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This bill would отменяет a federal law that lets the government label some apps and online services as being controlled by a foreign adversary. In simple terms, it would undo the current ban-related law and make any past decisions made under that law have no legal effect. If passed, it would stop the rules from being used to block or restrict covered apps under that law.
- It repeals the law known as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.
- It says that any app, website, or similar technology already labeled under that law would no longer count as officially designated.
- The bill applies to websites, desktop apps, mobile apps, and newer technologies like augmented or immersive applications.
Official Summaries
Repeal the TikTok Ban Act
This bill repeals the prohibition on distributing, maintaining, updating, or providing internet hosting services for a foreign adversary controlled application (e.g., TikTok) and nullifies any existing designation of a website or application as a foreign adversary controlled application.
Under current law, a foreign adversary controlled application is a website or application directly or indirectly operated by (1) ByteDance, Ltd., TikTok, their subsidiaries, successors, or related entities they control; or (2) a social media company that is controlled by a foreign adversary country and determined by the President to present a significant threat to national security. (Here, the term social media company excludes any website or application primarily used to post product reviews, business reviews, or travel information and reviews. The term foreign adversary country means North Korea, China, Russia, and Iran.)
Current law generally prohibits the distribution, maintenance, implementation of updates, or provision of hosting services for a foreign adversary controlled application, unless an approved divestiture transaction results in the application no longer being controlled by a foreign adversary country, among other requirements.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 153 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 153
To repeal the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled
Applications Act.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 20, 2025
Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To repeal the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled
Applications Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Repeal the TikTok Ban Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY
CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT.
(a) In General.--The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary
Controlled Applications Act (15 U.S.C. 9901 note; division H of Public
Law 118-50) is repealed.
(b) Retroactive Effect.--Any designation of a website, desktop
application, mobile application, or augmented or immersive technology
application as a foreign adversary controlled application under the
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
(15 U.S.C. 9901 note; division H of Public Law 118-50), whether under
subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 2(g)(3) of that Act, shall have no
force or effect.
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