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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 231 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit Federal funds from being provided to an institution of higher |
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| 6 | 6 | | education unless the institution has banned use of TikTok on electronic |
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| 7 | 7 | | devices, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY10, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ABIN(for himself, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. JACK- |
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| 12 | 12 | | SONof Texas, and Mr. SANTOS) introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 13 | 13 | | referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To prohibit Federal funds from being provided to an institu- |
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| 16 | 16 | | tion of higher education unless the institution has banned |
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| 17 | 17 | | use of TikTok on electronic devices, and for other pur- |
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| 18 | 18 | | poses. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Terminate TikTok on 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Campus Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •HR 231 IH |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ANY INSTI-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | TUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION NOT BAN-2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NING USE OF TIKTOK ON ELECTRONIC DE-3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | VICES. 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—Following the 90-day period be-5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ginning on the date of enactment of this Act, no Federal 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | funds may be provided to an institution of higher edu-7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | cation unless the institution of higher education has devel-8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | oped and implemented standards and guidelines— 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) prohibiting the use of TikTok on electronic 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | devices owned or issued by the institution; and 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) requiring the removal of TikTok from elec-12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tronic devices owned or issued by the institution. 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) R |
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| 42 | 42 | | ESEARCHEXCEPTION.—The requirements in 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to research 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | that— 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) is conducted by, supervised by, or author-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ized by faculty of an institution of higher education; 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | and 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) pertains to national security, law enforce-20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ment, telecommunications, or cybersecurity. 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) D |
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| 51 | 51 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) I |
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| 53 | 53 | | NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .—The 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | meaning given that term in section 102 of the High-25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •HR 231 IH |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) ELECTRONIC DEVICE .—The term ‘‘elec-1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | tronic device’’— 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (A) means a device capable of accessing 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | the internet (either directly or by connecting to 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | another device or system); and 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (B) includes a computer, a tablet, a 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | streaming device, a smartphone, a smartwatch, 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | and any other smart device. 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) T |
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| 69 | 69 | | IKTOK.—The term ‘‘TikTok’’— 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (A) means the social networking service 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | TikTok; and 11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (B) includes any successor application or 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | service developed or provided by ByteDance 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Limited or an entity owned by ByteDance Lim-14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ited. 15 |
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