(C) a person subject to the direction or 
control of a foreign person or entity described 
in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(2) COVERED COMPANY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 
company’’ means an entity that operates, di-
rectly or indirectly (including through a parent 
company, subsidiary, or affiliate), a website, 
desktop application, mobile application, or aug-
mented or immersive technology application 
that— 
(i) permits a user to create an ac-
count or profile to generate, share, and 
view text, images, videos, real-time commu-
nications, or similar content; 
(ii) has more than 1,000,000 monthly 
active users with respect to at least 2 of 
the 3 months preceding the date on which 
a relevant determination of the President 
is made pursuant to paragraph (3)(B); 
(iii) enables 1 or more users to gen-
erate or distribute content that can be 
viewed by other users of the website, desk-
top application, mobile application, or aug-
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mented or immersive technology applica-
tion; and 
(iv) enables 1 or more users to view 
content generated by other users of the 
website, desktop application, mobile appli-
cation, or augmented or immersive tech-
nology application. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered com-
pany’’ does not include an entity that operates 
a website, desktop application, mobile applica-
tion, or augmented or immersive technology ap-
plication whose primary purpose is to allow 
users to post product reviews, business reviews, 
or travel information and reviews. 
(3) FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLI-
CATION.—The term ‘‘foreign adversary controlled 
application’’ means a website, desktop application, 
mobile application, or augmented or immersive tech-
nology application that is operated, directly or indi-
rectly (including through a parent company, sub-
sidiary, or affiliate), by— 
(A) any of— 
(i) ByteDance, Ltd.; 
(ii) TikTok; 
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(iii) a subsidiary of or a successor to 
an entity identified in clause (i) or (ii) that 
is controlled by a foreign adversary; or 
(iv) an entity owned or controlled, di-
rectly or indirectly, by an entity identified 
in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); or 
(B) a covered company that— 
(i) is controlled by a foreign adver-
sary; and 
(ii) that is determined by the Presi-
dent to present a significant threat to the 
national security of the United States fol-
lowing the issuance of— 
(I) a public notice proposing such 
determination; and 
(II) a public report to Congress, 
submitted not less than 30 days be-
fore such determination, describing 
the specific national security concern 
involved and containing a classified 
annex and a description of what as-
sets would need to be divested to exe-
cute a qualified divestiture. 
(4) FOREIGN ADVERSARY COUNTRY.—The term 
‘‘foreign adversary country’’ means a country speci-
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fied in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(5) INTERNET
HOSTING
SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘internet hosting service’’ means a service through 
which storage and computing resources are provided 
to an individual or organization for the accommoda-
tion and maintenance of 1 or more websites or on-
line services, and which may include file hosting, do-
main name server hosting, cloud hosting, and virtual 
private server hosting. 
(6) 
QUALIFIED
DIVESTITURE.—The 
term 
‘‘qualified divestiture’’ means a divestiture or similar 
transaction that— 
(A) the President determines, through an 
interagency process, would result in the relevant 
covered company no longer being controlled by 
a foreign adversary; and 
(B) the President determines, through an 
interagency process, precludes the establish-
ment or maintenance of any operational rela-
tionship between the United States operations 
of the relevant foreign adversary controlled ap-
plication and any formerly affiliated entities 
that are controlled by a foreign adversary, in-
cluding any cooperation with respect to the op-
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eration of a content recommendation algorithm 
or an agreement with respect to data sharing. 
(7) SOURCE CODE.—The term ‘‘source code’’ 
means the combination of text and other characters 
comprising 
the 
content, 
both 
viewable 
and 
nonviewable, of a software application, including any 
publishing language, programming language, pro-
tocol, or functional content, as well as any successor 
languages or protocols. 
(8) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United 
States’’ includes the territories of the United States. 
SEC. 3. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) RIGHT OF ACTION.—A petition for review chal-
lenging this Act or any action, finding, or determination 
under this Act may be filed only in the United States 
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 
(b) EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.—The United States 
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall 
have exclusive jurisdiction over any challenge to this Act 
or any action, finding, or determination under this Act. 
(c) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—A challenge may 
only be brought— 
(1) in the case of a challenge to this Act, not 
later than 165 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act; and 
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(2) in the case of a challenge to any action, 
finding, or determination under this Act, not later 
than 90 days after the date of such action, finding, 
or determination. 
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Union Calendar No. 344 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7521 
[Report No. 118–417] 
A BILL 
To protect the national security of the United 
States from the threat posed by foreign adver-
sary controlled applications, such as TikTok and 
any successor application or service and any 
other application or service developed or provided 
by ByteDance Ltd. or an entity under the control 
of ByteDance Ltd. 
MARCH 11, 2024 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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