| 1 | 1 | | II |
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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 153 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To repeal the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled |
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| 6 | 6 | | Applications Act. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY20, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. P |
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| 10 | 10 | | AULintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to |
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| 11 | 11 | | the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To repeal the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary |
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| 14 | 14 | | Controlled Applications Act. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Repeal the TikTok 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Ban Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | •S 153 IS |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOR-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | EIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICA-2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | TIONS ACT. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) I |
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| 27 | 27 | | NGENERAL.—The Protecting Americans from 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (15 U.S.C. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 9901 note; division H of Public Law 118–50) is repealed. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) R |
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| 31 | 31 | | ETROACTIVEEFFECT.—Any designation of a 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | website, desktop application, mobile application, or aug-8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | mented or immersive technology application as a foreign 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | adversary controlled application under the Protecting 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applica-11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tions Act (15 U.S.C. 9901 note; division H of Public Law 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 118–50), whether under subparagraph (A) or (B) of sec-13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | tion 2(g)(3) of that Act, shall have no force or effect. 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Æ |
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