Terminate TikTok on Campus Act of 2023

Subjects: Education, Education programs funding, Educational technology and distance education, Higher education, Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:  <p><b>Terminate TikTok on Campus Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) from receiving federal funds unless the IHE takes certain actions to ban the use of the social media video application TikTok.</p> <p>Specifically, the IHE must develop and implement standards and guidelines (1) prohibiting the use of TikTok on electronic devices owned or issued by the IHE, and (2) requiring the removal of TikTok from these devices.</p> <p>The bill includes an exception for research that (1) is conducted, supervised, or authorized by an IHE's faculty; and (2) pertains to national security, law enforcement, telecommunications, or cybersecurity.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 231 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2023

   Mr. Babin (for himself, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Waltz, Mr. 
Jackson of Texas, and Mr. Santos) introduced the following bill; which 
      was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  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.

    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 ``Terminate TikTok on Campus Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER 
              EDUCATION NOT BANNING USE OF TIKTOK ON ELECTRONIC 
              DEVICES.

    (a) In General.--Following the 90-day period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be provided to an 
institution of higher education unless the institution of higher 
education has developed and implemented standards and guidelines--
            (1) prohibiting the use of TikTok on electronic devices 
        owned or issued by the institution; and
            (2) requiring the removal of TikTok from electronic devices 
        owned or issued by the institution.
    (b) Research Exception.--The requirements in subsection (a) shall 
not apply with respect to research that--
            (1) is conducted by, supervised by, or authorized by 
        faculty of an institution of higher education; and
            (2) pertains to national security, law enforcement, 
        telecommunications, or cybersecurity.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1002).
            (2) Electronic device.--The term ``electronic device''--
                    (A) means a device capable of accessing the 
                internet (either directly or by connecting to another 
                device or system); and
                    (B) includes a computer, a tablet, a streaming 
                device, a smartphone, a smartwatch, and any other smart 
                device.
            (3) Tiktok.--The term ``TikTok''--
                    (A) means the social networking service TikTok; and
                    (B) includes any successor application or service 
                developed or provided by ByteDance Limited or an entity 
                owned by ByteDance Limited.
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