I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9508 
To protect Americans from the threat posed by certain foreign adversaries 
using current or potential future social media companies that those 
foreign adversaries control to surveil Americans, learn sensitive data 
about Americans, or spread influence campaigns, propaganda, and cen-
sorship. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2022 
Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To protect Americans from the threat posed by certain for-
eign adversaries using current or potential future social 
media companies that those foreign adversaries control 
to surveil Americans, learn sensitive data about Ameri-
cans, or spread influence campaigns, propaganda, and 
censorship. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Averting the National 
Threat of Internet Surveillance, Oppressive Censorship 
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and Influence, and Algorithmic Learning by the Chinese 
Communist Party Act’’ or the ‘‘ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST CERTAIN SO-
CIAL MEDIA COMPANIES. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that 
is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the President shall exercise all the powers 
granted to the President under the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et. seq.) to the extent necessary to block and pro-
hibit all transactions in all property and interests in 
property of a social media company described in sub-
section (b) if such property and interests in prop-
erty— 
(A) are in the United States or come with-
in the United States; or 
(B) to the extent necessary to prevent 
commercial operation of the social media com-
pany in the United States, are or come within 
the possession or control of a United States 
person. 
(2) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
PROVI-
SIONS.—The requirements of section 202 and the 
limitations under section 203(b) of the International 
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Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
and 1702(b)) shall not apply for purposes of this 
section. 
(b) SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A social media company de-
scribed in this subsection is a social media company 
that meets one or more of the following conditions: 
(A) The company is domiciled in, has its 
principal place of business in, has its head-
quarters in, or is organized under the laws of 
a country of concern. 
(B) A country of concern, entity of con-
cern, or some combination thereof, directly or 
indirectly owns, controls with the ability to de-
cide important matters, or holds with power to 
vote, ten percent or more of the outstanding 
voting stock or shares of the company. 
(C) The company employs software or al-
gorithms controlled or whose export is re-
stricted by a country of concern or entity of 
concern. 
(D) The company is subject to substantial 
influence, directly or indirectly, from a country 
of concern or entity of concern owing to 
which— 
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(i) the company shares or could be 
compelled to share data on United States 
citizens with a country of concern or entity 
of concern; or 
(ii) the content moderation practices 
of the company are subject to substantial 
influence from a country of concern or en-
tity of concern. 
(2) DEEMED COMPANIES.—The following com-
panies shall be deemed to be social media companies 
described in this subsection as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act unless and until the date on 
which the President certifies to Congress that the 
company no longer meets any of the conditions de-
scribed in paragraph (1): 
(A) Bytedance, Ltd. 
(B) TikTok. 
(C) A subsidiary of or a successor com-
pany to a company listed in subparagraph (A), 
(B), or (C). 
(D) A company owned or controlled di-
rectly or indirectly by a company listed in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), or (C). 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.— 
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(1) 
INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions 
under this section shall not apply to any activity 
subject to the reporting requirements under title V 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence activities 
of the United States. 
(2) IMPORTATION OF GOODS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and re-
quirements to impose sanctions authorized 
under this section shall not include the author-
ity or requirement to impose sanctions on the 
importation of goods. 
(B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 
manmade substance, material, supply or manu-
factured product, including inspection and test 
equipment, and excluding technical data. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise the authorities provided to the President 
under sections 203 and 205 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
and 1704) to the extent necessary to carry out this 
section. 
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(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, or causes a violation of subsection 
(a) or any regulation, license, or order issued to 
carry out that subsection shall be subject to the pen-
alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of the sec-
tion 206 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as 
a person that commits an unlawful act described in 
subsection (a) of that section. 
(e) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this section 
or its application to any person or circumstance is held 
invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or 
applications of this section that can be given effect without 
the invalid provision or application, and to this end the 
provisions of this section are severable. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COUNTRY OF CONCERN.—The term ‘‘coun-
try of concern’’— 
(A) has the meaning given the term ‘‘for-
eign adversary’’ in section 8(c)(2) of the Secure 
and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 
2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c)(2)); and 
(B) includes the People’s Republic of 
China (including the Special Administrative Re-
gions of China, including Hong Kong and 
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Macau), Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and 
Venezuela. 
(2) ENTITY OF CONCERN.—The term ‘‘entity of 
concern’’ means— 
(A) a governmental body at any level in a 
country of concern; 
(B) the armed forces of a country of con-
cern; 
(C) the leading political party of a country 
of concern; 
(D) a natural person who is a national of 
a country of concern and is domiciled and living 
in a country of concern, and who is subject to 
substantial influence, directly or indirectly, from 
a country of concern; or 
(E) a private business or a state-owned en-
terprise domiciled in a country of concern, or 
owned or controlled by a private business or 
state-owned enterprise domiciled in a country of 
concern. 
(3) SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY.—The term ‘‘social 
media company’’— 
(A) means any entity that operates, di-
rectly or indirectly, including through its parent 
company, subsidiaries, or affiliates, a website, 
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desktop application, or mobile application 
that— 
(i) permits an individual or entity to 
create an account or profile for the pur-
pose of generating, sharing, and viewing 
user-generated content through such ac-
count or profile; 
(ii) sells digital advertising space; 
(iii) has more than 1,000,000 monthly 
active users for a majority of months dur-
ing the preceding 12 months; 
(iv) enables one or more users to gen-
erate content that can be viewed by other 
users of the website, desktop application, 
or mobile application; and 
(v) enables users to view content gen-
erated by other users of the website, desk-
top application, or mobile application; and 
(B) does not include an entity if the entity 
does not operate a website, desktop application, 
or mobile application except for a website, desk-
top application, or mobile application the pri-
mary purpose of which is— 
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(i) to allow users to post product re-
views, business reviews, or travel informa-
tion and reviews; or 
(ii) to provide emergency alert serv-
ices. 
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