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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 57 |
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5 | 5 | | To regulate or prohibit transactions using mobile applications or software |
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6 | 6 | | programs that engage in the theft of user data on behalf of a communist |
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7 | 7 | | country, foreign adversary, or state sponsor of terrorism, and for other |
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8 | 8 | | purposes. |
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9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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10 | 10 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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11 | 11 | | Mr. B |
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12 | 12 | | ERGMANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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13 | 13 | | mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judi- |
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14 | 14 | | ciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each |
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15 | 15 | | case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of |
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16 | 16 | | the committee concerned |
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17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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18 | 18 | | To regulate or prohibit transactions using mobile applications |
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19 | 19 | | or software programs that engage in the theft of user |
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20 | 20 | | data on behalf of a communist country, foreign adver- |
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21 | 21 | | sary, or state sponsor of terrorism, and for other pur- |
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22 | 22 | | poses. |
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23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Personal 4 |
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27 | 27 | | Data from Foreign Adversaries Act’’. 5 |
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31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. AUTHORITIES TO REGULATE OR PROHIBIT TRANS-1 |
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32 | 32 | | ACTIONS USING MOBILE APPLICATIONS OR 2 |
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33 | 33 | | SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE IN THE 3 |
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34 | 34 | | THEFT OF USER DATA ON BEHALF OF A COM-4 |
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35 | 35 | | MUNIST COUNTRY, FOREIGN ADVERSARY, OR 5 |
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36 | 36 | | STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM. 6 |
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37 | 37 | | Section 203 of the International Emergency Eco-7 |
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38 | 38 | | nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) is amended— 8 |
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39 | 39 | | (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-9 |
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40 | 40 | | section (d); and 10 |
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41 | 41 | | (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-11 |
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42 | 42 | | lowing new subsection: 12 |
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43 | 43 | | ‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the authority 13 |
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44 | 44 | | granted to the President by this section includes the au-14 |
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45 | 45 | | thority to regulate or prohibit transactions using mobile 15 |
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46 | 46 | | applications or software programs that— 16 |
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47 | 47 | | ‘‘(A) engage in the theft of or transmits a 17 |
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48 | 48 | | user’s data in an unauthorized manner; and 18 |
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49 | 49 | | ‘‘(B) provide to a covered country, or covered 19 |
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50 | 50 | | foreign political party, access to such data. 20 |
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51 | 51 | | ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘covered country’ 21 |
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52 | 52 | | means any of the following: 22 |
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53 | 53 | | ‘‘(A) A Communist country. 23 |
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54 | 54 | | ‘‘(B) A foreign adversary. 24 |
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55 | 55 | | ‘‘(C) A state sponsor of terrorism. 25 |
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56 | 56 | | ‘‘(3) In this subsection: 26 |
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60 | 60 | | ‘‘(A) The term ‘communist country’ has the 1 |
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61 | 61 | | meaning given such term in section 620(f)(1) of the 2 |
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62 | 62 | | Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 3 |
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63 | 63 | | 2370(f)(1)). 4 |
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64 | 64 | | ‘‘(B) The term ‘foreign adversary’ has the 5 |
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65 | 65 | | meaning given such term in Executive Order 13920, 6 |
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66 | 66 | | issued on May 1, 2020, entitled ‘Securing the 7 |
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67 | 67 | | United States BulkPower System’, and including the 8 |
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68 | 68 | | list of foreign adversaries identified by the Depart-9 |
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69 | 69 | | ment of Energy’s Office of Electricity pursuant to 10 |
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70 | 70 | | such Executive Order on July 7, 2020, as in effect 11 |
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71 | 71 | | on January 19, 2021. 12 |
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72 | 72 | | ‘‘(C) The term ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ 13 |
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73 | 73 | | means a country the government of which the Sec-14 |
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74 | 74 | | retary of State determines has repeatedly provided 15 |
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75 | 75 | | support for international terrorism pursuant to— 16 |
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76 | 76 | | ‘‘(i) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export 17 |
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77 | 77 | | Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 18 |
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78 | 78 | | 4813(c)(1)(A)); 19 |
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79 | 79 | | ‘‘(ii) section 620A of the Foreign Assist-20 |
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80 | 80 | | ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 21 |
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81 | 81 | | ‘‘(iii) section 40 of the Arms Export Con-22 |
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82 | 82 | | trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 23 |
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83 | 83 | | ‘‘(iv) any other provision of law. 24 |
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87 | 87 | | ‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘covered for-1 |
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88 | 88 | | eign political party’ means the Chinese Communist 2 |
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89 | 89 | | Party (CCP).’’. 3 |
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90 | 90 | | SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MO-4 |
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91 | 91 | | BILE APPLICATIONS OR SOFTWARE PRO-5 |
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92 | 92 | | GRAMS THAT ENGAGE IN THE THEFT OF 6 |
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93 | 93 | | USER DATA. 7 |
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94 | 94 | | (a) I |
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95 | 95 | | MPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Notwithstanding 8 |
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96 | 96 | | any other provision of law, the President is authorized to 9 |
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97 | 97 | | impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with re-10 |
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98 | 98 | | spect to any foreign person that the President determines 11 |
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99 | 99 | | has developed, maintains, provides, owns, or controls a 12 |
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100 | 100 | | mobile application or software program that— 13 |
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101 | 101 | | (1) engages in the theft of or transmits a user’s 14 |
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102 | 102 | | data in an unauthorized manner to servers located 15 |
