deep,seek by the executive      
agencies1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,no ,deep,seek on ,government       
,devices ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on the 
use of ,deep,seek  7a7 ,definitions ,in 
this section3 7#a7 ,covered application 
,the term covered application means the 
,deep,seek application or any successor 
application or service developed or     
provided by ,high ,flyer or an entity   
owned by ,high ,flyer4  7#b7 ,executive 
agency ,the term executive agency has   
the meaning given that term in section  
#acc of title #da1 ,united ,states      
,code4  7#c7 ,information technology    

,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  
,deep,seek  7#a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #fj days after the date of         
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   
that require 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    
executive agencies to develop and       
document risk mitigation actions for    
such use4