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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6837 

To prohibit employees of the Department of Homeland Security, or individuals 

performing work under a contract on behalf of the Department, from 

downloading or using TikTok on any information technology issued by 

the Department, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2022 

Mr. GUEST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To prohibit employees of the Department of Homeland Security, or individuals performing work under a contract 

on behalf of the Department, from downloading or using 

TikTok on any information technology issued by the 

Department, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No TikTok on Depart5 ment of Homeland Security Devices Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF TIKTOK ON DEPART2 MENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMA3 TION TECHNOLOGY. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

5 (1) the term ‘‘covered application’’ means the 

6 social networking service TikTok or any successor 

7 application or service developed or provided by 

8 ByteDance Limited (or any successor entity) or an 

9 entity (or any successor entity) owned by ByteDance 

10 Limited or any such successor entity; and 

11 (2) the term ‘‘information technology’’ has the 

12 meaning given such term in section 11101(6) of title 

13 40, United States Code, except that subparagraph 

14 (C) of such section shall not apply. 

15 (b) PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF TIKTOK ON DE16 PARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION

17 TECHNOLOGY.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Di21 rector of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu22 rity Agency of the Department of Homeland Secu23 rity, shall develop standards and guidelines for the 

24 Department requiring the removal of any covered 

25 application from information technology of the De26 partment. 


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1 (2) APPLICABILITY.—The standards and guide2 lines developed under paragraph (1) applies to the 

3 following: 

4 (A) Employees of the Department of 

5 Homeland Security to whom the Department 

6 has issued information technology. 

7 (B) Individuals performing work under a 

8 contract on behalf of the Department to whom 

9 the Department has issued information tech10 nology. 

11 (3) NATIONAL SECURITY AND RESEARCH EX12 CEPTIONS.—The standards and guidelines developed 

13 under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

14 (A) Exceptions for law enforcement activi15 ties, national security interests and activities, 

16 and security researchers. 

17 (B) For any authorized use of a covered 

18 application under an exception, requirements 

19 for offices and components of the Department 

20 of Homeland Security to develop and document 

21 risk mitigation actions for such use. 

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