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103 | 103 | | in China; and 16 |
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104 | 104 | | (2) provides to the Government of the People’s 17 |
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105 | 105 | | Republic of China (PRC), the Chinese Communist 18 |
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106 | 106 | | Party (CCP), or any person owned by or controlled 19 |
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107 | 107 | | by the PRC or CCP access to such data. 20 |
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108 | 108 | | (b) S |
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109 | 109 | | ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.— 21 |
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110 | 110 | | (1) I |
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111 | 111 | | N GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 22 |
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112 | 112 | | this subsection with respect to a foreign person de-23 |
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113 | 113 | | termined by the President to be subject to sub-24 |
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114 | 114 | | section (a) are the following: 25 |
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118 | 118 | | (A) ASSET BLOCKING .—The President 1 |
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119 | 119 | | shall exercise all powers granted to the Presi-2 |
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120 | 120 | | dent by the International Emergency Economic 3 |
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121 | 121 | | Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the ex-4 |
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122 | 122 | | tent necessary to block and prohibit all trans-5 |
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123 | 123 | | actions in property and interests in property of 6 |
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124 | 124 | | the foreign person if such property and inter-7 |
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125 | 125 | | ests in property are in the United States, come 8 |
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126 | 126 | | within the United States, or are or come within 9 |
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127 | 127 | | the possession or control of a United States 10 |
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128 | 128 | | person. 11 |
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129 | 129 | | (B) I |
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130 | 130 | | NADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDI -12 |
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131 | 131 | | VIDUALS.— 13 |
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132 | 132 | | (i) I |
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133 | 133 | | NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMIS-14 |
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134 | 134 | | SION, OR PAROLE.—In the case of a for-15 |
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135 | 135 | | eign person who is an individual, the for-16 |
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136 | 136 | | eign person is— 17 |
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137 | 137 | | (I) inadmissible to the United 18 |
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138 | 138 | | States; 19 |
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139 | 139 | | (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 20 |
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140 | 140 | | other documentation to enter the 21 |
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141 | 141 | | United States; and 22 |
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142 | 142 | | (III) otherwise ineligible to be 23 |
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143 | 143 | | admitted or paroled into the United 24 |
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144 | 144 | | States or to receive any other benefit 25 |
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148 | 148 | | under the Immigration and Nation-1 |
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149 | 149 | | ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 2 |
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150 | 150 | | (ii) C |
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151 | 151 | | URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 3 |
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152 | 152 | | (I) I |
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153 | 153 | | N GENERAL.—In the case of 4 |
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154 | 154 | | a foreign person who is an individual, 5 |
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155 | 155 | | the visa or other documentation 6 |
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156 | 156 | | issued to the person shall be revoked, 7 |
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157 | 157 | | regardless of when such visa or other 8 |
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158 | 158 | | documentation is or was issued. 9 |
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159 | 159 | | (II) E |
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160 | 160 | | FFECT OF REVOCATION .— 10 |
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161 | 161 | | A revocation under subclause (I) 11 |
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162 | 162 | | shall— 12 |
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163 | 163 | | (aa) take effect immediately; 13 |
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164 | 164 | | and 14 |
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165 | 165 | | (bb) automatically cancel 15 |
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166 | 166 | | any other valid visa or entry doc-16 |
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167 | 167 | | umentation that is in the per-17 |
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168 | 168 | | son’s possession. 18 |
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169 | 169 | | (2) P |
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170 | 170 | | ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 19 |
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171 | 171 | | subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-20 |
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172 | 172 | | national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 21 |
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173 | 173 | | U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 22 |
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174 | 174 | | attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 23 |
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175 | 175 | | violation of regulations to implement this section to 24 |
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176 | 176 | | the same extent that such penalties apply to a per-25 |
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180 | 180 | | son that commits an unlawful act described in sec-1 |
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181 | 181 | | tion 206(a) of such Act. 2 |
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182 | 182 | | (3) E |
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183 | 183 | | XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA -3 |
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184 | 184 | | TIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT .—Sanctions 4 |
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185 | 185 | | under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to a foreign 5 |
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186 | 186 | | person who is an individual if admitting the person 6 |
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187 | 187 | | into the United States is necessary to permit the 7 |
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188 | 188 | | United States to comply with the Agreement regard-8 |
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189 | 189 | | ing the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 9 |
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190 | 190 | | at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 10 |
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191 | 191 | | force November 21, 1947, between the United Na-11 |
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192 | 192 | | tions and the United States, or other applicable 12 |
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193 | 193 | | international obligations. 13 |
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194 | 194 | | (c) W |
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195 | 195 | | AIVER.—The President may, on a case-by-case 14 |
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196 | 196 | | basis and for periods not to exceed 180 days, waive the 15 |
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197 | 197 | | application of sanctions imposed with respect to a foreign 16 |
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198 | 198 | | person under this section if the President certifies to the 17 |
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199 | 199 | | appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 18 |
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200 | 200 | | days before such waiver is to take effect that the waiver 19 |
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201 | 201 | | is vital to the national security interests of the United 20 |
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202 | 202 | | States. 21 |
