CAUTION Act of 2023

Subjects: Commerce, Asia, China, Civil actions and liability, Computers and information technology, Consumer affairs, Foreign and international corporations, Fraud offenses and financial crimes, Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:  <p><b>Chinese-owned Applications Using The Information of Our Nation Act of 2023 or the CAUTION Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill requires any person who sells or distributes the social media application TikTok (or any service developed or provided by ByteDance Limited) to disclose, prior to download, that the use of the application is prohibited on devices owned by the federal government.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 750 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 750

 To require any person that sells or distributes a mobile application 
that the Federal Government has prohibited for Government-owned devices 
  to disclose that fact to any individual who downloads, updates, or 
        otherwise uses such application, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2023

Mrs. Cammack (for herself and Mr. Soto) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require any person that sells or distributes a mobile application 
that the Federal Government has prohibited for Government-owned devices 
  to disclose that fact to any individual who downloads, updates, or 
        otherwise uses such application, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chinese-owned Applications Using The 
Information of Our Nation Act of 2023'' or the ``CAUTION Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Any person that sells or distributes a mobile 
application that the Federal Government has prohibited the use of for 
Government-owned devices under Public Law 117-328, before the download 
or update of the application, shall disclose, in a clear and 
conspicuous manner, that the use of the mobile application is 
prohibited on Government-owned devices under law to any individual who 
downloads, updates, or otherwise uses the application.
    (b) Enforcement.--
            (1) Unfair and deceptive acts or practices.--A violation of 
        this section shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining 
        an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under section 
        18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
        57a(a)(1)(B)).
            (2) Powers of the federal trade commission.--
                    (A) In general.--The Federal Trade Commission shall 
                enforce this section in the same manner, by the same 
                means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and 
                duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of 
                the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) 
                were incorporated into and made a part of this section.
                    (B) Privileges and immunities.--Any person that 
                violates this section shall be subject to the penalties 
                (including the provisions of subsections (l) and (m) of 
                section 5 of such Act that provide for a maximum civil 
                penalty per violation of $46,517 and entitled to the 
                privileges and immunities, provided in the Federal 
                Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
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