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