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203 | 203 | | (d) I |
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204 | 204 | | MPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 22 |
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205 | 205 | | may exercise all authorities provided to the President 23 |
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206 | 206 | | under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-24 |
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207 | 207 | | gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 25 |
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211 | 211 | | for purposes of carrying out this section. The exceptions 1 |
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212 | 212 | | to the President’s authority described in section 203(b) 2 |
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213 | 213 | | of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as 3 |
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214 | 214 | | amended by section 1, shall not apply to the President’s 4 |
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215 | 215 | | authority to exercise authorities under this section. 5 |
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216 | 216 | | (e) S |
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217 | 217 | | UNSET.— 6 |
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218 | 218 | | (1) I |
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219 | 219 | | N GENERAL.—This section shall terminate 7 |
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220 | 220 | | on January 1, 2026. 8 |
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221 | 221 | | (2) I |
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222 | 222 | | NAPPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall not 9 |
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223 | 223 | | apply with respect to sanctions imposed with respect 10 |
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224 | 224 | | to a foreign person under this section before Janu-11 |
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225 | 225 | | ary 1, 2026. 12 |
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226 | 226 | | (f) D |
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227 | 227 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13 |
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228 | 228 | | (1) A |
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229 | 229 | | DMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 14 |
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230 | 230 | | and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 15 |
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231 | 231 | | section 101(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 16 |
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232 | 232 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(3)). 17 |
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233 | 233 | | (2) A |
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234 | 234 | | PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -18 |
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235 | 235 | | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-19 |
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236 | 236 | | mittees’’ means— 20 |
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237 | 237 | | (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 21 |
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238 | 238 | | Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 22 |
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239 | 239 | | Ways and Means, and the Committee on Finan-23 |
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240 | 240 | | cial Services of the House of Representatives; 24 |
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241 | 241 | | and 25 |
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245 | 245 | | (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 1 |
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246 | 246 | | and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 2 |
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247 | 247 | | Urban Affairs of the Senate. 3 |
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248 | 248 | | (3) F |
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249 | 249 | | OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-4 |
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250 | 250 | | son’’ means a person that is not a United States 5 |
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251 | 251 | | person. 6 |
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252 | 252 | | (4) U |
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253 | 253 | | NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 7 |
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254 | 254 | | ‘‘United States person’’ means— 8 |
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255 | 255 | | (A) a United States citizen or an alien law-9 |
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256 | 256 | | fully admitted for permanent residence to the 10 |
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257 | 257 | | United States; or 11 |
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258 | 258 | | (B) an entity organized under the laws of 12 |
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259 | 259 | | the United States or of any jurisdiction of the 13 |
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260 | 260 | | United States, including a foreign branch of 14 |
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261 | 261 | | such an entity. 15 |
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262 | 262 | | SEC. 4. DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPOSI-16 |
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263 | 263 | | TION OF SANCTIONS ON WECHAT AND 17 |
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264 | 264 | | TIKTOK. 18 |
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265 | 265 | | (a) D |
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266 | 266 | | ETERMINATION.—Not later than 90 days after 19 |
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267 | 267 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 20 |
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268 | 268 | | State shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-21 |
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269 | 269 | | mittees a determination, including a detailed justification 22 |
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270 | 270 | | therefor, regarding whether WeChat, or any component 23 |
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271 | 271 | | thereof, or any entity owned or controlled by WeChat, or 24 |
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272 | 272 | | TikTok, or any component thereof, or any entity owned 25 |
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276 | 276 | | or controlled by TikTok, satisfies the criteria for the appli-1 |
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277 | 277 | | cation of sanctions pursuant to— 2 |
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278 | 278 | | (1) section 2 of this Act; or 3 |
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279 | 279 | | (2) Executive Order 13694 (50 U.S.C. 1701 4 |
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280 | 280 | | note; relating to blocking property of certain persons 5 |
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281 | 281 | | engaged in significant malicious cyber-enabled activi-6 |
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282 | 282 | | ties). 7 |
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283 | 283 | | (b) F |
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284 | 284 | | ORM.—The determination required by sub-8 |
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285 | 285 | | section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 9 |
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286 | 286 | | contain a classified annex. 10 |
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287 | 287 | | (c) A |
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288 | 288 | | PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-11 |
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289 | 289 | | FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-12 |
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290 | 290 | | sional committees’’ means— 13 |
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291 | 291 | | (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 14 |
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292 | 292 | | Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select 15 |
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293 | 293 | | Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Finan-16 |
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294 | 294 | | cial Services, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 17 |
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295 | 295 | | the House of Representatives; and 18 |
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296 | 296 | | (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 19 |
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297 | 297 | | Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Com-20 |
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298 | 298 | | mittee on Intelligence, the Committee on Banking, 21 |
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299 | 299 | | Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on 22 |
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300 | 300 | | the Judiciary of the Senate. 23 |
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